Did you check that the iso file you used was a good download as that can be a problem.
It is always worth using a torrent client to download iso files as they check it as it's downloaded and get any faulty packets again.
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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:30 am
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: Mint Xfce USB bootable is not bootable
- Replies: 6
- Views: 104
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:47 am
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: How do I know if I'm ready to permanently switch to Linux Mint?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 649
Re: How do I know if I'm ready to permanently switch to Linux Mint?
most likely, when you no longer have an software that you need to use, - that is an Windows based software program - :) guess I need to quit buying Garmin GPS units then :cry: I will always keep my laptops dual boot, with a 4TB drive, who cares anyway? I gave up using a dedicated external GPS, and ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:09 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: When did you start to realize Linux will never become the future of desktop computing?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2786
Re: When did you start to realize Linux will never become the future of desktop computing?
Yes, I've still got one using Debian Stable. It's a 32bit machine but even with that Debian version using openbox window manager rather than a full DE, it is still painfully slow and useless for any video viewing such as YouTube. Time I scrapped it really, but it will soon become antiquated and star...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:33 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Digikam: how to upgrade from distro supported package?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 119
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:18 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Update Manager suggests updates to me every day
- Replies: 10
- Views: 255
Re: Update Manager suggests updates to me every day
I always disable update-notifier in the autostart list in my Xfce versions of every distro I use. I normally run sudo apt update as my first activity of any session, or very soon after that so I don't need anything to tell me to do it; I do it when I'm ready. I also use nothing other then the comman...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:55 am
- Forum: Virtual Machines
- Topic: What is the best Virtual App in Mint to have Windows in it?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 891
Re: What is the best Virtual App in Mint to have Windows in it?
I'm using KVM/QEMU on a 12 year old desktop machine with an Intel i5375k cpu and 8G ram.
The whole requirement was installed simply by running All else needed was installed with the one command making the process just the one step.
Try it yourself!
The whole requirement was installed simply by running
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sudo apt install virt-manager
Try it yourself!
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:28 am
- Forum: Virtual Machines
- Topic: What is the best Virtual App in Mint to have Windows in it?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 891
Re: What is the best Virtual App in Mint to have Windows in it?
There have been very few mentions in this thread of KVM/QEMU but as you are using a Linux host, ie Mint, I strongly recommend you look closely at using that as your hypervisor; it is, after all, the open source Kernel-Virtual-Machine system and in my experience is unbeatable. I tried it first about ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:21 am
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: formatting external drives...renders them unusable??? SOLVED - thanks!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 599
Re: formatting external drives...renders them unusable???
I use Xfce not cinnamon and generally use the file manager to unmount a USB device, either with a right click on the device in thr left hand lane ot to eject it by clicking on the eject icon by the device. If it can't yet be unmounted or ejected a warning notification is shown giving you information...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:09 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Stop Thunderbird from asking if I want to update
- Replies: 11
- Views: 251
Re: Stop Thunderbird from asking if I want to update
You may prefer to use version 102 of thunderbird but consider before continuing to do so whether it is secure to do so! There will be no more security updates for your email application if you continue with 102, and for an application that by design has to connect to the network, I would be very rel...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:19 am
- Forum: Hardware Support
- Topic: USB memory stick not working
- Replies: 11
- Views: 243
Re: USB memory stick not working
Memory sticks can fail quite suddenly for no obvious reason.
How old is yours and how much has it been used, in particular for writes, as that is what can wear them out more quickly than reading from them.
Does this failure happen both Mint and Windows?
How old is yours and how much has it been used, in particular for writes, as that is what can wear them out more quickly than reading from them.
Does this failure happen both Mint and Windows?
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: Hardware Support
- Topic: USB memory stick not working
- Replies: 11
- Views: 243
Re: USB memory stick not working
After using the USB in Windows make sure you "Remove Safely" from the panel or it will not mount in Linux. Windows now uses faststart to speed up booting the system though thata means the system is in hibernation, not shutdown properly. https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-windows-10...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: Why is YouTube doing this now?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 267
Re: Why is YouTube doing this now?
I am not seeing this "new" page either. I still get a selection of many videos of musicians I have watched in the past, not the same videos but different songs etc etc, along with videos about subjects that I have viewed in the past. I don't think I have ever subscribed to any channel on y...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: [CLOSED]Deleting Unwanted Boot Order Items in Samsung Laptop BIOS
- Replies: 2
- Views: 106
Re: Deleting Unwanted Boot Order Items in Samsung Laptop BIOS
Are you asking about the grub menu, or more likely, the output of efibootmgr?
These are very different things and show very different boot options.
Give us more detail of what you are asking about and we may be able to give you more help without the possibility of making matters worse for you
These are very different things and show very different boot options.
Give us more detail of what you are asking about and we may be able to give you more help without the possibility of making matters worse for you
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Configuration issues with Redshift
- Replies: 21
- Views: 596
Re: If you're concerned about privacy, don't install Redshift
And I use redshift but do not have geoclue to et the location; it's a desktop machine so goes nowhere other than my home office thus location never changes and longitude and latitude are set in my redshift.conf file, changing only if I edit that configuration file. The configuration file is set for ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:33 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: When did you start to realize Linux will never become the future of desktop computing?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2786
Re: When did you start to realize Linux will never become the future of desktop computing?
<snip> As far as home users go, if someone sets up a computer for a user correctly, they may never need to touch the terminal ever or, at worst, type in a simple alias for the occasional command they may need. If people's first computers were Linux based, they probably would feel to intimidated by ...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: [Solved] Reinstalling Lightdm
- Replies: 7
- Views: 152
Re: Reinstalling Lightdm
You probably been to install (or maybe reinstall, depending on what extra packages were removed with lightdm), one or more Plymouth packages. You can see all the Plymouth packages most easily using synaptic. Have a look in your dpkg log files and search there for removed packages, then simply reinst...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:42 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: When did you start to realize Linux will never become the future of desktop computing?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2786
Re: When did you start to realize Linux will never become the future of desktop computing?
<snip> Then for what ever reasons, Linux started getting less user-friendly. I now have to figure out missing packages and install them, or find and learn next-level config settings to make things work like they used to. Flatpak and similar bloatware are now getting pushed. Installs now tend to fai...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:12 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: can't write ISO image to USB
- Replies: 3
- Views: 168
Re: can't write ISO image to USB
Some, if not all USB drives have a slide-switch on the side to make them read-only. Have you checked that? Have you used the USB prior to this problem for another OS installation? If so you may have to create a new partition-table using, for example, gparted as the USB may currently have a typical C...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:37 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: can't write ISO image to USB
- Replies: 3
- Views: 168
Re: can't write ISO image to USB
Not enough information to help at the moment.
How is the USB formatted at present? It needs to be fat32.
What size is the USB? I think 4G is the minimum but it may need tobe even larger these days; 8G is the smallest i have.
How is the USB formatted at present? It needs to be fat32.
What size is the USB? I think 4G is the minimum but it may need tobe even larger these days; 8G is the smallest i have.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:32 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Firefox Autofill option disappeared from settings? Still grabbing card number when it shouldn't
- Replies: 20
- Views: 620
Re: Firefox Autofill option disappeared from settings? Still grabbing card number when it shouldn't
Definitely not right!
Have you cleared all the cache from firefox?
Did you choose to copy everything in your firefox profile to vivaldi when you set up the second browser? That might have copied your card details across.
Have you cleared all the cache from firefox?
Did you choose to copy everything in your firefox profile to vivaldi when you set up the second browser? That might have copied your card details across.