What are the features that you think mint is missing?

[TD15]

The great thing about GNU/Linux is that it is as difficult or as easy as you make it to be.

Bash scripting: https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

Learning Python: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers

Bookmarked the links for future use, thanks!

[Portreve]

Ok, I just thought of two things I wish Linux Mint had.

• An equivalent to Apple's Automator environment; and
• An equivalent to Apple's Spotlight

[rossdv8]

In Mint Xfce, the Custom Actions for Thunar to Right Click:

Share Folders
Resize Images
And one or two other 'very common' tools

And make the ability to run scripts easier to implement - as I think it used to be.

I know it is simple to write all these things - except the 'run scripts' thing. You need to know how to edit the 'secret'.

It is a pain in the neck to have to have to copy - paste all these things into files whenever Mint is installed onto a nother computer. Some of us have several computers in the family.

It would be so very simple to include them as a standard modification when the Xfce version of Mint is being prepared for release.

[BenTrabetere]

One improvement I would like is to be able to access changelogs also via the History of Updates window in Update Manager. gm10 (you are missed) provided this function in his version Mint Update - browse the updates and right-click on one to view its changelog. Very handy.

[NoWinBob]

As each new version of Mint gets better and better,it gets harder to find issues to complain about.Just remind yourself why you came here in the first place.Keep in mind that even though you can make it look like any version of windows(or Mac),it only looks that way.There is still a learning curve finding the (mostly free) programs to do what you want to do,and learning how to maintain your system.(update,backup)

[Moonstone Man]

There is still a learning curve finding the (mostly free) programs to do what you want to do,and learning how to maintain your system.(update,backup)

Very true, and for some of us, that's where all the fun of the fair is; that and the satisfaction that comes with success.

[NGRhodes]

One little thing, I love panel intelli-autohide, I would to see some small few pixel deep overlay hints/peeping (lines, or dots or possibly a glow effect) to draw my attention to a pinned app that needs interaction or a new notification.

[deanr72]

Easy - a snapshot tool like mx has.

[Mick-Cork]

A small GUI observation in 19.3 Cinnamon that if the same in 20.x might be worthy of a tweak:

If I open System Settings and drag on the edges of the window to increase its size, then open one of the settings options, then hit the back arrow to return to the main window, it reverts back to the default size. It's not a big deal but just one of those small user experience things that could be nicer.

Basically it's hard to find things to complain about with Mint, still no harm striving for absolute excellence

[rossdv8]

Easy - a snapshot tool like mx has.

Do you mean a 'system snapshot' tool? for backups?

[InfoLibre]

- I would like 2 things :
- at work, easily add my Linux computer to a domain controller, in a few clicks. With an easy access to SMB Windows folder with Nemo.
- a graphical tools to easily calibrate scanner, screen and printers, using Displaycal etc. All these tools are incomplete, badly integrated (a melt between packages and binaries) and don't work together.

[absque fenestris]

Not existential, but practical: in Fedora (34) the different modules of LibreOffice can be installed individually, e.g. only Writer and Draw.

[rossdv8]

Not existential, but practical: in Fedora (34) the different modules of LibreOffice can be installed individually, e.g. only Writer and Draw.

If you don;t already have LibreOffice, or if you remove it from Mint, then open the Software Manager and search for the individual components, I think you will find you can install whichever components you need individually.

Likewise, if you already have the full LibreOffice install (from the repos - not from flatpak or Snap), if you open Software Manager and search for 'spreadsheet', you should see 'libreoffice-calc' If you click on libreoffice-calc, it should have a 'Remove' button and an 'Open' button.
The same applies for other bits.

That should let you easily slim down LibreOffice by removing bits you are unlikely to use.
You can just as easily add it back again if you need spreadsheet functions.

I think the easiest is probably to just uninstall Libreoffice and start again by just installing what you want from Software Manager.

[absque fenestris]

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If you don;t already have LibreOffice...

Just, after the Mint installation, I have LibreOffice in all its glory - don't you?

[rossdv8]

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If you don;t already have LibreOffice...

Just, after the Mint installation, I have LibreOffice in all its glory - don't you?

I'm sorry, I only use Mint Xfce, and I thought you might be using Mate or Cinnamon. I have installed even other Linux distros in the past that didn;t include Libreoffice, so it was possible. . .

If your distro or your version of Mint includes Mint by default - the suggestion to uninstall it, then use Software manager to just install the individual parts you want might work.
Alternatively, perhaps opening Software manager and using the remove button for each of the bits you don't want.

Either should achieve your requirements.

[BigEasy]

What do you think mint is missing?

Single large button in the middle of the screen "Do all the work perfectly" .

[deanr72]

Easy - a snapshot tool like mx has.

Do you mean a 'system snapshot' tool? for backups?

I guess it's more for cloning than backing up, but yes. I personalise my DE, create an iso, and install the exact copy onto my laptop - apps, passwords and all

[JosephM]

What do you think mint is missing?

Single large button in the middle of the screen "Do all the work perfectly" .

I've been working on this feature for years but still can't get it quite right Maybe in the next release!

[rossdv8]

Easy - a snapshot tool like mx has.

Do you mean a 'system snapshot' tool? for backups?

I guess it's more for cloning than backing up, but yes. I personalise my DE, create an iso, and install the exact copy onto my laptop - apps, passwords and all

A bit like the 'SD Card Copier' in the Raspberry Pi OS? Copies a running Linux OS, partition table and all, to another disk and makes it bootable?
A lot of us have wanted that sort of utility in 'mainstream Linux distros for years . . Some of us have tried (and failed miserably) to use Disk Destroyer to do something like a full copy. Of everything. Bootable.

See here for a description:
https://github.com/billw2/rpi-clone

If it can be done on a MicroSD card, why not on a HDD or SDD? Indeed, there's a description about how to set it up to work on Debian - BUT - also the reasons it might not work on some systems.

Seems to me that it might be possible to have a Mint version, if there's a way around the fstab and Grub problems mentioned . . .

[ajgringo619]

Easy - a snapshot tool like mx has.

If you feel really adventurous, this thread details a few brave souls that got the MX snapshot tool to work on Debian. I know it's not Mint/Ubuntu, but at least there was some progress.

Would I recommend this? In a word - nope.