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by karlchen
Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:56 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up? [SOLVED]
Replies: 22
Views: 464

Re: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up?

Hello, Logansfury. Karl are you about? I am seeing in the Synaptic Package Manager that not all the items on your list are there, Asterisks indicate what I have found and Checked as Mark for Install: mint-artwork-xfce mint-backgrounds-xfce mint-meta-xfce * xfce4 * xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin * xfce4-go...
by karlchen
Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:15 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up? [SOLVED]
Replies: 22
Views: 464

Re: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up?

Hello, Reddog1. [...] IF you get this working, when it comes time to upgrade your system, you are going to blow it up. The only distribution that I've found that will run Xfce and Cinnamon seamlessly is MX linux. Mint is absolutely, positively NOT designed to do that. [...] (Bold formatting by me) H...
by karlchen
Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:47 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: I want to rename my disks
Replies: 4
Views: 145

Re: I want to rename my disks

kemalasliyuksek wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:37 amThanks for correcting me and solving my problem :)
Does this mean that you succeeded in assigning labels to your disk partitions and that they are displayed inside Nemo now?
by karlchen
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:49 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up? [SOLVED]
Replies: 22
Views: 464

Re: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up?

Hello, Reddog1. Hello, folks. Install Mint (any desktop version), then: Install VirtualBox and run any other linux distribution or desktop as a virtual machine. [...] That is the easy way that 'just works'. It's also the safest way to use different desktops and distributions on the same computer. Of...
by karlchen
Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:10 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: I want to rename my disks
Replies: 4
Views: 145

Re: I want to rename my disks

Hello, kemalasliyuksek. The names of my disks consist of complex numbers. I want to rename my disks, but it says it is busy and does not allow it. How can i change their names? Actually, you do not want to rename your disks. You want to rename your disk partitions. But even this is not correct techn...
by karlchen
Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:56 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up? [SOLVED]
Replies: 22
Views: 464

Re: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up?

Hello, Logansfury. Keep in mind that the post is 10 years old. It mentions xfce 4.10. 10 years later, depending on your Linux Mint version, xfce will be either 4.16 or 4.18. Also, at the end of the second post, there is link to a list of software packages, which 10 years ago was pulled in by install...
by karlchen
Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:11 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up? [SOLVED]
Replies: 22
Views: 464

Re: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up?

Hello, Logansfury.
A few minutes after your post I competed a few small amendments to my post above yours. So you may like to read it again.
Karl
by karlchen
Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: MInt updates - can I set levels?
Replies: 3
Views: 95

Re: MInt updates - can I set levels?

Hello, JAK_O. The level system (level 1 to 5) was dropped from the Linux Mint Update Manager more than 5 years ago. Cf. e.g. this post: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2059092#p2059092 . The safety levels were dropped in release Linux Mint 19, which was published in the middle of 2018. ...
by karlchen
Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up? [SOLVED]
Replies: 22
Views: 464

Re: I murdered Cinnamon. What is the proper way to set this dual DE up?

Hi, folks. Is this still April fool's day? Logansfury has got a Linux Mint Cinnamon installation. Cinnamon is used by user1. On the existing Linux Mint system he adds the xfce desktop. He creates user2. User1 will stick with the Cinnamon desktop. User2 will use the xfce desktop. So far no problem at...
by karlchen
Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Crached /boot
Replies: 3
Views: 97

Re: Crached /boot

Hi, motoryzen. This topic cannot go to "Installation & Boot" e.g., because it is not about Linux Mint. Neither about the main edition, nor about LMDE. This is why I asked whether it would not have been better to ask in the appropriate user forum, i.e. the one for the Linux distribution...
by karlchen
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Crached /boot
Replies: 3
Views: 97

Re: Crached /boot

Hello, Creeper. Hi guys! This topic is not about Linux mint, but I really need help. Which Linux distribution do you use? Would it not make sense registering in the user support forum of the Linux distribution, which you use, and ask for help there? I'm edit grub.cfg to add new system. Never ever do...
by karlchen
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:02 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Linux Mint 20.02 cinnamon LMDE -- black screen on startup, no mouse showing
Replies: 1
Views: 28

