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Not exactly sure what it was, but I upgraded my kernel to 3.16 and now everything is much better. EDIT: Actually that did not fix it, but I did figure it out. My nvidia card has Powermizer, and after X amount of time it would underclock my card. This would make it have laggy transitions, after doing...

Hey everyone, I've used Cinnamon for a while, and on most of my machines it runs great. However my desktop seems to be a little sluggish. Specs: CPU: i5-4590 RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600 Disks: 128GB SSD & 500GB HDD VGA: GTX 285 Resolution: 3840x1080 (2 1920x1080) On paper I don't see why it's sluggish. To b...

I did write a guide for just this, if you would like to try it. Here it is

Excellent post! Thanks for doing this! Was thinking of trying to write something like this myself, but don't have actual experience doing it -- just second-hand knowledge from reading and helping various people try to resolve issues. Much better coming from someone who's done it themselves (possibl...

I would try Boot-Repair if you're interested.

Boot of your Live USB and run the commands in the link I gave. Hope this helps!

EDIT: This should also work for Mint 17. The guide is intended for bootloader configuration. Before I start, I would like to state that I am not posting this to debate anything regarding using UEFI only, what the benefits of Secure Boot are, or any other back-end logistical modules like that. Addit...

Alright here is my fix. Open Terminal and run the following command. Then find your mouse/touchpad on the list xinput list Then do the following cd /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d sudo touch 50-mouse-acceleration.conf sudo gedit 50-mouse-acceleration.conf Paste the following into the file Section "InputC...

mouse settings are in the Hardware section of the Control Center, available from the Menu button. This is not configurable there, at least the ability for 1:1 is not available. OP: I have actually used the links you provided to figure it out. I will post back later with my results. I have since rei...