r/linuxmint Oct 03 '18

SOLVED A friendly reminder to please re-flair solved support posts as SOLVED

450 Upvotes

Please Re-Flair your post if a solution is found. How to Flair a post?

This allows other users to search for common issues with the 'SOLVED' flair as a filter, leading to those issues being resolved very fast.


r/linuxmint 3h ago

Desktop Screenshot Sailing with Linux Mint for 7 months

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107 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 1h ago

Support Request Are there any free drawing and music producing softwares supported on Linux??

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i draw a lot using csp back in windows but csp isnt supported on linux so it runs really bad (i turned broke after buying csp)😢
i wanna try making beets too!! i rly like music stuff and wanna try it out 🥲
pls rec me some software that i can try?? if you dont know any free softwares pls comment paid ones too!! i might be able to buy them in the future

beautiful illustration (picture 1) made by me in drawing 🔥

thank you in advance!!!

idk what flair to use 😢 sorry if this is the wrobg one


r/linuxmint 11h ago

Desktop Screenshot I LOVE linux mint, became my main distro since yesterday

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132 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 16h ago

Desktop Screenshot Installed Mint a month ago, can never go back

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231 Upvotes

My favorite thing about Linux is that all my fuck-ups are my own. On windows, its always a broken update, a data leak, whatever. But on Linux, I can only blame myself. I'm in control. Sure, its scary to have the power to make your computer hate you, but I prefer it that way. I'd rather fuck up myself than deal with someone else fucking up for me.


r/linuxmint 9h ago

Desktop Screenshot My desktop on cinnamon

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55 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 12h ago

Desktop Screenshot Mint XFCE | 15 days since I threw out windows, on a decade old laptop :)

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98 Upvotes

Configuring Intellihide for my polybar was such a hassle icl 😭️🙏️

It felt so refreshing to be on Mint since the very first day. Of course, it wasn't a magic bullet due to the low RAM I had but still miles better than having that Micro$hit Windows, which would stutter for atleast half an hour after boot while I'm using any app. I couldn't even think about customising it.

Fortunately, I didn't face any issues which were too much of a strain on my brain. That's not to say, I did not face any significant ones.

Issues I fixed

  1. Frequent audio pops/crackles with Easy Effects: As Gemini advised, I tried disabling power saving and increasing quant values/buffer sizes, but they only helped to some extent. After I grew frustrated enough, I scoured forums and any issue I could possibly find which was similar to my case, but it always lead me to a dead end. After that, I decided to move my entire audio stack (PipeWire + wireplumber + Easy Effects) to a newer version through piperoll. That finally seems to have fixed nearly all the underrun issues I was having, but I still have issues where it would make a pop sound whenever I seek or pause. I'm guessing things should work fine on native after Mint 23 arrives.
  2. "Bluetooth not working": This one was very funny, actually. blueman doesn't have robust enough error handling when it comes to missing icons. Due to some misconfiguration/missing icon files on my installed theme (Orchis), the GUI was crashing constantly. The bluetooth was working fine the entire time.
  3. YouTube stuttering: enhanced-h264ify fixed it. My hardware does not have support for newer codecs.

Aside from this, it has been mostly smooth sailing so far!


r/linuxmint 4h ago

Fluff I should have moved sooner.

20 Upvotes

I am a musician/producer and I am using Linux Mint.
It is working great.


r/linuxmint 6h ago

Since I found LMDE 7 I am so greatfull!

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30 Upvotes

Saludos desde Caracas, Venezuela..... me cambié a Linux Mint porque tenía una pc de torre viejísima con un i7 de primera generación sufriendo con Windows 11. Probé de todo un poco: Cachy OS, BigLinux, MX Linux, Fedora, OpenSUSE, y brother, nada se compara a la estabilidad de LMDE 7. Cuando empiezas a meterle mano para personalizarlo y le agarras el gusto, te vuelves imparable! Ahora monté un Ryzen 5 3550H con 32gb de RAM y esta vaina es un cohete!

I am from Caracas, Venezuela..... I switched to Linux Mint because I used to have a very old pc tower with an i7 first gen running Windows 11. I distro-hopped a lot, tried Cachy OS, BigLinux, MX Linux, Fedora, OpenSUSE, but man, nothing compares to the rock-solid stability of LMDE 7. When you start learning to customize it and actually enjoy doing it, you are imparable! Now I have a Ryzen 5 3550H with 32gb of RAM and this thing is a freaking rocket!


r/linuxmint 7h ago

Linux Mint IRL Observed in the wild

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36 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 59m ago

Desktop Screenshot Joined the club a couple days ago!

