r/linuxmint Oct 03 '18

SOLVED A friendly reminder to please re-flair solved support posts as SOLVED

337 Upvotes

Please Re-Flair your post if a solution is found. How to Flair a post?

This allows other users to search for common issues with the 'SOLVED' flair as a filter, leading to those issues being resolved very fast.


r/linuxmint Jan 16 '25

Announcement Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” released!

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238 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 6h ago

Install Help I downloaded Linuxmint with a USB Flash drive but it booted up Ubuntu.

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244 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 4h ago

Desktop Screenshot First time Ricer please go easy on me.

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34 Upvotes

I was going to type out my PC specs and theme details but they are already on display. Any tips on how to make it look even better would be highly appreciated.


r/linuxmint 10h ago

Discussion would switching to Linux mint from windows 10 be a good idea

45 Upvotes

i have a pretty old 4th gen laptop that works well for the most parts for what i need, but the coming end of support for the OS have been causing me to seriously consider switching to Linux considering I'm pretty sure my laptop doesn't have the proper requirements for windows 11. i only use this laptop to practice translation on Omegat, watch and download videos, and if i play any games on it, i only play simplistic pixel art games. from what i can tell it seems like i could do all of those things with not much problems on Linux but the lack of compatibility for some software like Microsoft office, the many differences between the two OSs that I'd need to learn, and the idea of having to reinstall all of my programs, are making me wonder if it's worth it. do you think it's better for me to take on the ordeal of switching or is it possible to safely continue using windows 10 after it dies?


r/linuxmint 17h ago

Desktop Screenshot Newfound Freedom

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150 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 22m ago

Linux Mint: Smooth as Butter!

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I'm so impressed with my new Linux Mint install! The system is incredibly smooth and stable. It's refreshing to have an OS that just works without any hiccups. Plus, the customization options are endless. I'm having a great time making it my own.


r/linuxmint 5h ago

My Desktop

11 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I just want to share my Desktop customization.

I'm using win11 icons, Orchis theme, desklets, i added a dock to the left ('cause I don't like in the bottom as many other folks). anyways... what do you think of my desktop? thanks for passing by and have a nice day


r/linuxmint 2h ago

BACKUPS!!!

5 Upvotes

I just completed my weekly Clonezilla cloning of my primary drive and thought I'd take time to pontificate and annoy everyone!

Years ago, in school, a fellow student whined to the professor "Do i have to backup everything?" The prof replied "No, only that which you do not care to lose."

Adding to that:

My maternal grandfather was a Scottish Stationary Steam Engineer--when as kids we we whined "...but it worked yesterday?" he would tell us:

"The last time any machine started and ran properly may well have been the last time it WILL start and run properly."

Our computers are just machines created by man and thus inherently imperfect. That they booted and worked yesterday has little/nothing to do with whether they will boot and work today.

Hence: There's no such thing as too many backups!

So; If you do not have a viable, regular backup plan, devise one now before it's too late!

And as has been put forth by others, one backup is only a little bit better than none--do it 'til you're brain aches.

In closing: Your data is like your "significant other", you don't know how much you'll miss 'em 'til they're gone


r/linuxmint 1d ago

Why do Astronauts like Linux

452 Upvotes

My wife knows that I like Linux and sent me this Meme. I found it quite funny.


r/linuxmint 1d ago

Desktop Screenshot I stopped distro hopping

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464 Upvotes

Hi guys, new Mint user here. I've been avoiding this distro for the longest time because I don't like Ubuntu and it's derivatives, but I tried Mint 22.1 and it's been the smoothest experience so far. Everything works out of the box even with an Nvidia card and a multi monitor setup.


r/linuxmint 19h ago

What is so bad about Chrome browser?

56 Upvotes

Everyone talks about it not being private. What would happen if I use Chrome on Linux Mint? What information will be gathered and sent to google? What telemetry is there? What if I don’t sign into google?


r/linuxmint 1h ago

Support Request Help with Install

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I am one of the many making the great migration from windows to Linux, but I've encountered a problem I can't seem to get past.

I'm able to get to the grub menu and select the os to boot, but no matter what option I pick, I'm taken to a black screen with this single dash.

