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I am thinking of buying a refurbished Dell Precision 7710 laptop.

Will the latest stable version of Mint Cinnamon edition work on this laptop? Or are there known issues?

Don't want to buy and find I've ended up with a donkey as far as Mint is concerned.

I've used FreeFileSync for backing up data only for years; first in Win 7 and now in Linux Mint Cinnamon. While it is capable of doing RealTime backups, I do not recommend them. To be able to do RealTime backups, you have to have your backup drive connected to the computer at all times. I'm thinkin...

You might find that FreeFileSync can achieve what you want to do. It has a component called RealTimeSync that can, in the background, continually monitor for file changes and will then automatically copy changed files from a source to a target folder (which could be a 'cloud' location). Program is f...

Another recommend to give a try is Tixati

I think that is something of misappreciation going on in this thread as to what the original poster's complaint is at its root. It's all about feelings . The original poster seems new to (Linux) Mint and has come from a Windows system. On Windows passwords are rarely required, and in some versions o...

@ JoeFootball It's a little confusing as to if atl_jt is trying do a hash check inside a Linux or a Windows system. @atl_jt I have just now updated my post here (given that things have changed a bit since I originally made that post) with clear instructions on how to do this hash check both inside a...

Try using the method detailed here: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=217357#p1136607 You will get a copy of the checksum file for current Mint releases here: https://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/ - just select the version you want to check.

You could try using a different method of verifying. See this viewtopic.php?f=60&t=217357#p1136607 You will get a copy of the checksum file for current Mint releases here: https://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/ - just select the version you want to check.

Actually in day to day use I hardly ever use the CLI - get nearly everything I want to do done via program GUIs. That said, when setting up the system that was the one time I found I needed to use the CLI a reasonable number of times. But for that it is easy to get the information needed from the we...

A very good book for absolute beginners is Linux Mint Essentials . This book has a strong bias towards the Cinnamon desktop - though much of the information would still be of help using other desktops. You might get a better deal on price by buying direct from the publisher . Another good book is Li...

+1 for using a program like CherryTree for notes. (I use Treepad Business Edition via Wine.) The notes can be organised into categories and the entire database of notes is very readily searchable. You can also store images and live url/links in the notes. Far more convenient than keeping individual ...

I had my computer in suspend mode. Someone doing vacuum-cleaning hit the computer case with considerable force, the computer very nearly tipped over completely. Now I'm wondering if my hard-drive was at risk of damage from such a blow while the system was in suspend mode. Really I'm wondering if the...

EDIT: After posting I noticed that this was an old thread but decided to leave this post in case anyone needs to refer to this thread in the future. I checked and the HP Laserjet 1022 isn't a auto-duplex (i.e. (auto) double-sided) printer, it only does simplex (i.e. single-sided) printing. This mean...

I'm not an outright expert on this but Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) is a common printer driver used in Linux, and certainly in Linux Mint. (When reading the wikipedia document it mentions "backends". As far as I am aware "backend" is Linux-speak for "driver".) Thi...

I see that you're new to Mint Forum. Welcome. Hope you like Mint and stick around. :) If you want a GUI interface for the firewall then do the following: 1) Go (Start) Menu > Administration > Software Manager (and enter your password when asked to do so). 2) In the Software Manager search box type G...

Quite some time ago StartPage changed the way it presented results and, to my mind, the old way was the better way particularly when searching for images. It's a good idea to check out the difference between the classic Startpage and the redesigned StartPage and see which you prefer. Classic StartPa...

Boca, Don't know if this will be of much use but there is a post here by someone trying to install an Epson SX515W printer/scanner: Setting up Epson SX515W Wireless Printer/Scanner One post in that thread points to the following tutorial on setting up the printer/scanner: Part 1 - Configure Epson S5...

This is one of the two issues about Mint that find disappointing at times - old software, software years out of date. That said I still like Mint a lot. As far Transmission goes why not just try an up-to-date alternative. Tixati is very good and if you just want to play around with it a bit then you...

Hello Jorn! I use the following tweak: browser.cache.disk.parent_directory I have it set up so that Firefox's cache2 data gets written into a ramdisk, not to HDD/SSD. (Note that in the webpage linked to above mozillaZine refers to this folder as "Cache" when in fact when Firefox creates th...