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Dear Forum: I recently upgraded to Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.3 x64. Everything went without a hitch until I tried to install XDM (Xtreme Dowenload Manager), which just didn't work. The last time I installed it (in LM 20 x64) everything went well, however. I exactly followed the steps I'd copied from a ...

Hi guys: Thanks so much for all your feedback, which helped me to install XDM after all. As for the directory name I was trying to get to that was "Downloads" in "My Computer". Apparently, what was missing was the "ls ~/Downloads/xdm*" command, which had to come first. ...

Dear Forum: I recently switched from LM18.3 x64 "Sylvia" to Linux Mint20 x64 "Ulyana". I still have one old problem and a new one I really hope one of you can help me with! - Like with LM18.3 Nemo (current version 4.6.4) still doesn't let me set the File Management Preferences to...

Hi there: I have a 2009 HP Compaq 8000 Elite CMT machine with a 500Gb SSD (besides 3 additional HDDs), an Intel Pentium E8400 3.0GHz Dual Core CPU, 8Gb DDR3 RAM, an Nvidia GeForce GT 630 graphics card and LM18.3 x64 installed. About 1 1/2 weeks ago I installed it the umpteenth times :( which went wi...

Hi everybody: Thanks so much for all your replies. First off, it seems that I somehow managed to install LM18.3 Cinnamon x64 instead of LM18.3 Cinnamon x64 Xfce :oops: :o. I clearly remember downloading Linux Mint18.3 "Sylvia" - Xfce (64-bit) and creating an install.iso thumb drive. Clearl...

Hi MrEen: Many thanks for replying to my plea for help :D! As for Thunar and Nemo, both are installed. I checked the Software Manager. But... I certainly did not install Nemo. It either was, besides Thunar, already on the install.iso thumbdrive or was downloaded with one of the updates I do when the...

Hi there: I have a 2010 HP Compaq 8000 Elite CMT machine with a 500Gb SSD (plus 3 additional HDDs), an Intel Pentium E8400 3GHz Dual Core CPU, 8Gb DDR3 RAM and LM18.3 Xfce "Cinnamon" x64 "Sylvia" installed. For more than a week all Desktop files and folders, that is with the exce...

Hi JoeFootball: Many thanks for your answer and please excuse my late reply. Right now I'm making another effort to get the most annoying LM18.3 issues resolved, among them the Desktop files and folders with those annoying dates added to their names (which may have something to do with permissions)....

Hallo Ehtron: Dank dir für den Link und den Hinweis auf die "permissions" (Home Rechte). Dass ich beim Einstellen des File Managers (egal, ob Nemo oder Thunar) irgendwelche Home Rechte beachten muss, war mir schlicht nicht klar :oops:. Ich werde mich da jetzt erstmal schlau machen und mich...

Hi MartyMint: Thank you for your feedback. I don't think, though, that the age of my HP PC is the reason for the software problems I'm having at the moment. I recently added a 500Gb SSD (on which both OSs are installed) and more RAM, which made it noticeable faster. In other words, right now I'm not...

Hallo Ehtron: Dank dir für deine rasche Antwort. Ehrlich gesagt, keine Ahnung :oops:. Irgendwo las ich, dass der Linux Mint "Explorer" Nemo heisst, weswegen ich das auch verwendet hab'. Und von wegen Englisch, ursprünglich komm' ich aus San Francisco, hatte da 1993 meinen ersten PC und sei...

Hallo Forum: Ich habe einen asbachuralten ;) 2009 HP Compaq 8000 Elite CMT - PC mit einer 500Gb SSD (neben 3 zusätzlichen HDDs), eine Intel Pentium E8400 3.0GHz Dual Core CPU, 8Gb DDR3 RAM und LM18.3 Xfce x64 installiert. Nun habe ich ein paar Probleme, bei denen ich auf etwas Hilfe und Feedback von...

Hi JoeFootball: Many thanks for your reply. According to the link you sent me it's at least possible to upgrade to LM19 from LM18.3. Btw, what exactly do you mean by saying that you don't recommend upgrading across 'codebases'? I googled for 'Linux Mint codebases' but found precious little to enligh...

Hi Rene:

That's no problem at all, take your time. I'm just very grateful if someone is willing to help me figure this one out .

Take care,

MintDude

Hi Rene: Thanks so much for your detailed feedback. I hope you'll bear with me as this post isn't about continuing to set up LM18.3 but rather whether or not I'm sticking with Linux Mint or going back to Windows. I really like the idea of supporting open source projects like Linux Mint, for example!...

Hi there: I have a 2009 HP Compaq 8000 Elite CMT machine with a 500Gb SSD (besides 3 additional HDDs), an Intel Pentium E8400 3.0GHz Dual Core CPU, 8Gb DDR3 RAM and LM18.3 Xfce x64 installed. There are several issues I hope you can help me with :). - Is it possible to upgrade from LM18.3 Xfce to eit...

Hi Rene: Thanks so much for your detailed answer and please excuse my rather late reply. As for hibernation, I certainly didn't enable it. And as for RAM, unfortunately my Compaq 8000 Elite is the version of two machines of the same type that won't allow more than 8Gb of RAM :shock:. With regards to...

Hi SMG & ajgreeny: Thanks so much for your feedback and please excuse my late reply... :oops:. As for the Xfce section, SMG, I didn't realize it's "hidden" in one of the main forums. So, thanks for pointing this out to me and adding the links! Any unanswered questions I'm going to post...

Hi SMG: Thanks a lot, that sounds like a great tip. I didn't even know there's a "Xfce" section. Now, is that a section like "Newbie Questions" (I couldn't find an Xfce section as such) or like this Search found 3763 matches: Xfce Support , where I can just start a new thread? So...

Hi Doodman and SMG: Many thanks for your replies :D and please excuse my late answer. Well, I ended up going back to LM18.3 where I encountered none of the problems I had with LM20 as well as LM19.3 (such as adding Desktop and Panel gadgets, startup and shutdown sounds as well as the keyboard langua...