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WE humans might think because we CAN think that we are destined to survive everything ... Is human intelligence a disastrous flaw of evolution? Maybe, but not for the reasons you might think. Somewhere in my archives I have a scholarly article published in the highly prestigious Journal of Irreprod...

I hesitated to change my office version to a ppa because normally, when regarding reliability of applications, I prefer to rely to decisions of the LM team. There are three additional options to use the current version of LibreOffice: flatpak, Snap, and AppImage. The flatpak can be installed from S...

Here is an AC/DC charger that should work with your computer.
https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Ultraslim ... 507&sr=8-1

Another option is to purchase a power inverter. Most auto parts and electronics stores carry them.

The author, Chris Pietschmann, and according to his website he is a Microsoft MVP in Azure and Azure IoT. This does not disqualify him from posting his opinion, but might have a vested interest in Micros~1 purchasing Canonical. He loses credibility points with me by leaving it out of the Disclaimer....

Seems I found another called PDF Arranger. Interesting. PDF Arranger is a fork of PDF-Shuffler. The PDF-Shuffler has not seen an update since 2012, and even the maintainer of the project is suggesting PDF Arranger - https://sourceforge.net/p/pdfshuffler/bugs/51/ . Something to keep an eye on. The v...

Cliff - that did not come up on my search, but I will check out Software Sources. Do you have a link for it. Open Software Manager and search on Fottox. Here is a link to the website: https://kornelix.net/fotoxx/fotoxx.html Text tool in XNViewMP works well and I like the program but it has no clone...

I am trying to figure out Gimp, Its not very intuitive. Every full-featured graphics editing program I have ever used has a learning curve, and GIMP is no exception. I think learning to use GIMP is worthwhile, and there are numerous tutorials, both written and YouTube, that make it easier to learn ...

I need to add script or watermark photos in Pix. I think Pix is the wrong tool for the job. My first choice would be GIMP, but if you want a more basic editor I think you would be happy with XnViewMP. It is proprietary software, but it is free (no charge) for non-commercial use. It can be installed...

Hello. Though Scribus is available in LM repositories I wanted to try a more up-to-date version of it by installing via flatpak (i'm on LM 19.1). The installation of the latest (beta/development) version 1.5.6 I am pretty sure the current Scribus development candidate is 1.5.5. Is there a way to ru...

I use AutoKey . It can be installed from Software Manager. A newer version is available, but the version in Software Manager works fine. It is the version I use. More information is at https://github.com/autokey/autokey . The website has links for documentation. Here is a tutorial from 2010 - the fi...

Thanks for the detailed answer. Flat pack versions are very big hence I avoid them. Are AppImages also huge compared to the repository? The GIMP AppImage is roughly 170MB, so it is larger than the repository version. How much larger depends on how you count the dependencies; GIMP has a lot of depen...

I have 2.10.14 gimp installed .I have enabled the ppa . Otto has still not updated the PPA to 2.10.18. The last activity for the PPA appears to be from Feb 2020. I hope is is okay. The flatpak has been suggested - I am not a fan, but it is current. I recall there were issues with the G'MIC plug-in ...

What's the best CAD DWG File Viewer for Mint? XnView MP supports over 500 image file formats, including DWG. It is a general purpose image viewer with a nice set image management tools and a basic set of image editing tools. It is proprietary software, but free for non-commercial use. It is availab...

What is the name of the launcher file in .local/bin? I think the install routine simply copies the MuseScore-3.4.2-x86_64.AppImage to ./local/bin - the entry in the Main Menu points to this file. I think (but I am not positive) the install routine also creates two additional files, mscore-portable ...

That's good. Now what can I do with the other files? I have the original AppImage on the desktop still, a copy of that in .local/bin, and two shortcuts. You can delete the AppImage file on your desktop - if you delete this file you should also delete any shortcut that points to it. When you "instal...

I tried typing it in, but it says "Command not found." That is because I did not provide the correct, complete command to use ... it is missing a vital part. Also, install does not need to be prefaced by -- ; I misread the manpage. The command to use is ./MuseScore-3.4.2-x86_64.AppImage install Not...

But I want a full installation on my desktop, and I'm unfamiliar with terminal. "Installing" the MuseScore AppImage simply integrates the AppImage to the desktop - it adds a entry to the menu and it sets the icon. It is not necessary - I use several AppImages, and I never integrate them to the desk...

I don't know why, but every single time I try to download a particular snap package Is snapd installed to your system? Open Software Manager, search for snapd , and click Install. To install it from the command line, open a terminal session and enter the following commands. You will be prompted for...

Rebooting the system cured my MuseScore AppImage crashes. If you have Nvidia graphics and you applied the recent updates, reboot your system and see if that works.

Just curious, do you have an Nvidia graphics card? There was a recent Nvidia update, and if this is related to that it might explain why the MuseScore AppImage no longer works for me.