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The straw was when I tried changing the system font on windows but then I find out that I have to go into the registry editor to do so.

so I swapped lol...


r/linuxmint 8h ago

2015 MacBook Air with an Intel AX210 Wifi Card!

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25 Upvotes

Linux Mint Cinnamon on my 2015 MacBook Air with an upgraded Intel AX210 wifi card. All hardware works out of the box except for the HD FaceTime camera. Since the camera uses PCI instead of a USB device, I found a fix in the Linux Mint forum, which involves running a script that downloads and installs the OEM drivers. https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=445168


r/linuxmint 7h ago

Installed cinnamon last week on an external SSD, been loving it so far.

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20 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 8h ago

What do you think of my Linux Mint desktop?

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17 Upvotes

Do I need to change anything?


r/linuxmint 5h ago

Discussion Btrfs : Anecdotal thoughts?

9 Upvotes

I'm dual-booting Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.3 with Windows 11 Pro. It's easy enough for me to change things up, so I wonder if making the change from EXT4 to Btrfs is worth the effort.

If anybody is using the Btrfs file system with their Linux, how are things going?


r/linuxmint 11h ago

Desktop Screenshot Finally upgraded to the newer Kernel

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22 Upvotes

Wrote a small work around in order to get my Broadcom WiFi to not automatically delete itself every update


r/linuxmint 23h ago

Discussion THANK YOU

174 Upvotes

I wanted to let everyone here know what a wonderful group of people Linux users are. I've had windows products since 1991 and last year I transited over to Linux mint and, while I've had some struggles, I've NEVER had the problems for longer than a few hours. Y'all are so generous with your suggestions and help I feel very supported. Thank you again. :)


r/linuxmint 5h ago

Should I change to Linux mint?

6 Upvotes

I want the most performance I can get on my PC with 3060 ti 48gb ram and i5 9600kf.

Should I really change or not worth it?

from windows*


r/linuxmint 20h ago

Linux Mint IRL Windows es mejor que esto...

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97 Upvotes

Es una broma, acabo de pasarme a linux...

Bueno el día de hoy oficialmente acabo de pasarme a linuxmint, se siente irreal, se siente demasiado suave, perdon por esta comparación pero se siente como el trasero de un bebé.

Estaba cansado de lo incomodo de Windows, que te pide pagar por todo, es demasiado lento y etc.

Asi que hoy mismo me instale linuxmint xcfe, he ido familiarizandome un poco y no es nada dificil.

Pero quería saber, hay algo que deba descargar? Algun programa o hacer algun ajuste para mantener optimizado mi sistema y el rendimiento?

Leí por ahí de blachbit o algo asi que es como un limpiador. Pero no se exactamente que casillas marcar o si se puede programar la limpieza automaticamente.

Estoy entrando a este mundo del linux asi que me ayudarian un monton si me pasan algunos consejos, tips que debo tomar en cuenta y que no tocar para no arruinar todo.

Mi pc tiene 4 gb de ram y es antigua.

Por cierto trate de descargar wine desde la tienda pero parece que no va, no se que hacer. Es para jugar al counter strike 1.6 jaja.


r/linuxmint 8h ago

Discussion Freezing problems

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8 Upvotes

Hello, I have been using Linux Mint for over a year now and I am extremely happy with it. However, I have a small problem with freezes, especially when I have several heavy sites open and use them at the same time. I have changed several browsers in an attempt to solve this, but I have not been able to. I am currently using Chrome and Mozilla, I am testing and daving, but the result is the same. I have tried all kinds of browser and graphics card settings and all kinds of commands/combinations for power. The picture shows the parameters of my desktop computer. My card is very old and I think these freezes are due to it.

Can you tell me how to fix this, or should I just continue with this compromise until I buy a new card?

Also, would xface solve the problem?

Any advice is infinitely valuable.

Thanks!


r/linuxmint 19h ago

The Plunge

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66 Upvotes

After my successful test with the Forbidden HP, I installed Cinnamon on my 7290. It’s taking some time getting my head around the terminal, but I love the flexibility in the OS. I really don’t think Windows has a place for me at the moment, but time will tell whether everything I need is supported on the platform.


r/linuxmint 4h ago

Discrepancy in reported remaining root directory space

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4 Upvotes

I got a warning that I had 0 space left in /, but that's not what 'df -h /' says. Edited: Correction, lsblk says 29G, du -ch / says 23G.


r/linuxmint 5h ago

New notes app?

3 Upvotes

https://privacynotes.app/ - has anyone tried it? It looks like Standard Notes with more features but does not load today.


r/linuxmint 1h ago

Support Request Thinkpad t470 mint showing no screen after closing the laptop

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So after closing down the screen of my Laptop (not doing a reboot or a shutdown) and then reopen it the screen stayes balck and dont work yet the mashine is working and the keyboard lighting green. I will need to do a force shutdown for it to work agian anyfixes? pls


r/linuxmint 1d ago

Desktop Screenshot Rate my desktop

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174 Upvotes