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Hi guys. I've got an external monitor that I connect to my laptop (optimus running in On-Demand mode) via a USB-C/HDMI converter but the cinnamon desktop wont control the brightness of the second monitor. Is there a way to make the brightness control control both monitors in tandem or at least be ab...

It's very likely that no one has remotely launched it on your desktop. Most likely you accidentially clicked on it or maybe set it to launch from a hotkey somehow, or you set it to autostart. Or it was the ghost..... but we dont talk about that here.

Awesome. But if they're online games, won't that be a problem in Linux, because of Linux so often tripping up anti-cheat engines? If this question was in response to me, then no its not an issue. You launch the app that you download from T3A:Online website and you use that to hook the launcher for ...

I know this doesn't actually solve the problem per sey, but have you guys thought about not using suspend and just shutting the computer down?

I just stumbled across an old game that i used to love playing that apparently is now abandonware and has a community that is maintaining online servers to play on. Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth Series! You can grab the games and patches here . Then install them in Lutris along with the ...

Worked like a charm, you my hero lol. I scanned the file via clam just to be sure and everything seems fine. Now it all works!

Might I suggest https://simpletax.ca/. Its Canadian, free, web based, and Efiles the results for you. No need for software or wine. They offer the service for free but at the end they do ask if you will donate so if you can please do, they offer a great service.

The config hasnt been created yet since it hasent launched for the first ime

Hey guys, I added the lutris ppa via the instructions on their website but when I try to launch it it pumps out this message. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/games/lutris", line 54, in <module> from lutris.gui.application import Application # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module...

Great this is kinda what i thought the situation might be. ill Grab an ISO for Mint 20 and rock and roll with that, he wont be using internet for anything other than school and i can lock things down pretty securly. Thanks for the help guys, much appreciated. Happy new year.

Oh ya srry. Here it is. System: Host: hostname Kernel: 5.4.0-59-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana Machine: Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: G73Jw v: 1.0 serial: A8N0AS91751836 Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G73Jw v: 1.0 serial: BSN12345678901234567 BIOS: America...

Hey guys, ive been about a 8 years since ive used an ubuntu based distro but recently fedora dropped support for the nvidia geforce 460m graphics card so I was forced to make a switch for my sons laptop. Ive got mint up and running with the 390 driver installed but his steam games no longer launch. ...