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Hi, I have a USB thumb drive which has some old data on it (an old .iso Linux installation image in this case) that seems to be permanently " etched " onto it. Is it even possible to have data permanently " etched " onto a USB stick drive? I wish I could delete it, but I can't fi...

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I'm wanting to "burn" an '.iso' disc image to a USB stick so that the stick becomes a bootable drive. How would I go about doing this in Linux Mint?
Thank you

Yes. The video's I'm currently viewing are available in 4K (2160p) as an option if you have the hardware and software at your disposal to do it. My current monitor is 24-inches but only goes up to 1080p. For example, I was watching this video in Japan shot in 4K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHFI...

Hi, I came across some videos on YouTube that are shot by a video camera in the new 4K video format. Since I'm using a desktop PC with an LED 1080p full HD monitor and Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia with Firefox Quantum 64.0 web browser to watch them, what do I need in the way of new hardware and software t...

Hi, I downloaded and installed Minecraft from the "Software Manager" for the first time. When I start the Mincraft game, it launches and opens up a small window on my Linux Mint desktop. It wants an email adress or username and a password, or, if your a new user (which I am), it wants you ...

Hi, Is there some way to play games with another player over the internet by downloading and installing some kind of software, client or application for Linux Mint itself or even FireFox web browser? I'm mostly interested in trying out public domain type games such as chess, checkers, standard playi...

Hi, Does anyone know if there is some sort of utility or set of tools available for Linux Mint that will clean up your hard drive, defrag it, tune up the whole system in a general way, maybe help you test, check and improve your system security and privacy, optimize and improve performance it, remov...

Hi, I'm currently running Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" on my PC. I'm also currently downloading the packages to update it to 18.3 "Sylvia". However, I'm wanting to know once I update fully to 18.3 "Sylvia", is it then possible to go ahead and download packages and update my sy...

I have an extra external USB 500GB hard disk drive that I'm not currently using that I've had for a number of years now. I have three questions about it. 1) I'm wondering if this thing is just a regular, standard, conventional hard disk drive with a spinning platter or a solid state drive? It is a T...

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I'm thinking of possibly trying out Linux Mint Debian Edition 3 for the first time. But what are the pro's and con's of going with it over standard Linux Mint 19 "Tara"?
Thanks

Thanks. I rocked the plug back and forth in a circular motion gently and then tried my sound out...... and still got nothing. So I unplugged my speakers and then plugged in my headphones and ....... still got no sound. So I sat the headphones down on the desk and started to use my PC without the sou...

Hello, I lost the sound coming out of the speakers connected to my desktop computer. The speakers are connected to the tiny jack on the back of the PC but I only get a 'hum' noise out of the speakers now whenever I tap the end of my fingertip to the end of the metal speaker jack plug. That seems to ...

Well that's a relief. Now what do I do?

How can I tell if it's a bootable image just by clicking on the DVD icon on my desktop? When I do and select CD/DVD drive properties I get a "Basic" tab and a pop up box. What information am I looking for that tells me if it is indeed a bootable image or not? I put the DVD into another eve...

At the "Dell" start up screen, I selected "F12 boot options". That sent me into a "Boot Manager" screen and I selected the "CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive" option by highlighting it with the up and down arrow key and then pressed the enter key on my keyboard. The laptop p...

Hi, I'm trying to install Mint 19 "Tarah" to an old laptop PC I have. I finally managed to get the .iso image burned onto a DVD disc. When I put the .iso image disc into the optical drive on the old laptop, it won't boot into the new disc image, instead it just boots into the old Mint 18 &...

All I currently have are some "+R" blank discs.

I'll download and try a different burning program and see how that goes....

I'm currently using Mint 18 "Sarah"

Hi, I'm trying to burn Linux Mint 19 to a brand new blank DVD+R disc sitting inside my optical burner but have encountered a problem. I'm getting an error message in Brasero burner software in a dialog box that reads the following: "Please replace the disc with a supported CD or DVD" It wi...

Here's what I found about laptop number one:

Dell Inspiron 3521 - 15.6" - Pentium 2127U - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD

Operating System
Windows 8 64-bit Edition

So I guess it's a 64-bit processor. I'm going to look up what my other older laptop is too.