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Good God. Something similar happened a decade or so ago in Ubuntu, which caused a massive outrage then.... It was helpful for Linux Mint adoption, though.

Try this:
Update Manager - panel: View - Linux kernels
Install the latest kernel of the 6.5 series. Then reboot and test.

Please generate an overview of your system like this: - Launch a terminal window (this is how to launch a terminal window) ; - Make the terminal window full screen, to avoid chopped lines; - Copy/paste this command into the terminal: inxi -Fxxxpmrz (if you type: the letter F is a capital letter, and...

ytene wrote: ⤴Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:46 pm Perhaps there's a way to simply channel new versions through from authoritative upstream sources

For LibreOffice, there is an authoritative PPA (without the disadvantages of Flatpak):
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... e.html#ID8
(item 8 )

If possible, first restore a Timeshift snapshot dating from before you started the root attempts. Then try this: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/hp-printers.html Those are good machines, by the way.... I've had an HP Laserjet 1018 for many years (no longer now), and it always worked flaw...

stevengarland wrote: ⤴Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:55 am The Clam question comes up regularly. I think that the consensus answer is that if you are dual booting with Windows, then you should use Clam.

I disagree. For desktop Linux it's useless snake oil, which even decreases security (by enormously increasing the attack surface of your system).

Boot from the Mint USB stick, launch Timeshift and restore a Timeshift snapshot. Note that you'll have to launch the wizard(!) and select Locations in order to be able to select a snapshot on the hard disk.

You should be able to repair Grub by applying this how-to:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... epair.html

Stay clear of Flatpaks, Snaps and AppImages (remove the entire Flatpak infrastructure). And don't set Timeshift to make automatic snapshots; make just one or two snapshots by hand, and keep it at that. Furthermore, keep the number of installed kernels down to one active and one spare. Then you'll ha...

Why did you choose zfs as filesystem, instead of the default stable and reliable ext4? On Mint and the Ubuntu that it's built on, zfs can be considered as experimental and even more or less abandoned: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/ubuntu-zfs-support-status This complication is also making it m...

What's the upgrade path you wish? In other words: which Mint version do you have now, and which Mint version do you wish to get?

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Your BIOS is lagging a couple of versions behind. Update it and test again.

Every drive that you connect has its own trash can. Even things like SD cards and USB thumb drives each have one. This should get rid of the trash can in your home directory , including potentially root-owned stuff in it: sudo rm -v -r ~/.local/share/Trash For recreating it, you need to log out, log...

I understand that I need to do a fresh install of the new mint version but the thing is that I´ve already did a fresh install of 21.2 right after replacing the new hard drive and that´s the thing I just don´t understand. My computer has a new hard drive now, I didn ´t copy the old hard drive to the...

A reliable way of getting rid of these phantom files, is of course the nuclear option: a fresh clean installation of Mint 21.3. But as we're only months away from Mint 22, I recommend to hold out until July or thereabouts (many new Mints were released shortly before Quatorze Juillet), and do the fre...

I think that if your connection is metered, you're probably better off just ditching Flatpak entirely. Exactly. Procedure for that: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/clean-mint.html#ID6 (item 6) Furthermore, you can set Update Manager to only show notifications for security updates. And y...

This progressive scheme for controlling brightness might be of help:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... y.html#ID4
(item 4 and further)

Having two update managers doesn't hurt; it doesn't break anything. But it's confusing. I remember from when I struggled with the dependencies of ttf-mscorefonts-installer, that there were some annoying loops that I had to break loose from. Unfortunately it's rather long ago, so I don't clearly reme...

Hi Teach them to use: Ctrl + Mouse Scroll Wheel to zoom in/out Works in web browser and file managers. Yes, and simply Ctrl + and Ctrl - works as well. Do remember to exclude images from the resizing (because of distortion): First make the Firefox menu bar visible: Firefox panel - right-click on th...