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by rickNS
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Timeshift snapshot taking too long
Replies: 39
Views: 818

Re: Timeshift snapshot taking too long

I would like to back up my data, in the simplest and easiest way possible (I hope I don't need to lol). What do you recommend? Yes you DO need to. and the simplest way is to copy, and paste. In you file manager show hidden (files, and folders) Highlight the whole works, select copy, and paste into ...
by rickNS
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [SOLVED] File sharing - simple solution
Replies: 12
Views: 296

Re: File sharing - simple solution

I think I need a simpler solution - does such a thing exist? Indeed there is a "simpler solution" at least between Linux machines, I will test this with a windows 10 machine, and edit this thread in a couple of minutes. In short sftp and is pretty easy. the how to; First install these two...
by rickNS
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:12 pm
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

When I left windows some 12-13 years ago "updates" was one of the biggest reasons for my departure from said OS, and the word "updates" still leaves a very bad taste in my mouth to this day. I read the forums a lot, and I do realize that the majority of users do NOT have any prob...
by rickNS
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [SOLVED] How to disable auto-maximize/resize window when near screen edge?
Replies: 4
Views: 139

Re: How to disable auto-maximize/resize window when near screen edge?

I like moving my windows a lot on a large screen and I'd love to have this feature totally disabled! Depends on which desktop you are using. Cinnamon desktop, Menu > Window Tiling, remove the check in "Enable Window Tiling and snapping" Mate desktop with default window manager, Menu > Con...
by rickNS
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Webapps how to launch maximized by default
Replies: 1
Views: 59

Re: Webapps how to launch maximized by default

i'm new to linux and I cant figure out how to make the YouTube WebApp to launch maximized by default, because everytime i have to launch it i have to manually fullscreen it and the Fn+Alt+F10 shortcut is not convenient.. any help would be appreciated I have never used "webapps", till now ...
by rickNS
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Why would I choose a different window manager?
Replies: 5
Views: 195

Re: Why would I choose a different window manager?

While I agree with Hoser Rob, and Spamegg for EXACTLY the reasons they state. I choose to use compiz as my window manager. There is no "problem" as MATE is not as "rigid" as Cinnamon. I do prefer it for the "enhanced zoom desktop, Different wallpapers per workspace (as so ma...
by rickNS
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:12 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [SOLVED] How to change the time/turn off dst?
Replies: 24
Views: 521

Re: [SOLVED] How to change the time/turn off dst?

and as I have already seen in this thread things can change in LM in such ways that old advice is no longer useful so I figured I would ask here since people are still commenting after I marked it as solved- Sadly (or not ?) things do change, and also sadly old (and often useless "today")...
by rickNS
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: getting back extra os software
Replies: 3
Views: 185

Re: getting back extra os software

I dleted all the system software using the software manager. I had the repositories issue after installing google earth. I fixed that evcentuall by reading here and doiing a reset as advised. However all additional system software extras are removed.which i did using software manager. How do i get ...
by rickNS
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Timeshift snapshot taking too long
Replies: 39
Views: 818

Re: Timeshift snapshot taking too long

coati wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:37 am
rickNS thanks for the help. Would the live USB be a bootable pendrive with the same Linux operating system installed on the drive?
Yes. The Live Linux Mint USB stick you used for installing has the program gparted on it.
by rickNS
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:32 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [SOLVED] How to change the time/turn off dst?
Replies: 24
Views: 521

Re: How to change the time/turn off dst?

To rickds: I tried timedatectrl like you showed on the top, but the terminal said it was not installed and suggested timedatectl, like your second example showed, when I tried that it replied with " Failed to set time: Automatic time synchronization is enabled " Apologies for the first in...
by rickNS
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [SOLVED] How to change the time/turn off dst?
Replies: 24
Views: 521

Re: How to change the time/turn off dst?

That being said, I switched to linux mint a few months ago and have mostly managed to find the help I need so far just by searching,.... My first problem is that I seem to be unable to change the time at all- whenever i click on the clock> properties> time and date settings> unlock> Welcome to Mint...
by rickNS
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: How to create a bootable ISO of an existing system? SOLVED
Replies: 10
Views: 284

Re: How to create a bootable ISO of an existing system?

bushyiii wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:55 am Boy am I glad I asked this question, the quality of the responses is nothing short of fantastic.
I will mark my question as solved, ...
Curious what method did you use to solve?
by rickNS
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:31 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Uninstalling Ubuntu-advantage-tools entails installing ubuntu-pro-client?
Replies: 4
Views: 211

Re: Uninstalling Ubuntu-advantage-tools entails installing ubuntu-pro-client?

I don't know why it's messing with fonts, but it clearly installed pro-client and pro-clientl10n. Apparently, from reading the thread that billyswong linked to, ubuntu-pro-client is a dependency (or recommended package) of ttf-mscorefonts-installer. Member pjotr explains in that thread a way to get...
by rickNS
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Timeshift snapshot taking too long
Replies: 39
Views: 818

Re: Timeshift snapshot taking too long

I'm thinking about (i) backing up Timeshit to a new OS drive partition; or (ii) on a new SSD drive. A simple copy of timeshift snapshots to a new location will not work, links will get broken, you need to use rsync, or just create new snapshots in the new location, you really only need one that is ...
by rickNS
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:24 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Uninstalling Ubuntu-advantage-tools entails installing ubuntu-pro-client?
Replies: 4
Views: 211

Re: Uninstalling Ubuntu-advantage-tools entails installing ubuntu-pro-client?

Are you sure it is installed ? My system does exactly like you say, but there is no installed version. ksnip240318-011647.jpg Also in terminal; rick@t420:~$ apt remove -s ubuntu-advantage-tools [sudo] password for rick: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state inf...
by rickNS
Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:33 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: How to create a bootable ISO of an existing system? SOLVED
Replies: 10
Views: 284

Re: How to create a bootable ISO of an existing system?

An additional thought is to create and ISO of my Florida system and install it on a new box in Ohio. What I didn't know if something like this could work since the hardware is different. It will work as long as first system does not have proprietary drivers (Nvidia) I wrote a tutorial on using Refr...
by rickNS
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: New Discovery, tldr command, "simplified man pages"
Replies: 5
Views: 277

Re: New Discovery, tldr command, "simplified man pages"

It helps to browse Github. It gives recommendations for repositories. I discovered so much Terminal stuff there. tldr, ripgrep, colorls, oh-my-zsh, powerlevel10k, bat, kitty, mcfly, ble.sh, fzf, ... There is a lot of good stuff right here: https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix THANKS ! There i...
by rickNS
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Tutorials
Topic: LMDE 6 Senpai's Respin with only the Mate Desktop
Replies: 6
Views: 2272

Re: LMDE 6 Senpai's Respin with only the Mate Desktop

Why not,
Instead of your first "very long" command, why not use the much simpler;

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apt install mint-meta-mate
by rickNS
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:50 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: New Discovery, tldr command, "simplified man pages"
Replies: 5
Views: 277

Re: New Discovery, tldr command, "simplified man pages"

Welcome to the club! It's nice here :lol: Been using tldr for a few years. I just discovered it, "stumbled across it" actually just the other day. BECAUSE, I never seen it on a list of Linux commands, this probably the most complete one I've seen https://ss64.com/bash/ This (or that ?) is...
by rickNS
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Battery life in Linux
Replies: 22
Views: 565

Re: Battery life in Linux

I've seen varying figures for how low to let batteries drain when optimising their life (and initially calibrating), with percentages ranging between 10-20% and would like to ask what is the best percentage? Please forget about that % percentage non-sense, there is zero truth in all of that. On the...

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