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Yep Uncle Fester is too
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it also appears to be quite unreliable, coming and going at random. I've had nothing but connection issues using it so I now I don't. I concur and use University of Kent mirrors which seem to be the most reliable ones in the UK. They are usually synchronised within a few hours of updates being push...

Brick will be proud, so much love for LAMP

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XFS is fine, it is another journal file system used more for servers but no problem whatsoever using it for a laptop as well. I've done it myself before for the root partition and other distributions aimed at the enterprise sector use it by default anyway. Whatever the mysterious bug with the drive ...

No, that will only remove the mate meta, not all the packages it installed. I don't suppose you use Timeshift? If so, then revert to a pre-MATE install snapshot. Additionally there seems to be some MATE packages installed as default for Cinnamon so removing all traces of MATE would not be wise becau...

From how to get help [5] Details! Details! Details! Include the version and architecture (32-bit, 64-bit) of Linux Mint. List any relevant hardware or software specifications. 'inxi' is a useful terminal command for listing this. Use inxi -h for help. Generally it suffices to type the following in t...

Probably can but your post is lacking critical information to help us help you. Please either do the below or open System Reports, Click on System Info, click on copy and paste the output in a post. Both methods have the same result. [5] Details! Details! Details! Include the version and architectur...

create the new user in MATE desktop environment and unless you've encrypted the home for your normal user you should be able to access the files still.

anyhow the point is to see if there is a complication from using the Cinnamon user profile causing this problem.

Mind you, booting from a live media will confirm it.

Have you tried this too? Other than that, it is running a bit too hot anyway if those sensor readings are correct. The fan should be running at that temperature and there's no rpm readout. If it was actually running then fine but it appears not.

Also, since this is a fresh Linux Mint only install on the drive, why has it left 1.02MB unallocated? alignment of partitions to sectors on the drive, it will start at sector 2048. The offset should always be divisible by 512 and 2048 is the most commonly used start block across all operating syste...

try creating a separate user account for mate, it's possible that your cinnamon settings stored in your home folder are causing this anomaly

I'm evidently a ninja then

Issues only since a forced thermal safety shutdown? Probably not operating system related but your hardware is knackered after whatever triggered that and the resultant baking through heat soak (plus the age of the machine, final straw that broke the camel's back?). The temperature will have continu...

Download and use the Cinnamon Edge ISO with that hardware, the regular ISO won't boot as you've found. Also, turn off secureboot and make sure the storage controller is not in RAID mode but AHCI instead.

https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=287

the driver needs loading earlier in the boot sequence. Edit /etc/modules with sudo rights and add the following to it: nvidia nvidia-drm nvidia-modeset Save the change and you are done. To edit the file I'd suggest nano, sudo nano /etc/modules . Use the cursor (arrow keys) to navigate the file. To s...

FYI - The Windows 10 bug has been fixed for months fortunately

Works on my Mother's PC too (Mint Cinnamon 20.1), she got tired of being prompted every couple of hours with new updates last week so I talked her through configuring it on the phone and it stuck. I didn't suggest automatic application though, she is a Computer Science Graduate so likes to see what ...

Billy Whizz completed his Comic Relief challenge, so made up for him as it was no walk in the park - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-56213071

Mouse - Anker Vertical, it has adjustable dpi via a button on top which means no driver necessary. It's got no fancy LEDs on it but does have a status light for DPI adjustment and pairing. There are rechargeable versions of the same but I have a non-rechargeable one I use with rechargeable batteries...

All NVIDIA cards should do that with the proprietary driver installed. I have a STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5 running with the nvidia 460 driver but have also briefly tried it with my MSI Gaming X Trio NVIDIA GTX1080ti (KDE Neon) and the same applied. The fan control worked only with the proprietary drive...