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Don't open graphical apps like gufw with sudo. Repair your permissions:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... t.html#ID4
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Try this: Then launch guvcview: does it do a better job than Cheese?

No idea, but these safe speed tweaks might help (notably, but not exclusively, the ones dealing with reducing the load for your graphics):
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html

OK....

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

We need the full output, not just part of it.

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...

Ik zou gewoon het wachtwoord even inkloppen. Maar je kunt 'm desgewenst ook uitschakelen:
https://makkelijkelinuxtips.blogspot.co ... .html#ID18
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These are the dependencies of mint-meta-codecs:

violetverd wrote: ⤴Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:48 am well lid shutdown doesnt seem to be working either. The screen goes black and just wakes up again when I open the lid. Guess I'll just shutdown normally lmao

This should work:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... t.html#ID3
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You might want to make lid closure lead to shutdown. It's what I find very convenient.

Definitely tick them. You need them.

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
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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...