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I don't like Xfce and KDE died in these Mint Forums. Mint Xfce is alive and kicking.... It's just that it so seldom causes any problems. :mrgreen: I only install Mint Cinnamon on modern powerful machines. On weaker machines, I always install Mint Xfce. It's great that Mint 19.3 Xfce has Xfce 4.14.1...

One of the several significant advantages of the libre software world is the capacity, to a far greater extent than with proprietary software, to customize it to suit one's own needs and/or tastes. Now, you might quibble about someone's tastes for liking Microsoft's Aero theme — I might even agree ...

Pepi wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:29 pm

If I'm being a meany then I'm laughing at myself because I'm probably the oldest person on here

A candidate for a Windows mimicry..?

We don't know if the OP wants Windows access on that drive. I suppose the simple answer is, Ext4 if no Windows, and NTFS if yes Windows. Btrfs and XFS have worked well for me though. I'm a sucker for trying different things. I'm glad Linux and Windows is oil and water. Hope it always stays that way...

Moem wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:47 pm

absque fenestris wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:38 pm

@ Moem: please check whether Firefox or another browser displays websites correctly.

Yup... just fine.

So at least it has nothing to do with the operating system. No solution now - but you have to start looking somewhere ...

@ Moem: please check whether Firefox or another browser displays websites correctly. Thunderbird works with HTML - just like any other browser. And I had exactly this problem (poor rendering) after a not so successful Cinnamon update. My post in the Mint Forums is a good verification: if you don't s...

Yes, Mint Forums member pjotr and his website have been of great help in difficult times. But this Mint Forums, as well as many other forums, was a big help.
And sometimes people via a forum who helped me privately by email with infinite patience...

Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:25 pm

Don't trust anyone over 30...wait...I'm over 30...I've seen 30 twice (and then some)...oh, never mind.

The basic problem with growing old: at 16 everything was crystal clear...

So, in this/my case, what it comes down to is, same hardware so MacOS must be doing something that Mint isn't. It's not Mint specific. Intel and Apple may have their special arrangements. Microsoft might also join in - but Linux? And when? Strictly speaking, it's still a GNU/Linux ... and as such -...

The 5K LG screen is also available elsewhere - regardless of Apple. The problem with Thunderbolt: it's a PCIe bus that is looped outwards. So far so good. Just how many lanes from this bus are supported by which device? The dear user can find out for himself ... In addition, USB 3.0 and DisplayPort ...

Moem wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2020 12:25 pm

Good idea. I would like to try that but I don't know where any of them live. I was already trying to change it to Pix. But where is it located?

File System > usr > bin > pix

I'll thank you not to conflate old age with being 'gaga'. That's unkind and inappropriate.

Please, what other meaning would these comments about age have? I know quite a few ignorant people - some are about 3 years old...

Who? People who are doing IT support for others who are not at all IT-savvy and VERY set in their ways. I'm thinking of elderly parents and other relatives, for example. I honestly see a place for this for the older folks. I've tried setting up Linux on peoples computer and they had a cow with the ...

The more I read about Thunderbolt - especially the very small print that may have an asterisk - the more confused I get. In theory, everything works and with macOS anyway. In practice, there are some teasing pitfalls that can also be quite expensive. The information is already somewhat vague under W...

I bought "new" hard drive, got me raise eyebrow more than once, SMART data shows 5h of operation, sticker on hard drive shows year of production 2013 and I got cable alongside with hard drive that have seen better days (plugged part had fresh vibrant colour, while rest of the cable looked somewhat ...

WestCork wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 18, 2020 3:05 pm

Yes it 'should' work.
When the Mac was still on MacOS the second monitor worked fine.
But now with Linux Mint it's won't even come on.
Sad.

Is macOS completely removed?

The information about the LG screen is a bit strange - at least with my Windows laptop it wouldn't work with Thunderbolt...

A short detour in Windows: this is what my Task Manager looks like - but I have absolutely no idea what to do with all this information ..?
A classic spinning hard disk is slow, an SSD is fast - but I know that anyway.

https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/301

I use Signal, on my phone and on my laptop. But it does not allow me to send SMS from my laptop or receive them there. The version that's running on my laptop only communicates with my contacts who also use Signal. So, no, you cannot do that with Signal as far as I know. I used the desktop version ...

Hiyall, i am looking for a GUI-based program that allows me to send and receive SMSs on my computer. My failing eyesight makes it difficult on the phone. Any suggestions? You can do that with Signal . On the phone, you must select Signal as your SMS program. https://www.signal.org/download/#linuxMo...