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I like the xkill method in this thread, just so I can use the skull-and-crossbones. :D https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=231314&p=1225053&hilit=kill+program#p1224947 This thread has the funny cartoon that is now missing from the above thread. https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.ph...

Congratulations. I have been using it for some time and it works very well for me. I have even figured out a use for the different profile capability. I dual boot (actually triple boot with W7, but that's irrelevant) with LM 17.3 and 18.3. I did this in order to make the transition from 17 to 18 eas...

If you deleted the first image you would break the whole 'chain'. It won't break the chain. If a file is unchanged in several snapshots, there is only one copy of the data, but each snapshot will have a hard link to the data. Any snapshot can be deleted and the data will remain as long as there is ...

For whatever it's worth, I've been running that on my core i5-4690 (Haswell ?) for about 3 weeks with no problem.

Here you go:
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and here's the image from the 2nd post in that thread which seems to be unavailable now (glad I saved it)

You may need to disable Secure Boot in the UEFI (BIOS) firmware. I have heard that disabling it can be a problem with some Acer computers. If you do a forum search on "Acer Secure Boot" it will turn up numerous threads which may point you in the right direction. This thread about a Dell computer may...

There is a tutorial for verifying from Windows, which includes not only checking the hash code to be sure you got a good download, but also checks the hash file signature to be sure that it really is a valid Linux Mint hash file and so verifies that the .iso file is valid, and not some malware that ...

It doesn't need to be done often, only when you download a new iso. Once you can verify your new downloaded .iso file in Linux, it's even easier. Here is a script file which I have modified a little from one posted a couple of years ago on this forum by forum member "austin.texas". You can keep thi...

Answering in reverse order: 3. Nano is much easier to use than vi. sudo nano /etc/fstab Make your changes, then Ctrl-o to save the changes and Ctrl-x to exit nano. Or even easier, use your file manager to open the /etc directory as "Root", click on fstab to open the file with Xed and edit and save i...

I find LuckyBackup a bit more user friendly. Defaults are fine, but you can tweak it a bunch. just another frontend for rsync I thought about using LuckyBackup, but didn't because I was concerned when I read this on the web site http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/ : note on development progress Unf...

I developed a working backup of my whole machine using rsync. Now I use Timeshift. Timeshift uses rsync internally but does not display the command it generates. He tells you in the user manual: Under the Hood The following commands are used for actually creating and restoring the snapshot. The arg...

OK - I finally remembered how to attach screenshots. Here's my USB HDD with three directories. BIT snapshots in Ext_Backkup.
The Win7_Backup partition is ntfs, the other two are ext4.

I never use the 'Root' version - Timeshift saves everything owned by root. I only use BIT for home and Data.

My snapshots are saved to /media/steve/Ext_Backup where Ext_Backup is an ext4 partition on my USB HDD.

It sees my ext4 partitions on my USB HDD just fine.

What next? I don't really know, as I have never done this from Windows. I can enter the keyserver url "keys.gnupg.net" in my browser, go to that site and enter Linux Mint ISO in the search box, tick the box "Show PGP fingerprints for keys" and then click "Do the search" and get the 40 hex digit fin...

That's written for those using Linux. If you want to verify from Windows, try this:

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Hi LinuxGold, First, I hope you are trying to install something more recent than Olivia. :D LM 18.3 is the latest version (LM19 to be released in a month or two or three). LM 18 will be supported for another 3 years. To answer your questions: ISO definition, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...

You can try to disable loading the microcode at boot-up. There is a procedure for that here (scroll down to RECOVERY PROCEDURE: ). http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/non-free/i/intel-microcode/unstable_README.Debian I have not tried this, so I don't know whether it works or not, but at...

I installed my HP LaserJet Pro MFP M127fn using this procedure from HP: https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/install/install/index I am using LM 18.3 Cinnamon - printer and scanner both work after that installation. Note - it will show up in the menu, but not in Synaptic or the So...

It's not a command - it's a configuration file. Open it with a text editor to check the value of kernel.sysrq.