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by MadmanRB
Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Mint has lost its identity
Replies: 24
Views: 2925

Mint has lost its identity

You know it sucks that Mint is slowly, but surely losing its identity. First it lost the iconic leaf icon, and now its familiar default green theme. What’s next, a black wallpaper with nothing on it? Mint dropping its mint X and Y themes in favor of adwaita icons and theme? Just dropping the name “m...
by MadmanRB
Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:25 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Oddball bluetooth gamepad behavior (linux mint 21 cinnamon)
Replies: 4
Views: 351

Re: Oddball bluetooth gamepad behavior (linux mint 21 cinnamon)

Oh, I disabled fast startup ages ago, but yes, maybe I will try a cold boot next time.

Edit: no, a cold boot didn't work, issue persists.
by MadmanRB
Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:33 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Oddball bluetooth gamepad behavior (linux mint 21 cinnamon)
Replies: 4
Views: 351

Re: Oddball bluetooth gamepad behavior (linux mint 21 cinnamon)

As you wish System: Kernel: 5.15.0-50-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X570-PRO v: Rev X.0x serial: <su...
by MadmanRB
Tue Oct 11, 2022 6:09 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Oddball bluetooth gamepad behavior (linux mint 21 cinnamon)
Replies: 4
Views: 351

Oddball bluetooth gamepad behavior (linux mint 21 cinnamon)

So before we begin let me list off my system specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 super Ram: 16 Bit DDR4 3200 dual channel Bluetooth adapter: Plugable USB Bluetooth 4.0 (got it as it was recommended for linux) Bluetooth gamepads: Xbox One gamepad/ 8bitdo SN30+ So I'm experiencing some r...
by MadmanRB
Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:12 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Firefox future in Linux Mint
Replies: 17
Views: 4177

Re: Firefox future in Linux Mint

It's going to get to a point where Clem will have to make a decision about what takes more time/effort - repackaging major apps whenever Ubuntu decides to remove their debs, or just abandon Ubuntu altogether for Debian. I personally have no problem with snaps/flatpaks as an additional source of pac...
by MadmanRB
Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:53 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Firefox future in Linux Mint
Replies: 17
Views: 4177

Re: Firefox future in Linux Mint

Well Firefox still uses other formats like tar.gz, so it may not be that hard to convert it to a Debian package.
Also could convert the Debian sid firefox too
by MadmanRB
Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:29 am
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: My RTX/turing card did not work on mint 20 without trickery
Replies: 2
Views: 407

Re: My RTX/turing card did not work on mint 20 without trickery

Well usually mint fixes issues found in ubuntu, this seems to be the opposite effect and maybe should have been tested more.
Thats the problem with timed releases where deadlines are set.
What makes it worse is that mint is targeted at new users while I had no such issues with ubuntu 20.04 main.
by MadmanRB
Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:31 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: My RTX/turing card did not work on mint 20 without trickery
Replies: 2
Views: 407

My RTX/turing card did not work on mint 20 without trickery

Seems like there is an issue with linux mint 20 and RTX cards, this was not an issue with ubuntu 20.04 for me but it is here. I normally dont use beta releases so seeing this work not so well on a final release. Now i got my card working but i had to edit grub and seyt it to "nomodeset" on...
by MadmanRB
Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:16 am
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Has anyone played around with MX Linux?
Replies: 46
Views: 11490

Re: Has anyone played around with MX Linux?

I use MX linux on my laptop, while i am not crazy about XFCE it does seem to be a good distro and has pretty good battery life.
On my desktop MX linux wasnt so good but I blame the nvidia drivers on that bit.
by MadmanRB
Sun Jun 23, 2019 8:37 am
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Ubuntu is NOT dropping all 32-bit support going forward
Replies: 126
Views: 20178

Re: Bye bye i386, Ubuntu is dropping all 32-bit support going forward

Technically, there will be absolutely no need for 32-bit software at all. Sigh I can understand dropping 32bit kernels and the like but there are a lot of drivers, software and other thigns that are 32bit only. Wine 64 doesnt work with 32bit apps so this sucks and is going to kill Ubuntu for good o...
by MadmanRB
Sat Jun 22, 2019 4:36 pm
Forum: Non-technical Questions
Topic: 32bit multilib support in the future
Replies: 19
Views: 5593

