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Here's an alternative command (sudo needed for dmidecode) that will show max capacities.

sudo inxi -mx

Only places I know where it could be hiding is Menu > Settings > Appearance, or Menu > Settings > Window Manager.

I dunno, but once I've highlighted something, all I have to do is middle-click in the application where I want to paste it . . no clicking and dragging involved.

Please take the time to put yourself in the developer's shoes. Create a package that contains everything that is needed (all dependencies) for multiple distributions, and multiple versions of those distributions, into one single package . . OR, having to compile that single package one at a time, se...

Right at the bottom of your analysis, I see 22 seconds looking for a pulseaudio/bluetooth device . . ?

If you hold down the Shift key at initial boot-up, you should be able to get to the Grub menu. Once there, choose "Previous kernel" (or similarly named) and choose to boot the kernel that last worked for you.

Take a look at Clonezilla Live CD . .

http://clonezilla.org

I humbly suggest that you read the download page carefully, and choose either the "Stable" or "Alternative Stable" (which I use)

And if you do have a swap partition; to see if it is big enough, this terminal command will show you. sudo inxi -pm

Or you could try this . .

Once you have clicked the Logout/Shutdown, in the Logout/Shutdown window there is a "Save Session for future logins" checkbox. Un-check it, and restart.

You may be able to find/search for it here . . penguspy.com

Just a thought . .

A small UPS power supply will allow the computer to shut down normally when the AC power has been cut. and the UPS will re-charge when the AC power is turned back on.

That happens when you have another program that uses apt/dpkg open.

Question - why are you bypassing Mint Update Manager with that sort of unsafe apt-get upgrade command?

In Synaptic Package Manager, from the menu > edit, see if "Fix broken packages" might help . .

Right click on the panel, click Panel > and choose Panel Preferences; go to the Items tab.
Scroll down to Window Buttons, highlight it, and click the Edit/Info button to the right.
Once the Window Button preferences window is visible, change the Sort Order to Timestamp or Nothing.

sudo dpkg -configure -a

It won't work as typed because it is missing a hyphen. It should have two hyphens before the word configure. sudo dpkg --configure -a

Sorry I cannot help with your dilema, but I wanted you to realize there is a Mint subforum that may give you some help . .

Compiz, Conky, Docks, & Widgets

Try this one . . right-click somewhere in the open desktop > choose "Desktop Settings" from the context menu. Go to the Icons tab, and un-check the "Show Icon Tooltips" checkbox.

Take a look in /usr/share/doc . .

@gm10 - Mint devs call them meta packages, others not so much . . (look at the list in his original post)