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if you must have an av on your mint installation, a quick google search show these as best ones. i have heard of all of them being mentioned here before in other similar topics. https://www.safetydetectives.com/best-antivirus/linux/ personally, i have never used an av on my mint installs. don't tran...

feel free to remove it if you have no need for it. remove it through synaptic is easiest. just do a search for adobe flashplayer. of course, most browsers automatically either block it or ask to activate it, so it's not a big thing, no matter what. you can set it to allow, block or ask to activate u...

just need an expert here to tell us what exactly these 3 packages do and the potential issues of removing them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ there have been a few other posts in this thread of people that have removed that file and another one, that i forget the name of at the moment. haven't heard of anyone having an...

thanks, dunkirk

maybe i'll pull the string on doing that now.

i've used several hp deskjet aio's on several different linux distros and they all work out of the box. usually not that expensive either.

have 2 here that i use personally.

Pjotr wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:37 pm

Only clean safely, like this:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html

awesome tips on that site. i have used the majority of them between all the machines here.

might as well start right from the beginning of the tips!

https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/1.html

desades wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:36 am

well, a few days later, the shutdown problem came back. An error occurs when the system is running for more than 30 minutes.

that stinks!

@missmoondog It's because a new LTS version of Ubuntu came out recently (Ubuntu 20), and whenever that happens Mint releases an LTS version based on that. LTS versions come out roughly every 2 years. Previous Ubuntu LTS version (18) came out mid 2018 and is supported until some point in 2022. Here ...

Moem wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:23 am

All versions of Mint are long time support versions.
I don't really understand the question why... what is it you are asking?

oh, heck! didn't know that! there's the first thing i learned today. always happy to learn things.

thanks

i just looked up the info on mint 20 and see that is a long term support version? if that is true, why a new lts version already?

I have reduced swapping from 60 to 10, as per the speed improvement suggestions. swapping would've been my suggestion also. how did reducing it work for you? i followed that same suggestion you did on a machine similar to yours except a little more memory and haven't had issues. i didn't have any i...

What's your objection to updates? I can only speak for myself but the new 5.X kernels have a known issue that freeze the computer and I am using kernel 4.15 and this forces me to go into grub each time I boot and select the kernel I want to use which is a royal PITA. https://forums.linuxmint.com/vi...

sleeper12 wrote: ↑

Tue May 19, 2020 11:45 am

Can you use Timeshift to go back to before you made changes?

or, simply remove that kernel from within update manager

shouldn't be any need to download drivers. just check in your driver manager to switch drivers or update them.

i guess i would have to ask why you would want to switch? using the onboard graphics will use system memory where as the nvidia card will use it's own memory.

any of the main mint downloads will fit on a dvd. can you burn an iso to dvd? might take a bit longer to install, but should work. does almost sound like not properly creating bootable usb drive. rufus is pretty good at it and quite easy. should work. personally, i'd recommend mate or xfce for that ...

wow! thought i was the last person on earth that still had an athlon xp cpu and that mx gpu! that legacy bodhi linux is pretty decent and will still work until 2023, i think. i had tried it on a laptop of mine that isn't so old due to other issues with it i was having at the time. i had since forgot...

well, as i started to type last night, of course i get on laptop tonight and it starts up just fine! i had reset my desktop wall paper to centered instead of zoom last night before shutting it down after it freaked out. will mark topic solved, amybe, after having tested this a couple more times. in ...

pbear wrote: ↑

Tue May 12, 2020 12:22 pm

missmoondog wrote: ↑

Tue May 12, 2020 9:35 am

... or the connector inside laptop is going bad.

I've spent more money on that repair than any other. As the famous saying goes, "For want of a nail ... "

one of the very few times laptop has ever been moved. one of the very few times i've ever removed the ac connector also!

of course as it usually happens, i was here last night about to post a reply that said my laptop actually started correctly for the first time in some time. was just getting ready to start typing when the monitor went blip, i actually heard a blip sound, and i couldn't see anything. not sure what ha...

wow! that seems really odd as any time i've ever dual booted, linux lasted longer on battery than windows did. haven't had a dual boot in a good while now although i did try a dual boot on a new desktop not to long ago, obviously that didn't have battery to use.