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- Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:18 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: How Do You Deactivate Password When Installing Software
- Replies: 25
- Views: 534
Re: How Do You Deactivate Password When Installing Software
One of the reasons I chose to install Mint over the dozens of other Linux distros is because I had read they had a HELPFUL User Community. But it honestly seems like all I'm getting for my sincere question is a bunch of snarky / smart ass responses !... Re your question, one of the main reasons you...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:09 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Someone help! Driver Wifi (RTL8821CU)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 171
Re: Someone help! Driver Wifi (RTL8821CU)
I don't trust many of those websites to show accurate info, and company issued specs are always "subject to change without notice". Also you should post more system info. Paste the text output of inxi -Fxxxrz run in the terminal.
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 10:41 am
- Forum: Hardware Support
- Topic: Linux Mint cannot change brightness of screen
- Replies: 7
- Views: 121
Re: Linux Mint cannot change brightness of screen
That's a pretty new machine. You probably need a new kernel. Go to update manager > view kernels. Install the newest 4.8 series kernel from there. Reboot.
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 10:15 am
- Forum: Sound, Multimedia, & Codecs
- Topic: Lame presets encoding gui
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1436
Re: Lame presets encoding gui
I use soundconverter, and AFAIK it uses lame as a backend. Works fine.
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:29 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Waterfox 2020 installation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1063
Re: Waterfox 2020 installation
After a little searching I think they've moved the Linux version to snap.
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:19 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: 19.3:-Same cause for problems with "SMS on web" and "WhatsApp Web" ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 103
Re: 19.3:-Same cause for problems with "SMS on web" and "WhatsApp Web" ?
I'd recommend another browser. Using a deprecated browser is just asking to get hackled. Begging for it.
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:53 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: How to know when you've got past Windows
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1111
Re: How to know when you've got past Windows
I don't care what newbies call directories, it's usually not relevant to the issue. When they want to know what's a good Linux registry editor, or where's their C: drive in Mint, that's cringeworthy. In my case I knew I was over Windows when I realized how long it had been since I had booted my one ...
- Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:10 am
- Forum: Graphics Cards & Monitors
- Topic: <SOLVED> video hardware acceleration <SOLVED>
- Replies: 2
- Views: 114
Re: video hardware acceleration
That's an Intel video card, you won't find Intel drivers in driver manager. DM is definitely not what many user think it's going to be. In Linux most drivers are in the kernel, and that's a quite new machine. Go to update manager > view kernels and install the newest 5.8 kernel from the list. Reboot.
- Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:35 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Ideapad keyboard brightness keys not working
- Replies: 6
- Views: 215
Re: Ideapad keyboard brightness keys not working
About time someone suggested that, without proper system info any answer to something like this is going to be blind guessing. The make/model is not enough.rickNS wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:55 am... How about posting the result of this command;(which you should do for pretty much ANY support question.)Code: Select all
inxi -Fxz
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:08 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: Linux Mint Certification for Beginners
- Replies: 22
- Views: 692
Re: Linux Mint Certification for Beginners
You have a very optimistic view of the job market for Linux. :roll: Why care about the job market when the usefulness itself is enough! ... NO ONE is going to offer any certification courses aimed at personal edification rather than job prospects, and no one is going to sign up for a course like th...
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:18 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Ads popping up in browser
- Replies: 12
- Views: 307
Re: Ads popping up in browser
I'll vote for ublock origin myself.
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:05 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: <SOLVED> How do I... cull old, uninstalled, kernels from the list
- Replies: 4
- Views: 122
Re: <SOLVED> How do I... cull old, uninstalled, kernels from the list
It is possible that with some hardware the only kernel that will work is EOL, so they should be on the list too.
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:36 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: My LM 20 didn't last more than 2 months
- Replies: 9
- Views: 340
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:03 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Linux not safe ? Rootkit , Trojans , Eavesdropping ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 773
Re: Linux not safe ? Rootkit , Trojans , Eavesdropping ?
,,, And as usual, voices were raised and some OPINIONS came up but then it became quiet and the matter was left without any solution...." You are the one raising your voice, and many of the opinions come from people who know what the hell they are talking about, unlike you and your friend. All...
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:56 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Missing creation dates on files
- Replies: 8
- Views: 177
Re: Missing creation dates on files
You may be surprised to find out that Linux doesn't store file creation times. I certainly was. It's supported in the ext4 file system but not in the kernel APIs. So it doesn't get stored.
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:57 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Can not save VS Code folder in the D directory
- Replies: 1
- Views: 68
Re: Can not save VS Code folder in the D directory
Not sure what "D directory" is supposed to mean, but the error msg says it's in /media/etc. Are you talking about a USB stick or external USB HD or what? Anyway, it also says "Error: EROFS: read-only file system", which means it's set to read only priviliges, so you can't save to...
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:05 am
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: Programming as a hobby
- Replies: 12
- Views: 413
Re: Programming as a hobby
I studied a course a few years back .... We used Xamarin which always seemed broken. ... Actually in those situations it's virtually certain that it was your code that was broken. You mention starting with C/C++. There are few programming languages that are worse for learning programming. I see so ...
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:44 am
- Forum: Cinnamon
- Topic: Unable to use Cinnamon after running BleachBit | All the texts turned into box thingy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 303
Re: Unable to use Cinnamon after running BleachBit | All the texts turned into box thingy
Do NOT use that crap or anything like it. If you don;t have a timeshift backup you may be better off doing a data backup and clean reinstall.
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:35 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: How do I install
- Replies: 3
- Views: 102
Re: How do I install
... I don't even see Cinnamon in the list. It's possible that it's just not compatible with that desktop environment. ... Looked at that list too, and I'd suggest it's more than possible it's not compatible with Cinnamon. All the ubuntu entries are actually for Xubuntu, which is the version that co...
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:21 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: [Solved] How much of a problem are outdated flatpack dependencies?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 243
Re: How much of a problem are outdated flatpack dependencies?
... I understand that the smart thing to do is to contact the application developer, or migrate to a more secure, and up to date application. ... Well, it can be an issue, but there's a reason this is happening. Flatpak/appimages etc are becoming more popular with developers because there's so litt...