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by ajgreeny
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:30 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Mint Xfce USB bootable is not bootable
Replies: 6
Views: 104

Re: Mint Xfce USB bootable is not bootable

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.
by ajgreeny
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 ...
by ajgreeny
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...
by ajgreeny
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Digikam: how to upgrade from distro supported package?
Replies: 5
Views: 119

Re: Digikam: how to upgrade from distro supported package?

spamegg wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:12 pm For all these reasons, AppImage and Flatpak were born.
Sad but that's how the Linux world is.
At least they are not as bad in my opinion as snap packages and do not have the same restrictions as snaps.
I have a few appimages and all work superbly!
by ajgreeny
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...
by ajgreeny
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

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sudo apt install virt-manager
All else needed was installed with the one command making the process just the one step.
Try it yourself!
by ajgreeny
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 ...
by ajgreeny
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...
by ajgreeny
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...
by ajgreeny
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?
by ajgreeny
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...
by ajgreeny
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...
by ajgreeny
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
by ajgreeny
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 ...
by ajgreeny
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 ...
by ajgreeny
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...
by ajgreeny
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...
by ajgreeny
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...
by ajgreeny
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.
by ajgreeny
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.

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