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To test if flash is installed, run a terminal command dpkg --get-selections | grep flash ... and the flash´s version strings /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so|grep LNX|awk '{print $2}' In webkit-based browsers like Opera, Chrome and Chromium strings /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libpepflashp...

Windows 10 can destroy linux completely:

After Windows 10 upgrade, can't boot Linux Mint -> viewtopic.php?t=222137#p1167801

Yes. I use to use the next script. #! /bin/bash rm -rf $HOME/.cache/ Do you use Thunder Bird? Because doing this destroys all TB accounts and settings. Yes. I use to delete all caches and programs, including Thunderbird , are still working. Your problems are caused by making a .cache file, which me...

With Kdenlive you can do it, but maybe is easier to extract an audio track using SoundConverter amd set sound level using Audacity, and then re-join the track using some video editing application like Avidemux.

UEFI requires a GPT partition table for working, so are the bootable drive GPT?

HaveaMint wrote: ⤴

Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:45 pm

Does a cat laying on the keyboard count as a user?

Yes if it is logged in.

deepakdeshp wrote: ⤴

Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:35 pm

I am not able to start Thunderbird. I get missing profile. I renamed .thunderbird but it didnt help. Any pointers are welcome.

Thunderbird needs cache, so remove that touched .cache file and make .cache folder.

I think that is a bad idea. Better to move cache to the tmpfs https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tmpfs I've got the following line in my fstab in order to mount Chromium's cache on tmpfs in RAM: tmps /home/philotux/.cache/chromium/ tmpfs rw,noexec,nodev,nosuid This isn't Chromium's cache. Does th...

deepakdeshp wrote: ⤴

Mon Jun 17, 2019 2:52 pm

I removed the folder again and did

touch .cache

. Hopefully this will prevent recreation of the folder.

I think that is a bad idea. Better to move cache to the tmpfs
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tmpfs

~$ sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p LBP6000 -P /usr/share/cups/model/CNCUPSLBP6018CAPTK.ppd -v ccp://localhost:59787 -E lpadmin: Unable to open PPD "/usr/share/cups/model/CNCUPSLBP6018CAPTK.ppd": Unable to open PPD file on line 0. lpadmin: Unable to open PPD file "/usr/share/cups/model/CNCUPSLBP6018CAPTK....

Yes. I use to use the next script.

To check via Terminal:

How about if you backup .thunderbird folder and create accounts again?

Depending on browser, the Internet sees Mint as Unix or Ubuntu ... so the answer is 0 or >1

My question : Can I move and change path to a partition for a folder like .wine ? Or have separate partitions / drives for /Documents, /Pictures, /Music, etc or even perhaps /Playonlinux ??? ANY help on this would immeasurably valued and appreciated . Thanks in advance ....... I searched Google abo...

Edit $HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs file and log out and log in. An example about the file: XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Työpöytä" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Lataukset" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Mallit" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Julkinen" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Asiakirjat" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Musiikki" XDG_...

Is Timeshift running?

Yes ... kind of.
https://www.2daygeek.com/gencfsm-gnome- ... ory-linux/

With encfs, at least LibreOffice asks your password.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/1735981 workaroud: edit udev rule /lib/udev/rules.d/77-mm-huawei-configuration.rules (create if not existent) comment out everything in there replace with: ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", \ ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", \ ATTR{idVendo...

Check the disk via liveDVD or USB using GParted or command line (fsck).