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Basically, I am a Windows user considering switching over to Linux Mint. Now, because my HP laptop is very stubborn with its RST, not letting me install Mint. QUESTION: What are the advantages and disadvantages of each and which one would you choose? I personally would go with #2. If you share your...

Our state government surplus store removes and destroys hard drives from old laptops, then sells them for $20 US. These are corporate grade machines, 3 to 5 years old, very sturdy with good specs. Quite a deal given the low cost of SSD's these days. For example I bought a Dell Latitude 6440 last ye...

WIN 11 also works on Dell 8 Gen i5 lappy with 16GB under LMC 21.2 using KVM.

@JRay, I prefer to run Windows in a Virtual Machine Some people prefer to run M/S Windows and Linux on the same machine using dual-boot methodology. I prefer to use a virtual machine approach so I can have both Linux and M/S Windows installed and running (or available) at any time without having re-...

Installed in gnome boxes - lean & clean. Hypnotix worked great

A warm welcome!

I have some songs that are .wma files that I am unable to listen to on my phone. What's the best Linux Mint tool to use to convert them to a file format such as .mp3 so that I can listen to them on my phone? I've seen references to VLC as well as FFmpeg. Which is preferred? Are there others? My pla...

newishy wrote: ⤴Tue Nov 28, 2023 12:03 pm First of all why is OpenOffice not available in the Software Center?

You might want to take a look at LibreOffice. It is in the Software Manager. Very similar to OO and better support IMHO.

MurphCID wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:19 am Well, I went to Best Buy and ordered the HP 4001dw which is the wireless printer. It should be here on the 4th of December.

Do you feel confident that the laser will cost less to operate? Just curious, as I might think about this move down the road. I assume it is b/w only?

TIA

@John2003cpht,

Once you find the system you want, you may want to look it up on eBay. You can save $$ if you find one refurbished. The 'Certified Excellent' gave me a very clean system (Dell) with a one year return guarantee. Check the seller performance record!

Good luck

thusband wrote: ⤴Sat Nov 18, 2023 11:30 am I just bought a small cheap HDMI monitor

so I think I'm good

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Thanks for the advice.

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rogerlakoski wrote: ⤴Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:50 pm Solved!
It was the power adapter. Thanks for the help guys

@roger,

What did you do to fix it?

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Cheers...Wally

After I copy the LMDE iso to the Ventoy USB, can I boot LMDE and install it on the USB and save files in LMDE after it is installed, all on the USB?

@bobmct, This may not be what you are looking for but as a shortcut, in the file manager, if I high-light an ODT file and press the space bar, LO with quickly open the file in view (read) mode.

Welcome. Mint and VM is the best way to go if you have to use window$!

@wihi, A temp work around would be to use a cloud service, such as your iCloud or a free one called pCloud. Then you could download to Mint. I have used pCloud in the past. You can have the phone automatically sync your pix with pCloud and then d/l later. It also gives a backup of your pix. (pcloud....

Tell us what you are looking for. I am sure you will get many suggestions. Please describe your system, hardware & software. Which version of Mint & desktop.

Have you tried Ctrl+w?

kc1di wrote: ⤴Tue Oct 10, 2023 3:05 pm

wallyUSA wrote: ⤴Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:22 pm CORRECTION:

First command has a typo. Should be 'install' not 'insall'.

FYI

Thanks for catching that have corrected it.

Happy to help the OP

CORRECTION:

First command has a typo. Should be 'install' not 'insall'.

FYI