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Because of thus apparent bug, I have decided not to use LMDE3. It's a real shame that I couldn't even get an answer from a Mint forum moderator. I am currently testing Mint 19 and Ubuntu MATE 18.04 and will probably choose one of them for production when Mint 17.3 support ends.

Hi leafy, Welcome to the Linux world and the Mint forum. If you decide to stay with Linux as opposed to paying ongoing exorbitant amounts of $$ for Windoze or Mac, then get used to updates. It is part of the Linux distro world. Based on my past experience with Windoze from 1993-2016, you will spend ...

I bought the LG Electronics 8X USB 2.0 Super Multi Ultra Slim Portable DVD Writer Drive on Amazon. Works like a charm! It appears that the internal DVD drives on two of my Thinkpads are on their last legs. Thanks again for all the advice!

Is anyone aware of this bug? Is there a solution somewhere?

I am aware of that command but it doesn't address solving this bug. Thanks.

Running LMDE 3 MATE on my test box. Blacklisting any packages in Update Manager does not work. I also right clicked "Ignore Updates for this package" AND Lock Version in Synaptic but I'm still getting updates to install for blacklisted packages. I don't recall, but wasn't this supposed to be address...

Yes. I found this answer in another thread about wireless. I was trying to remove the DVD drive looking for the release button and I must have turned the wireless button off. Thanks for your help!

First Command Results: ########## wireless info START ########## Report from: 13 Nov 2018 10:17 EST -0500 Booted last: 13 Nov 2018 00:00 EST -0500 Script from: 22 Oct 2018 03:34 UTC +0000 ##### release ########################### Distributor ID: LinuxMint Description: Linux Mint 19 Tara Release: 19...

Just installed LM 19 MATE on my Lenovo Thinkpad T420 test box. Ran Level 1 & 2 updates and wireless stopped working. Is this a known bug in LM 19? There was also a wireless bug in LM 18 which still hasn't been fixed. LM 17.3 ran flawlessly. Any ideas here? Thanks. UPDATE: Ubuntu MATE 18.04 had the e...

YES!! The Thinkpads have always been built for business. But unfortunately, since Lenovo took over they have fallen in quality. My T61 and T400 weigh about twice as much as my T420 and my wife's T410. Starting with the T430 the Thinkpad line has a cheap chicklet keyboard instead of the great keyboar...

I am running Mint 17.3 MATE with LibreOffice 5.0.3.2. I just noticed that the spell checker doesn't work. I have hunspell installed and checked in Writing Aids. Has anyone else noticed this problem?

Update: The hunspell-en-us spell checker was not installed. I installed it and bingo - it works now!

Thanks for all your responses. I will probably buy an external DVD drive. Since installing the additional media programs I mentioned above I will also try burning a couple more .iso files and see how it goes. I have 3 Thinkpads with DVD burners to test on. Thanks again.

The reason I'm asking is because of recent bad experiences with trying to burn .iso images in Mint 17.3 and 18.3 with Brasero, K3b or Xfburn. I don't know if my old Thinkpad T400 and T420 internal drives are shot or it's the Verbatim DVD+RW discs I recently bought. I have been getting tons of errors...

Can anyone recommend an external DVD drive which is compatible with a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop? Thanks.

I thought the LM 19 installation would recognize the swap file I had already created. Not that important because swap is rarely used.

I have two Mint releases installed on my Lenovo T420: 18.3 & 19 MATE. I set the swap file at 8 GB. It shows correctly when loading 18.3. When Mint 19 is loaded it only shows a swap file of 2 GB. Any ideas on this?

LibreOffice can't be completely and properly removed through Synaptic. It must be done in the Terminal with the following commands: sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice* sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get autoremove I still need to know if removing LO 6 will break the system in LM 19, since LibreOff...

I am testing LM 19 MATE and want to know if I can completely remove LibreOffice 6 without breaking the system. This new release is slow and sluggish and I prefer using Ver. 5. Thanks.

Perhaps next time you decide to use the command line with the Terminal, please make sure you know exactly what you are doing. Linux can be complex. The command line should only be used by those who are at an Intermediate level with Linux. Glad you solved your problem. Be sure to edit your original p...

In live mode the LMDE 3 Beta connects fine with wireless and stays connected. The 8/31 LMDE 3 version in live mode has trouble connecting. When it finally connects it then disconnects. I have also not been able to install the 8/31 version but the Beta installs just fine. I have never seen issues lik...