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Oh, that's fascinating! Wow That all sounds very plausible. It was pure dumb luck that I was right about the live environment, and your explanation really makes sense. I then dug through the preferences to see if I could change the setting to "LANG=en_GB.UTF-8" but I didn't see anything. So I guess...

Hmph, yeah that is interesting. Could that have been a bug in my version of Nemo, since both of yours are newer? Then again, Nemo's been around for several years -- even my version isn't that old. You'd think they would have caught that long ago. My other thought is: could it be something unique to ...

Hello all, For a few weeks I've been taking Linux Mint 19 for a spin by running it live from a flash drive, and I'm considering installing it to my SSD. But there's a very strange behavior that could be a deal-breaker. In Nemo 3.8.5, I cannot get my folders and files to sort by name in simple alphab...

Well, thanks but the software I used (YUMI) was supposed to do that for me, and gave me the option of setting the size of that space. I'm sure I set it for at least a Gigabyte, and more likely two. Since it gave me no error message (unless it scrolled by and was foolishly not mentioned at the end, w...

(you had one job, calendar, one job :D). Hahahahaha... EXACTLY. :lol: But I got back on here to say it was apparently my system getting confused after running 24/7 since December 17. One or two other things started acting flaky, too. I rebooted and the calendar is normal. I guess it's like me witho...

Hi everyone, I'm running Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon and I see something very strange in the calendar. I'd like to know if I'm alone. The day and date are correctly displayed in the lower right of the desktop, but when I click to open the calendar it gets weird. The wrong date is highlighted, though it's...

OK, thanks. I entered that, and this time i copied and pasted my entry below. Then I pasted yours, so I could compare (I added the undersore to line the two up). mine: it@it:~$ sudo mount -o loop /media/it/MULTIBOOT1/multiboot/linuxmint-18.2-mate-64bit/casper-rw /media/it/Seagate\ Backup\ Plus\ Driv...

No worries, then operate on your backup copy. :? Excuse me if I sound obtuse but I don't know what "operate on" means, and there is no backup copy. Please remember you are talking to someone with only rudimentary knowledge about the Linux file system, and next to none about terminal commands. Howev...

"Consider that one as a safe backup. Follow the instructions you've been given." Were you ever in the military? Just curious. :lol: But you misunderstood me. I have merely created a destination folder so far. I need to get a few hours sleep and clear my head before i try this again. If I get pissed ...

Sorry I'm not very familiar with USB + persistance, but assuming it runs OK once you clear out some files, it's well worth a look in /var/cache/apt/archives as this can get cluttered with old packages. Noted. Thanks. :-) It would be nice if Mint would direct a user as to where to look for clutter, ...

mkdir /home/$USER/casper To be clear, that command will create a target directory in which the contents of casper-rw will be placed, correct? I already did this (without the terminal) and placed it on my external hard drive. Is that ok? I understand the other command you gave, but the one above: is...

The .mozilla folder in any installed version of Mint is always found in home/<user name> because it contains user settings. I've never used Puppy so I can't say anything useful about that. Similarly for live versions with persistence: never used, don't know. I didn't catch that the distros were on ...

Well I guess I've been using those two terms interchangeably, and some brief research after seeing your question shows me I was wrong to do so. So now I'm not sure which it was. But in Puppy Linux, for example, entering the root directory OR clicking the home shortcut both take me to the same place ...

Oh, thanks for the definition, Moem. That explains the answers Catweazel gave. You know, we're instructed to provide details about the problem, but this is an obvious downside to that. If people aren't going to read, what good do details do? I guess I will start shorter next time and if people need ...

Catweazel, I love your signature -- sad but true. I don't know what "TL;DR" means. How would I export my browser links? I can't get into Mint to open Firefox. But I do have a backup from a few weeks ago, which may have to do. As mentioned above, I also cannot delete the Mozilla directory because I c...

Hi everyone. I've been using Linux Mint 18.2 Mate from a flash drive for almost a year. The flash drive is one of three that I have plugged into my desktop computer all the time. Each of them was created by YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) and they contain multiple Linux distros and some ac...

Mounting a partition isn't a one-time occurrence. You can unmount and mount until the cows come home. OK. :) And what about if I unmount a drive and then turn off the computer... will that drive automatically mount again on reboot? "That would require an entry in the file /etc/fstab. Otherwise a si...

A lot of things may auto-mount for you such as Flash drives or even external USB hard disks. It depends on your system settings and the filesystem the drive you're talking about was formatted for too. I can routinely "mount" a FAT32 formatted Flash drive just by inserting it into a USB port. Same w...

Thanks, everybody for your replies, and sorry for the delay. Your information has been very useful.

I'm going to go back now and see if I need to reply to any individual comments.

Hi gtsfer, First, thank you. Using your instructions I was able to locate the Firefox profile and copy the contents into a text file, which I saved to my external hard drive. You aren't kidding; it's hard to read. But it's a lot better than nothing! I'm so grateful both for your instructions and for...