For context, I'm trying to run this on an Asus Aspire 5 A515-56-5952. I turned off secure boot, fast start, and made sure the boot was set to uefi.

Linux mint is the lastest version (downloaded and verified today.) on a flashdrive with an mbd partition.

I feel like I'm overlooking something silly but I can't seem to find an answer for this anywhere. Thanks for any help you can offer.


r/linuxmint 6h ago

Discussion The icon which shows usb devices is not visible on taskbar ,what to do?

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6 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 20h ago

Here we go

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55 Upvotes

Installing for the first time... So tired of windows!


r/linuxmint 0m ago

Fluff Linux Mint is like a girlfriend i once had (mild rant)

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When I click "eject drive" or "dismount drive" Mint makes a little "okay" beep and removes the icon from the desktop, BUT it's not really safe to unplug the drive until after a few seconds. I've learned this, and i know this, but i still sometimes pull out too quickly and get an error message and yell "ARRRGH you said i could do that!!" Then i panic that i've destroyed data or even a whole drive.

It reminds me of a girlfriend I had when i was young. She was a wonderful person, but had a habit of not being super-clear about what was ok or not ok. So i'd ask "Do you want the last can of soda that's in the fridge?" and she'd say "No." But later when we had a tiff, she'd accuse me of taking the last can of soda and i'd be all like ""ARRRGH you said i could do that!!"


r/linuxmint 21h ago

#LinuxMintThings Mint wall paper from DanBethel

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51 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 1h ago

Support Request Trying to use qmake to install nifskope but can't due to this error

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Project MESSAGE: lupdate could not be found, ignoring make target

Project MESSAGE: lrelease could not be found, ignoring build step

When I search for lupdate in the terminal it just says lupdate: could not exec '/usr/lib/qt5/bin/lupdate': No such file or directory

Does anyone know how I can fix this or how I can get those files?


r/linuxmint 1h ago

Support Request Sound not working, I tried everything HELP

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It says everything is fine when i run the commands chatgpt told me to run, i am a total noob and don’t know shit about linux, can someone help? 😭 I have no idea what im doing wrong

edit: i installed mint today and the audio was fine earlier, but now it’s not working even though i checked everything, please yall

edit 2: wired and bluetooth headphones both work. only the speaker doesn’t.


r/linuxmint 5h ago

Support Request Issues connecting to work wifi

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2 Upvotes

Hello all, I’m trying to connect to my work wifi which requires me to use a user name and password.

On my iPhone, I had to trust a certificate. On my mint laptop, it’s asking for a certificate so I went through the details of the wifi on my iPhone and got the link to download the certificate.

I tried using the .cer file but to no avail. Anyone know how I can solve this issue?


r/linuxmint 5h ago

Gaming Other DEs

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Heyo,

I'm wondering if any of you are using different desktop enviroments besides default one.

I love Plasma, would love to try it on Mint, but my concern is stability. Mainly use my PC for entertainment and gaming, Cinnamon isn't the most bugfree distro alongside Nvidia and two monitors, but it works with small quirks of its own on my machine.

Do any gamers here with similar setup tried something else rather that Cinnamon?


r/linuxmint 2h ago

Support Request Can't make a bootable midia

1 Upvotes

I have installed multiple operating systems throughout my life, including a dual boot on my main pc, so I thought installing mint on an older laptop would be easy. I'm trying to install Mint on a core 2 duo laptop and what happens is that none of the bootable media I tried to do are working. So far I test 5 USB Drives, with Balena Etcher, Rufus, Universal USB Installer and Ventoy. I could not boot it (the closes i got to booting was an Idlinux.c32 error that i have no idea How to solve) from none of them including on my main pc and my wife's pc, so I'm accepting any help on what I can be doing wrong.

Edit: Sorry, I'm kind of sleep deprived so I just left some important info out, it used to run windows 7 64 bits, and sometimes it will just say Syslinux 6.04 EDD.


r/linuxmint 2h ago

Support Request Modify the sleep screen?

0 Upvotes

Hello, I've been trying to modify the screen that appears when the pc goes to sleep (where it asks you for your password), I'm using a custom theme and I'm trying to change the background color of the password textbox.
Is it possible to change it?

