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I tested the distro on a live USB about a month ago. I actually liked MX Linux. I like it's simplicity, it's Xfce-based, so it's gotta be simple to use. I even liked how they put the taskbar on the left side of the screen for a default, instead of on the bottom side. Why, because pc monitors are not...

Some people who have switched to Linux actually still need Windows. I bought a Fujitsu Scansnap S1500 years ago and it only had Windows drivers. So I have to boot to Windows (in my multi-boot system) to access my scanner. Of course, there is a generic Linux app for such scanner, but the Windows one ...

I tried Feren just a while ago just to see if this screen casting issue with Mint exist.
The live distro answered what I needed to find. Now I now it's a Mint issue.
I'll be replacing Mint for the time being until the issue disappears.

I might as well try this distro just to see if it's having the same issues when it comes to screen casting apps,
which is still not resolved in Mint's latest version.

Any other Ubuntu-based Cinnamon you can suggest so I can try if this problem also exists.
This hasn't been resolved in the latest Mint Cinnamon.

I always find myself very annoyed with these types of threads about Linux for old devices. I bought a used Thinkpad Lenovo laptop online a year or so ago for around 200 dollars from Bestbuy. I never doubted it would work on many latest Linux distros because it went with Windows 10. Why some people k...

"New" probably means someone in the basement finally found out how to assemble pieces together to make a distro, added some personal touches in it and now wants to share it to the world and have his 15 minutes of fame. You, as hundreds of other noobs, on the other hand, think it's a groundbreaking O...

Not a fan of OSX look and feel with huge icons at the bottom middle.
I prefer a task bar on the bottom, start menu on the bottom left corner, etc.

"Kubuntu 18.04" was very easy to install and has most of the preferred KDE applications already installed. I had some trouble with this using the BTRFS filesystem with frequent lockups, but not with the typical "ext4" filesystem. This works like and is very similar to Linux Mint KDE. This might be ...

If you use any other Mint version except for KDE you should already have it. Mint/Ubuntu don't show the actual program names for many of the preinstalled apps, just their function. Go to application manu, open "Document Viewer", go to help > about. It should say it's Eclipse. Unless they changed th...

Hoser Rob wrote: ⤴

Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:07 am

I don't find Okular any faster really than Eclipse but Eclipse chokes on many pdfs, Okular doesn't.

It loads so much faster in my system compared to Cinnamon/Xfce's default reader.
Especially in older dual-core systems with 4GB or less ram like in my laptop.

How do I install Eclipse reader in Linux?

sudo apt install okular will install it to Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce. LOL. Seems I can give up KDE now. (Not yet though.) So Okular is so much faster than these other viewers. So I'm now wondering why Cinnamon, Xfce, etc., prefer making this slow ass molasses reader as their default PDF brower. Thanks!

Yeah, I agree. It offers lots of unique features some distro's don't. But I needed something simpler like Cinnamon or Xfce. I can't give up KDE (in the form of latest Kubuntu) because its native PDF reader is so much faster than Cinnamon's, Xfce's, and probably many others. Try comparing them with K...

This is a bug in Cinnamon that the devs don't seem to be able to find. The most recent proprietary nVidia driver makes a big difference for those with nVidia cards but the problem persists. This bug not being fixed is why I won't run Cinnamon. I had mentioned this in another thread hoping something...

...which Mint's team already dropped.
Just wondering what its advantages to you are.

Been wondering why Cinnamon is the only one having problem with recorders like Kazam, Vokoscreen... The result of the recorded video is a flickering mess with flashes of whatever is in your background wallpaper. I had waited for improvement since version 17, and the problem still exists. Can't use i...

Linux Mint has three flavors, Cinnamon, Xfce, Mate.
You love them all?

You might like KDE Neon. Tried it two days ago. Almost similar to Kubuntu. The installation went okay, but it froze twice while downloading and installing software. Seemed to me it can't handle multi-tasking ops. (I usually do something else while waiting for it to finish like configure Dolphin, ch...

Today I'm booting with Mint Cinnamon, Mint Xfce and Kubuntu 18.04. I have no interest in non-Ubuntu-based distros because Ubuntu-based have the largest support resources and software. You might like KDE Neon. Been thinking about it, but latest Kubuntu is now working well for me and feel at home wit...