Re: Linux Mint 20.02 cinnamon LMDE -- black screen on startup, no mouse showing

Hello, mint-garden. The topic title mentions "Linux Mint 20.02 Cinnamon LMDE". This is not really possible. "Linux Mint 20.02 Cinnamon" is a still supported inux Mint release, based on Ubuntu 20.04. It comes with the desktop environment Cinnamon. The correct full name is "Li...
by karlchen
Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Strange experiences with Xfce install [SOLVED]
Replies: 9
Views: 139

Re: Strange experiences with Xfce install

Hello, Logan. Why is Xfce such a failure with my hardware when Cinn drove it all perfectly? I got disgusted and wiped the drive again. I have got no idea what went wrong with your Linux Mint xfce installation. As you have nuked all the pieces of evidence, there is no way of finding out what had gone...
by karlchen
Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:11 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Why so many DE?
Replies: 19
Views: 774

Re: Why so many DE?

Yes, there are *reasons* for this, but no, these are not good reasons, viewed from the perspective of the user. You try to sell your personal perspective as everybody's perspective. But still it is your own perspective only. To me, that is indeed a huge problem with Linux. So much redundancy for so...
by karlchen
Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:29 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Get rid of brand/ model name in 'computer'
Replies: 10
Views: 347

Re: Get rid of brand/ model name in 'computer'

Thunar_Computer.png "Computer" is neither useless, nor is it cluttered. It gives an overview on available disk partitions/devices, including a few relevant pieces of information. Whoever wishes "Computer" inside the file-manager to be changed (extended, amended, redesigned) is a...
by karlchen
Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Word 'login' does not appear on forum page sometimes
Replies: 3
Views: 80

Re: Word 'login' does not appear on forum page sometimes

Hello, shedyed. I can confirm that I experienced the same phenomenon, too. Cannot remember when it happened last. Happened to me only very very rarely. I suspect that sometimes an outdated cookie, suggesting you were still logged in, might be the reason. As I never keep cookies across sessions, this...
by karlchen
Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:00 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: (SOLVED)How to update Mint Xfce selectively?
Replies: 9
Views: 209

Re: How to update Mint Xfce selectively?

Hello, Kuen. The sizes in the output, which you have shared, are in MiB. Let me add explanations to the first few lines, which hold bigger numbers. 33553 / Total space used on root filesystem /: 33,553 MiB 16270 /timeshift Roughly half of this space used by Timeshift snapshots: 16,270 MiB <=== 11472...
by karlchen
Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:16 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [SOLVED] Issue with expanding root partition with Gparted.
Replies: 6
Views: 94

Re: Issue with expanding root partition with Gparted.

Hello, MessyHessie. Maybe there is a chance of gaining some time by finding out whether there is unneeded stuff on the root filesystem / , device nvme0n1p1, and deleting that. E.g. if there is a folder named timeshift on /dev/nvme0n1p1, then check its size. If there are Timeshift snapshots inside th...
by karlchen
Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:51 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [SOLVED] Issue with expanding root partition with Gparted.
Replies: 6
Views: 94

Re: Issue with expanding root partition with Gparted.

Hello, MessyHessie. Sorry. Did not inspect your screenshot carefully enough. Doing so would have told me that this is no longer a fresh installation. There is a major problem with resizing the root filesystem on the internal SSD: The root filesystem lives on a primary disk partition nvme0n1p1 . The ...
by karlchen
Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [SOLVED] Issue with expanding root partition with Gparted.
Replies: 6
Views: 94

Re: Issue with expanding root partition with Gparted.

Hello, MessieHessie. Welcome to the Linux Mint forum. :) The recommendation to grant the root filesystem / 25 GB only may have been given in an obsolete tutorial perhaps. The official Linux Mint installation guide should suggest 100 GB instead. The official guide is here: https://linuxmint-installat...

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