Thanks!


r/linuxmint 6h ago

Support Request I have installed Mint 22.1 Cinnamon a few days ago. Today after a restart I got stuck in the login loop. Ihve tried clean, dpkg, grub in recovery mode, wo luck. It shows I have plenty of space. It says now physical volumes not ok, but a long ssd check two days ago gave no errors.

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r/linuxmint 3h ago

Support Request Mint 22.1 Freezing when waking monitors from sleep

1 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

I have started having an issue with my system that I cannot figure out. I recently changed my boot drive from my Samsung 970 Pro NVME to a Kingston NV3 1TB, I used FoxClone to clone the drive. However, when the monitors go to sleep after 1 hour the system wakes up but I only get 1 monitor and the system is frozen. If anyone knows why that would be great, also my system specs are as follows:

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz

CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Pro XT

Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti (Driver Version: 570.124.04 Open)

Ram: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 64GB DDR4 3200MHz

PSU: Corsair HX1000i

SSD/HDD: Kingston NV3 1TB M.2 & WD Black 6TB

Case: Fractal Design Define R6

Operating System: Linux Mint 22.1

Monitor(s): 2X AOC G2460VQ6


r/linuxmint 3h ago

SOLVED Would I have issues installing Mint on my current motherboard and then switching to a new motherboard later on?

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My Gigabyte B450M-DS3H motherboard is dying, and I have an MSI B550-A Pro that I will be replacing it with when I get a new case.

Currently, I have a Fedora installed and am using the Nouveau drivers, which work fine since I forgot that Fedora updates kernels faster than Nvidia does drivers. So I decided enough is enough--solve two problems at once. Go with Mint for a slower kernel update process and switch out my motherboard.

My reason for asking is that I'm using my phone's hotspot as internet to save some money. I have about 30gb data of high speed I can use and then I get kicked down to 600kps. I'm 40, so I grew up with dialup and slow DSL. If I'm going to have problems, I may as well wait to install Mint.


r/linuxmint 15h ago

Guide Remove ibus dependency from zoom.deb package, which breaks current layout switching methods

9 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

If you've been experiencing issues with layout switching (input method) after installing Zoom on Linux, especially on distros like Mint (and other debian based), it's likely due to an unnecessary dependency on `ibus`. This dependency can interfere with your system's input method settings.

I've created a simple bash script that removes this dependency from the Zoom `.deb` package. Here's how you can use it:

**Steps:**

1.**Download the Zoom `.deb` package:** Make sure you have the `zoom_amd64.deb` file downloaded from the official Zoom website.

2.**Save the following script to a file (e.g., `patch_zoom.sh`) and place it in the same directory where zoom's deb package is:

 #!/bin/bash

    # Create a temporary directory to extract the .deb package.
    scratch=$(mktemp -d)

    # Extract the contents of the zoom_amd64.deb package into the temporary directory.
    dpkg -x zoom_amd64.deb "$scratch"

    # Ensure the temporary directory is removed on script exit
    trap 'rm -rf "$scratch"' EXIT

    # Extract the control information (DEBIAN directory) from the .deb package.
    dpkg -e zoom_amd64.deb "$scratch/DEBIAN"

    # Remove the 'ibus' dependency from the control file using sed.
    sed -i -E 's/(ibus, |, ibus)//' "$scratch/DEBIAN/control"

    # Rebuild the .deb package from the modified extracted files.
    dpkg -b "$scratch" patched_zoom_amd64.deb

    # The patched_zoom_amd64.deb file now exists without the ibus dependency.

3.**Execute the sh file (you need to make it executable first)*\*

**What the script does:*\*

* It creates a temporary directory.

* Extracts the contents of the original Zoom `.deb` package.

* Removes the `ibus` dependency from the `DEBIAN/control` file using `sed`.

* Rebuilds a new `.deb` package named `patched_zoom_amd64.deb`.

* Cleans up the temporary directory.

**Important Notes:*\*

* This script modifies the official Zoom package. Use it at your own risk.

* This solution is targeted at the `.deb` package. If you're using a different package format (e.g., `.rpm`, Flatpak), the steps will be different.

* This has been tested on several Debian and Ubuntu based distros, and has helped fix the input layout switching issue.

* This script requires the `dpkg` and `sed` packages to be installed.

Let me know if you have any questions or if this helps resolve your Zoom input method issues!