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I installed ruffle ( www.ruffle.rs ) and kick off SWF games via terminal as a sh file - <path>/ruffle <path>/<file>.swf

Works Flawlessly with Mint 20.1 ~ MSI - Modern 15 A10M-455 - Intel I5 - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD ~ typically much less than $600/USD. System: Kernel: 5.4.0-66-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-10210U bits: 64 type: MT ...

Works Flawlessly with Mint 20.1 ~ MSI - Modern 15 A10M-455 - Intel I5 - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD ~ typically much less than $600/USD. System: Kernel: 5.4.0-66-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04...

There is NO way this machine will work well with any Linux Mint distro. Sent back to the vendor.

I have a ***MUCH*** better machine now, that works Flawlessly with Mint 20.1 ......................

MSI - Modern 15 A10M-455 - Intel I5 - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD

New machine, wiped out Win10 and installed Mint 20.1 Display defaults to 1920x1080 and no other options, need decrease the resolution. I use a trackball that works fine, turned off the touchpad but it still functions (and with annoying high sensitivity). Bluetooth recognizes my WiFi ear buds, but wo...

had to get the machine into legacy mode and turn off eufi and safe boot. could not boot off a usb port, so i created a mint dvd and used an external optical drive to load mint 19.1 and overwrite that nasty win 10, it appears to work reasonably well. it instantly recognized and setup my network print...

don't see the probook 455 amd 9 in the list, so i'll take a chance on it. one of my machines is an hp pavilion that runs mint 18 well.

is this machine linux mint compatible? HP ProBook 455 G5 Notebook PC - AMD A9 9420 3.0GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 15.6" 1366x768 (HD), AMD Radeon R5, WiFi, BT 4.2, GigE, Webcam, 1x USB-C, Win 10 Pro 64-bit - 7CM54U8#ABA Communications Description Gigabit Ethernet 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2 Interface ...

need a new machine and this Lenovo ThinkPad A475 is what i'm looking at right now.

any known issues with it and running Mint???

i wish that i was smart enuf to start such a thread many Many MANY years ago when i became a linux convert. i've wasted money on acer, hp, assus, toshiba, and other such linux NON-friendly machines. i currently have all of those machines running mint, but with a LOT of effort and help from this foru...

Which laptop brands/models will work best with Linux Mint? Only interested in internet browsing, youtube, facebook, emails, and office apps. Small screen 14" to 15". Needs to work well with WiFi & LAN. A few USB ports would be needed - but no gaming, no large hard drive, or special mul...

whoa! much better! thank you!!!!

the results of running that code ... rosco@rosco-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx ~ $ cd /lib/firmware/rtlwifi rosco@rosco-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx /lib/firmware/rtlwifi $ sudo wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/rtlwifi/rtl8723defw.bin [sudo] password for rosco: --201...

rosco@rosco-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx ~ $ wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/master/wireless-info && chmod +x wireless-info && ./wireless-info --2018-07-04 09:30:55-- https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/master/wireless-info Resolving github.c...

help .... ?

after the reboot, wireless is recognized but is "unavailable". a rescan for networks doesn't work. rosco@rosco-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx ~ $ git clone -b extended https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git Cloning into 'rtlwifi_new'... remote: Counting objects: 5835, done. remote: Compressing ob...

jeremy, yer fix worked perfectly for months but i think i screwed up the wifi after installing a newer kernal, backed out but still no go .... ack!!! rosco@rosco-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx ~ $ uname -a; dkms status Linux rosco-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx 4.15.0-24-generic #26~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 15 14:35:08 U...

prefecto! thank you!!

done. still no wifi. [sudo] password for rosco: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done dkms is already the newest version (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.5). git is already the newest version (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.3). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 ...

rosco@rosco-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx ~ $ uname -a; dkms status Linux rosco-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx 4.13.0-32-generic #35~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 25 10:13:43 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ndiswrapper, 1.60, 4.10.0-38-generic, x86_64: installed ndiswrapper, 1.60, 4.13.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed