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Thanks gm10. That worked. It just took a long time for terminal to finish running.

Any idea how to remove old kernels??

Thanks, I'll give it another try

Hi folks, I have searched the forum but couldn't find the same problem reported in in another topic. So here goes... I'm using LM 19. For the past few days when I run Software Manager I get the following errors and SM stops ("An error occurred"): E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually ...

I have upgraded from 18.3 to 19 First I ran the live cd, it worked well. Then I used the upgrade tool and followed the instructions in the page about upgrading. The upgrade completed although there were quite a number of skipped files. Mint 19 runs well on my laptop (Lenovo X240) The only real probl...

Thanks for your replies. I'm gonna try give it a try.

I want to recover files from an unreadable SD card. What software can I use in LinuxMint 18 to do this?

It's fixed!
I used Software Sources > Maintenance > Fix MergeList problems
First time I've looked at the Maintenance tab

What austin.texas advises plus: Remove the 2 unneeded files 50unattended-upgrades.ucf-dist and 50unattended-upgrades.ucf-old. Terminal command to do so: sudo rm /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades.ucf-dist /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades.ucf-old Thanks but this also makes no differe...

mr_raider wrote:Try switching your default repositories back to the Mint official ones, or another geographic location.

Thanks but I already did that a couple of times.

Hello, I have a problem with Software Manager "Unable to refresh list of updates". I'm using LinuxMint 18.2 Sonya (Cinnamon) I have tried local servers and default ones. When I run "apt-get update" I get this... # apt-get update Hit:1 http://mirror.i3d.net/pub/ubuntu xenial InRel...

Thanks Chris but it's definitely the correct password.

I have been running Mint 17.3 with wifi on 2 different makes of laptop (Lenovo and Asus). I would like to do a clean install of Mint 18 on both laptops but there is a problem. I can boot Mint 18 Mate or Cinnamon from a USB stick and the Network Settings sees my Wifi router (and many others) but when...

Thanks, folks. I'll Give it a go!

Which versions of Linux Mint (mate) can be installed on a laptop that has only wifi and no LAN ?

In particular I want to install Mint on an Asus laptop R209 series.

Is it easy to install LinuxMint 17 on a new laptop that has no RJ45 connection? Therefor Wifi only for internet.

Wow... Thanks Karl.

I am using Mint 17 64 bit Cinnamon. I would like to sometimes use XFCE instead of Cinnamon.

What is the easiest way to add XFCE to my laptop?

Oops. It looks like I've started this topic in the wrong section.

Meanwhile... I followed the instructions given in the link but no luck. The network manager asks for a file when I try to add a VPN. What is this file? Where do I get it?

I have the latest updates to Mint 17 64bit Cinnamon. I have seen that Mint is sponsored by PIA :>) and I would like to add PIA to my laptop. How, exactly, step by step, can I set up Private Internet Access.. I have tried to set up PureVPN but it proved impossible as the Network Manager is not the sa...

Hi, this is pretty well explained and works for Mint also (as it is based on ubuntu) http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-use-remote-desktop-in-ubuntu/ Thanks, but it doesn't explain exactly what to do if you use Mint 17. There is no Remote Desktop Program in the menu system. The nearest that I can find i...