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From looking here: https://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-ProBook-455-G2-Notebook-Review.141740.0.html ... I get the impression that it has two memory slots but comes with only one filled. Adding RAM is usually as easy as shutting the laptop down, opening a hatch on the bottom, and popping it in. Look up ...

Make sure that you are cleaning up in the partition that actually needs cleaning. If there is space in one partition, another can still get overly full.

_tab wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:30 am The standard Redshift included with Mint can be a bit limited if you want on the go adjustment.

Makes sense, because that's not what it's meant for.
Just so you know: you can use them both at the same time, they don't conflict.

The best possible speed tweaks for that laptop, if possible, would probably be:
- adding more RAM. 4GB is pretty painful these days
- switching out the HDD for an SSD.

Just FYI, the Edge version is aimed at very new hardware.

ajgreeny wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:47 am I gave up using a dedicated external GPS, and also the inbuilt one in my car a long time ago.

That's great, but it doesn't help the OP. Please note that this is not a chat topic. Cheers!

_tab wrote: ⤴Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:43 pm Out of interest, on this Desktop install there doesn't appear to be a brightness control, checked all the usual places, display, settings but no slider

Since you're on Cinnamon, you can use the Brightness and Gamma Applet.

Edit: OP was a spambot and has been removed.

To be honest I've never heard of anyone doing that, but that may be on me. Is it a thing?

The reason is that Windows updates have a tendency to mess things up in such a way that they may make it impossible to boot into Mint.

that seams to mean that I'm not allowed to update packages any more. You are allowed. But there is nowhere to download them from, and that is a very different thing. No one is making updates for your OS anymore, and the repositories have been closed down. So there simply aren't any updates available.

I have uBlock Origin on Chromium, and it works very well for me.

Ubuntu Touch, which is made for touchscreen devices like tablets. It is, but there needs to be a specific version made for every model of tablet or phone, so the chance that any random tablet is supported is small and I don't think this one is one of the few. Sorry but I don't think Ubuntu Touch is...

It is our intention to bring him up to date with 21.3 but if he cant get into the present o/s and makes a clean install won't he lose all of his personal stuff (and no, he has not made a backup, but will in future) Bring a bootable USB stick with an up-to-date version of Mint when you visit, and an...

gomerpile wrote: ⤴Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:05 am Attention Linux users: it's important to be selective when installing system updates.

No it's not. I update all the things all the time, and my boxen are running fine. Please don't spread FUD.

That depends, how are you planning to upgrade?

Mod note:
Topic cleaned up, let's stay on topic.

I've been here for a while and I've never heard of that. I don't think it's a thing.

What happens and doesn't happen when you try? This usually works fine.

mrhousy wrote: ⤴Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:21 am In addition, updates are not working anymore, that means it shows up updates to install but hitting the update button nothing happens.....

Hello, that soounds like a different problem, so please start your own topic for that. Thanks and welcome to the forums!

After telling him about some of the different distros he asked why so many. Simple: because they can. People fork distros, or start new ones, because it's possible and because they have an itch to scratch. It helps a lot if you realise that most distros are simply what the developer(s) wanted to us...

Okay thanks bye.