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Good Evening I been using linux mint for a few weeks now and thought I'd start to install Virtualbox so after watching a could of YT videos I downloaded virtualbox 6.1.10 and the Ubuntu 1804-19.04-19.10 to downloads. I then installed from downloads but the install failed from the synaptic packet man...

Thanks for reply but sorted it, dont ask why I tried a second memory stick and that worked ok, I purchased two new ones formated them both the same so why one should corrupt files and other OK
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Just also found I cannot play any of the music that I copied over !

Good Morning yesterday installed linux mint 19.3 on my sony laptop and copied photos over from my other laptop only to find I cannot open them , I can open any image that's done on this laptop but nothing imported or downloaded any suggestions please

Sorry looks I 'cock up' my last post last night done some further investigating do not have the option to turn off the internal wifi card in bios. Petermint WIFI adapter turned to OFF in Linux it stays off after a reboot. mine does'nt Also discovered that when I use the F12 key aeroplane mode the on...

Thanks for your replies the in built wifi card Intel Dual Band AC 3160 started playing up sometime ago I purchased a new card and fitted it only to find the problem remaining in that some days it doesn't work some it does. It's been suggested that it could be a fault on the motherboard or the antenn...

Good Evening Had a look through topic's but did find what I was looking for, the internal wifi card in my laptop Intel 3160 is not working properly to be fair it was the same in windows 10 is it possible to disable it, my second question a local network keeps interfering with my wifi I have ticked '...

Good Afternoon All
It would appear that this post as stalled however can I ask for further help I'm sure that my built in WiFi card is interfering with my USB adapter so can I ask how to turn it off and if needed how to turn it back on.
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Thanks for reply Here we go harry@harry-SATELLITE-L50-C:~$ inxi -Fxz System: Host: harry-SATELLITE-L50-C Kernel: 5.0.0-32-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic Machine: Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: SAT...

Good Afternoon I'm new to linux and after running Virtualbox I took the jump and install Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.3 since installing I have found my WiFi adapter wanting it was OK whilst using VB. I have spent a few hours this afternoon looking for way's of improving reception under windows 10 my sign...

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jonau01 have done what you suggested prior to my post
sdibaja May do just that but I have to find 'linux' software to replace some of my windows software
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Good Afternoon Very new to linux, having plenty of time on my hands due to 12 wks lockdown I thought I would have a look at 'linux' I installed virtualbox on my win 10 laptop along with 3 guests Linux Mint, Makulu lindoz and Ubuntu all seemed fine until I installed virtualbox update then things went...

Good Afternoon to all This is my first post and I,m sorry if the question as already been asked I have a problem in reading long webpages. Here in the UK I'm one of the many poeple who must stay home for 12 weeks so I thought I would give linux a try I'm running mint 19 on a VM earlier today I found...