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In my LM20cina I can get fonts as you like. See attachment.

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Jože

I believe that for using argyll functions you need an external calibration device. But I am not very knowledgeable regarding that. For one of my notebooks I use color profile from notebookcheck.com test report, for other computers I managed to correct monitor colors with xgamma (simple shell script ...

Maybe you should check settings in bios or uefi of your new motherbord.

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Jože

If you have color profile file you can add it, "Ad profile", select "Other profile...", navigate to the color profile file and import it (if not succesful, try it again). Other possibility for monitor color correction is xgamma, for instance: xgamma -rgamma 1.0 -ggamma 1.0 -bgamma 0.8 If I remember ...

Meybe smartmontools can help you. Some disk tests are included.

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Jože

If you wish that someone helps you, you should provide more details. Read "how to get help", particularly section [5]. Are you sure you installed Linux Mint?

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Jože

No, as long as you have the alt key pressed. Dependent on the problem, I've found sometimes it works, sometimes not. Alternatives: I've found that when shutdown now doesn't work in a terminal, halt -f does, but not always and of course you need access to a terminal I added "kernel.sysrq=1" to the f...

Just one of several: http://blog.kember.net/articles/reisub-the-gentle-linux-restart/ R: Switch the keyboard from raw mode to XLATE mode E: Send the SIGTERM signal to all processes except init I: Send the SIGKILL signal to all processes except init S: Sync all mounted filesystems U: Remount all mou...

AndyMH wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:01 am

If shutting down with the power button - DON'T. Try Alt + PrtScn + REISUO (shutdown) or REISUB (reboot). Keep the Alt key pressed for the whole sequence.

What are REISUO and REISUB?

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Jože

krauster wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:17 am

Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 70.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: 49.0 C gpu: nvidia
temp: 67 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3315
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Maybe it is time to check cooling system.

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Jože

I'm going to use bad language - Windows 8.1 is a decent operating system for daily usage too. It may sound daft but it works perfectly well and does not have all the nonsense that comes with W10. It's basically Windows LTS since there are no more feature updates for it, only security now. I agree w...

My password, though memorable, is over 16 characters long and I haven't changed it in 5+ years. But, I do have to enter it three times when booting: 1. To get past the DELL TPM hardware embedded security. 2. To get past LM full disk encryption. 3. To login to LM as a user. Cool, but can be improved...

CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2540M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 L2 cache: 3072 KiB flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20751 Speed: 798 MHz max: 800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798 3: 798 4: 798 The battery reports a discharg...

SMB1 protocol is very old and vulnerable. I would rather not use it. My opinion is that the device that can communicate only over SMB1 is for discard.

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Jože

First after installation of Linux Mint I go through recommendations from Pjotr, https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com. I apply meny of those recommendations. Then I install some basic tools: GParted, Htop, Tlp, Powertop, Powerstat, MidnightCommander, DoubleCommander, Dconf-editor, Nvme-cli, Buil...

I have a business line notebook Fujitsu Lifebook U727 with 12.5 inch panel at resolution 1920x1080. For portability or working on the couch it is perfect. It has exchangeable battery and service ports for ram upgrade and M2 disk exchange. That kind of notebooks are mostly out of the production lines...

Thanks for respond, gittiest personITW. At this moment I am not affried of little ppl. I also do not use my notebook in caffes. I am just thinking on general guidance for passwords, more than 12 characters, upercase, lowercase, numbers and speial caracters, chainging avery month, .... Another questi...

I frequently test different Linux distributions so I always have a few of them installed on my notebook. In all installs I use user password which is the same as the user password for the main distribution intended for long term use. Probably I should change these passwords (otherwise used keys on t...

Linux Mint is okay. Otherwise I like also semi rolling, systemd free release PCLinuxOS.

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Jože

I cannot remember when exactly, probably around 10 years ago. I decided to try Gentoo. I compiled, compiled and compiled. At that time processors were not very quick. Outcome was usable but not spectacular. After a few months I gave up. I learned something but till now I forgot almost everything. If...