Re: 32bit multilib support in the future

So that is some hope at least.
But yes sadly this does mean the end for Linux mint on 32bit hardware, but if it means they will try to maintain multilib support i will take it.
by MadmanRB
Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:36 am
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Ubuntu is NOT dropping all 32-bit support going forward
Replies: 126
Views: 20178

Re: Bye bye i386, Ubuntu is dropping all 32-bit support going forward

well apparently popOS isnt dropping 32bit anytime soon and they may be having their own solutiion to this mess.... perhaps we can get the mint devs to talk to system76?
by MadmanRB
Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:31 am
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Ubuntu is NOT dropping all 32-bit support going forward
Replies: 126
Views: 20178

Re: Bye bye i386, Ubuntu is dropping all 32-bit support going forward

...over-dramatic much? Surely it's simpler & more convenient to just use a (disposable as well) container, instead of...changing distro? Plus, Mint 20 still has a year until it gets released... Well i still like to use emulators such as PCSX2, if I want play station 2 emulation its either switc...
by MadmanRB
Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:03 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Ubuntu is NOT dropping all 32-bit support going forward
Replies: 126
Views: 20178

Re: Bye bye i386, Ubuntu is dropping all 32-bit support going forward

Me i am probably going to switch distros. especially ones with multilib like arch or even debian.
LMDE here I come!
Its sad when even arch which was the first major distro to drop 32bit support offers 32bit libs for those who need them for cool things like emulators and WINE
by MadmanRB
Tue Jun 04, 2019 9:26 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Richard Stallman Gnu Fsf compliant respective Mint?
Replies: 40
Views: 5664

Re: Richard Stallman Gnu Fsf compliant respective Mint?

For me being total FSF compliant is a lesson in pain. Granted in general I make sure that my hardware is linux compliant but that doesnt mean every device I own is FSF compliant and yes i can make compromises especially in matters of what that hardware can do for me. I own a nvidia card, they only r...
by MadmanRB
Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:44 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Microsoft"s New "Modern OS"
Replies: 15
Views: 2244

Re: Microsoft"s New "Modern OS"

Well yeah its perhaps time for microsoft to change gears again and actually apply the lessons learned from the mistakes they made. And its not like Microsoft is incapable of doing this, the mistakes they made with vista were fixed with windows 7, the issues of windows 8 and 8.1 are actually fixed by...
by MadmanRB
Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:10 am
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Okay I want some help squishing this annoying firefox bug
Replies: 5
Views: 553

Re: Okay I want some help squishing this annoying firefox bug

sure card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 c...
by MadmanRB
Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:28 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Flat 'Modern' GUI design and where it comes from (and reflections of Clems March 2019 blog post in relation to that)
Replies: 31
Views: 3515

Re: Flat 'Modern' GUI design and where it comes from (and reflections of Clems March 2019 blog post in relation to that)

For me i am against flat themes as they have become too common and seems like every app blends into the next. Its one thing to want uniformity its another to make it dull and boring. I really miss glassy looks like windows 7's aero or gradients like the older versions of OSX's aqua theme, now both O...
by MadmanRB
Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:52 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Okay I want some help squishing this annoying firefox bug
Replies: 5
Views: 553

Re: Okay I want some help squishing this annoying firefox bug

the realtek should be the front panel though its mis labeled as Realtek type: USB driver Windows seems to make the same general assumption (I dualboot this machine) as that too identifies it as USB even though its a standard jack connector. I already ruled out the headphones as the issue, and my con...
by MadmanRB
Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:27 am
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Okay I want some help squishing this annoying firefox bug
Replies: 5
Views: 553

Okay I want some help squishing this annoying firefox bug

So recently i have been making firefox my default browser and will probably keep it default when chrome drops adblock support. Still there is this one issue, and its been bugging the heck out of me. I get cracking/distorted audio when playing media sometimes, it happens when say i am watching youtub...

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