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It looks like your Windows is broken because it was partially overwritten. If I were you, I would rescue all the data before doing anything else: copy all your files to a USB stick or external harddisk. After that, maybe you can do some kind of recovery. If all else fails, I'm assuming you can reins...

18.3 has a fonts option to change the fonts and their sizes for desktop, documents and stuff but I can't see that option in 19.1. How can I change them? And why would they remove it in the first place? If they had removed it, then it would not be possible to change them, so there would be no use in...

That button is a very recent feature and it simply wasn't around yet in Mint 17 (or 18). But you can select individual installed kernels, and the 'remove' (or it may be 'uninstall') button will appear. So scroll through the list, look for any kernels that show as installed (and not active), and remo...

Try control+alt+f7 or control+alt+f8.

Mod note:
Three topics merged into one, because they are all about the same problem. Please do not post the same question several times, it does not help.

I don't watch instruction/tutorial videos. Can you describe the method in a sentence or two?

... I had no idea Mint has a FB page. That's how active I am on FB.

Milady, is it appearing in the Software Manager or Synaptic?

AZgl1500 wrote: ⤴

Thu Feb 21, 2019 8:52 pm

the title is a pun to attract attention to a subject that a lot of Newbies and others alike seem to be worried about having their SSD die a rapid death.

Sorry, I'm missing the pun... I know it's no fun but would you mind pointing it out?

Back to the main point: What I would like to see here is a separate "Privacy and Security" section on the main board to facilitate advances in this vital area. If you don't think its important today, you will tomorrow. You're not the first to ask and you won't be the last, but there are reasons why...

Sure, it's done!

carum carvi wrote: ⤴

Thu Feb 21, 2019 2:03 pm

Security SHOULD BE GUARANTEED AS STANDARD!

Have you just arrived on this planet? Welcome, newcomer!

I think you'll have a much better chance to find and copy the data to an external medium, than to try and run the actual program. Wine is never guaranteed to work, it's a bit of a hack and you're lucky if it happens to work with the software you wish to use. That said, check the Wine app database to...

The installation guide will explain how to make one: https://linuxmint-installation-guide.re ... en/latest/

There sort of is (Wine), but it does not always work and it's not really recommended for a beginner, as a first step. It's kinda finicky, and as I said, it doesn't always work. There are lots of games that run natively on Linux. Asking 'is Linux Mint not even able to run a game?' sounds somewhat unf...

Linux.Blue wrote: ⤴

Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:33 pm

Are the days of running Linux on older systems invalid now?

No, but not all distros are created equal. For older systems, you'll get better results with a suitable distro and desktop environment. KDE may simply not be a good choice on < 2GB of RAM.

Dharam_House wrote: ⤴

Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:44 am

there are no such options I had tried this.

Are you not seeing the option to select an edition and then 'Confirm', as shown below?

Je probeert aan je fiets te sleutelen terwijl je er op rijdt. Oftewel, als je een partitie wilt opsplitsen, kan dat niet terwijl hij in gebruik is. Dat is de reden dat GParted niet standaard is geinstalleerd in Mint terwijl het wel aanwezig is in de 'live' versie op de DVD of USBstick. De oplossing:...

Yes, I know that's what you said. I'm just wondering what makes you believe that, and whether it's based on information or more on gut feeling.

151tom wrote: ⤴

Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:11 am

I believe all OSs have always had telemetry regardless of which OS it may be it's just that the consumer / user is aware of it now.

Can you point to a source for that?