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my former home is now unallocated

that could mean:
- the existing /home is Not being allocated / used by the New System
- the existing /home is UN-allocated Free Space , as it got Formatted by the Installer.


so, an screen_shot from Gparted - would assist .. .

if the New Installation, now has it's own /home, then you didn't specify that original /home,
in order for it to be reused again.

as suggested - - redo the Installation - - again.
& pay close attention, to what the Installer is saying.

you should also give that win-10 some extra room, to move:
- - at least 4,000Mb of VirtualMemory
( assuming the Host has 8Gb for memory, then you can goto 5500Mb )

- - at least 50Gb of VitualDriveSpace

you should also enable NX / VTx in BIOS & in the Virtual Settings.
( in System / Processor Tab )

Hi Adam, Open Terminal and run these: wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/master/wireless-info && chmod +x wireless-info && ./wireless-info cat wireless-info.txt | nc termbin.com 9999 Post URL from Terminal, back here, on your reply. NB: you will need an working Ethe...

Hi phil, you should have an fairly straight-forward effort in installing that dual_boot system. & with that win-7 system, you can just use the Installer's partitioning menu, to set the size, for each system, - - by adjusting the slider with your mouse, to move that slider, to give what size you desi...

you should be able to run with Secure Boot disabled, if that works better. that second windows boot manager, may have been supplied by both systems, and then disabled, by updates, from one of the installed systems. you should be able to set the machine, to boot with the LinuxMint Boot Loader, and th...

you should be able to upgrade from 18.3 to 19.2 by using the latest LinuxMint ISO & you can also write that ISO to an usb stick, in order to Install that version to your drive. as far as the higher usb port's power consumption, that may be an kernel issue, & Jean would have to shift to another LM19x...

IMHO an amount of 8Gb - - is plenty .. of ram.
ie: I've not needed anything above that amount,, But - I'm not doing any Gaming // Cad either.
& that size will work well with most VirtualBox Scenario's as well.

+1 for an Lenovo Thinkpad, that is also Ex Business Grade.
- - always Good Value.
Yes - - it's also 2nd hand.

Hi Douglas,

greetings from British Australia.

catweazel wrote: ⤴

Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:17 am

mortda wrote: ⤴

Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:15 am

How do you un-install Adblocker when it's not showing up in extensions in chrome

If it shows up in your toolbar, right-click it.

then click on Remove Extension ..

what Operating System are you using to:
- download that ISO file ?
- perform that checksum ?

if you have used that backup to restore a WindowsImageBackup to a new hdd, and then get an Grub Prompt - - that usually will mean that the Grub Boot is pointing to the wrong drive. - - or that drive no longer exists, or that the UUID is wrong, for the replacement drive. either way - - the Grub Boot ...

you shouldn't need to go back to LM17x - - just download the Mate // XFCE version of the current LM19x series.
& then redo the Installation - again.

Hi spi, did you manage to install that Universal USB Installer to Windows 8 ? & can you now follow "Step Two" to select your LinuxMint ISO ? & can you actually Boot to any Working Linux Desktop ? or, is that usb stick - not booting to anything useful ? if you can Boot to an Working Desktop, then can...

With an Atom processor and 2GB of ram ..
& as well as the LinuxMint XFCE Desktop,
- you could also try out MX Linux https://mxlinux.org/
as that is also designed for those older machines.

that move of Mate 17.3 Rosa to Cinnamon 19.1 probably wasn't a good move, as the Cinnamon Desktop is more resource intensive that the Mate Desktop is. so, you could get away with installing the Mate Desktop, for the current LM19.1 system. - - you can use Package Manager aka synaptic - - to install t...

Nope - - can you Type this into Terminal inxi -Fxz and just copy the result of that, in-place of what you have above . . . . ie: once you've typed that & got some result - - use the Edit - Select All // Edit - Copy & then paste that from Computer Memory into your forum message reply text. - - all us...

did you from Mate 17.3 Rosa to Cinnamon 19.1 direct ? somehow ?

or, did you perform an Clean Installation of that LM19.1 ?

those PCs are actually made by Compulab,
and there is an extended range of those things - - not just the LinuxMint branded PCs.

NB: the UK Agent https://www.tinygreenpc.com/fanless-com ... /fitlet-t/
- - doesn't sell to individuals, as you said.