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Not sure what I've done, however I now have a dropbox folder on my computer and I can sign into the dropbox website. I now have a new problem. Well, more accurately speaking, my original problem. I save all my passwords using Keepass and I have this installed onto my computer. Nothing untoward there...

I installed Dropbox with the Synaptic package manager, and my computer says it installed. However when I click the icon, nothing happens.

I uninstalled and then reinstalled yet nothing happened.

Any ideas how I can install Dropbox onto my Linux Mint xfce computer?

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I've installed Mint Xfce onto a 10 year old laptop because I thought that would be the best bet for an old lappy. And Xfce worked quite well last time. And its working quite well right now. However if I wanted to experiment with Cinnamon, is it an easy process to mix and match. If this is possible, ...

Good evening, and sorry for the delay replying. I must admit that I was getting confused with JAVA and Javascript. I was also having a lot of small issues popping up with the operating system. I solved the problem by reinstalling Linux Mint on a re-formatted hard drive. Sorry for taking so long to r...

After worrying about Randsomware and how to reduce this worry, I have installed Linux Mint back onto my laptop.

But now that I'm back in LinuxLand I need Java to surf the internet, or do I?

And if I need Java, could somebody please explain, in idiot speak, how I can do this?

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With your four desktops can you have four different desktop background images?

Thanks for the replies.

I will check them out later today.

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I am running Mint 15, Cinnamon and I'd like to try Steam. I have tried the search function with installing Steam but I only seem to get replies for Half-Life 2.

I would very much appreciate help and advice on how it get my Steam Account running on Linux Mint.

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Hello again I don't know how I solved the issue, either by following the advice on this thread or by my previous attempts at installing SAMBA. Today I have discovered that the File Browser is called Nemo and I have learnt how to type the IP address into the Nemo Location Bar. This then gave me acces...

You need to open your file browser (standard: nemo). Then click on "Data" in the menu bar and choose "Conntect to server..". Then you can choose from several options for connecting to your NAS. Hello In my File Browser, that I now know is called Nemo, I have the following: File ...

I like to go for the easiest solutions first. A quick glance at the users manual states that it can be accessed by OSX using bonjour. In Linux bonjour is called avahi so you should be able to connect to the device this way. I too like to keep things simple, unfortunately I do not know how to follow...

Hello I have installed Mint 15 onto my laptop and it works fine and dandy, however I have a problem which I have not been able to solve. I have: two Window's 7 computers, An Android Tablet (Jelly Bean), A Android phone (Gingerbread) A Laptop with Linux Mint 15 An Iomega IX-200 Network Storage Device...

I'm having another love/hate relationship with Linux in the hope of finding some CCTV software that will monitor my home. So far in my learning curve, I have installed Virtual Box and I have Mint 13 installing all the updates before I start my quest to understand Linux better and find some CCTV soft...

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I've just returned to Mint and wiped XP off my computer.

Could somebody please explain how I start the firewall set it up?

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Hello

I tried drag and drop but it failed.

I'm probably missing something simple here?

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Could somebody please explain how I can get new themes for my mint 8? I've been looking at some available on the Mint website http://www.linuxmint-art.org/index.php?xcontentmode=9x14x100 I had a quick go at following the instructions by cut and paste into a terminal but I did something wrong because...

I did read that site before posting and it made me wonder if I had the experience to get this working properly. And prompted me to ask about AWN here for advice

Should I wait till my learning curve of Linux has improved a lot before playing with AWN?

Or is it straight forward for a newbe to get up and running?

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Thanks for the top tips.

Much appreciated.

Hello I've got Mint 8 running like a dream on my laptop and I'm having a little play to see what this baby can do. However I do have one question, how do I get an icon that allows me to switch desktops? Most other distros that I have played with has a feature that allows me to switch desktop areas b...