r/linuxmint

I have a 5 year old Lenovo Ideapad 3, which has an Intel Core i5 10th gen. It's been collecting dust in my closet for about 2 years now after it started taking 10 minutes just to boot up and 3 to open task manager. I recently got an Asus Vivobook 16, and I want to upload Linux Mint XFCE onto a flashdrive from my Vivobook and install it onto my Lenovo.

Few questions here:

1. Will it work?

2. Should I install an even more barebones distro because my computer is super slow?

3. Is there anything that might differ in the installation process from normal installation because of the condition of my computer? And,

4. Is there anything I will need to know in order for everything to work and not blow something up?

Thanks!

I'm switching to Linux and used to have a virus on my windows 11 PC, so I wanted to delete everything before switching just to be safe, but my installation is corrupted and I don't have an external USB drive bigger than 4GB. Would clicking erase disk do the same thing a full windows reset would? I want to use a dual boot with windows but was wondering if I could just install Linux with the "erase disk" feature to fully get rid of the virus first

I decided to use my 2nd hdd to install Linux Mint alongside Windows 11 Pro on the 1st drive.

If I use F12 during boot, I can see and select either Windows or mint and both work fine. Secure Boot is off.

If I boot without F12 and let Grub run, it only shows me the Mint drive. Grub isn't seeing Windows, but as I said that drive is intact and working fine.

When I installed Mint, I removed the primary nvme in order to get a clean Mint install on the spare drive. After getting mint up and configured,mI powered off and reinstalled the Windows nvme drive. On boot, mI used F12 to ensure I could select it and is good. I then restarted to let Grub find windows, but as I stated Grub only sees and shows me the Mint drive.

Ideas? Can I reinstall or repair Grub, or us this a trip back into bios bootloader- land? Help!

I seem to have issues getting my mint machine out of screen saver mode. I'll be working, leave for a while, come back, jiggle the mouse, hit enter, nothing . Thinking of just disabling SS and power off mode, and just turn monitor off instead.

I want a few perspectives on this because I feel like I'm hitting edge cases every time I update.

I'm on Linux Mint and one day I updated without thinking about it too hard, many updates before went without a hitch after all. After the update however, my sound bar stopped being recognized through the s/pdif cable and after many, many hours of research, I finally gave up and continued connecting through bluetooth (which has its own issues).

Fast forward to the next update, I'm thinking "I already know something is going to break, but let's just update anyway and see what happens!" Well, what happened is that my main steam game which I play to relax and upload to youtube stopped launching because of some monitor resolution error. Every other game I tested worked, it was literally just my favorite game that was shot down by pure chance. Once again, after hours and hours of research I gave up and rolled back with timeshift.

After that I vowed to never update again. Fast forward to me installing Linux Mint 22.3 on a new computer and seeing updates available. I'm thinking "I know something is going to break, but at least this is a brand new install so it won't have much impact." Well, guess what? After I restarted the pc, it got permanently stuck on the startup logo.

Is this just bad luck? Why can I reliably predict something breaking when updates are supposed to make your system better?

Hey everyone,

I'm currently testing out Linux Mint (xfce) on my new laptop using a Live USB (created with Rufus), but it's running slow. Everything lags, from opening the menu to basic browsing. I strongly suspect my USB drive is a 2.0 version, which is likely the main bottleneck, but I want to make sure there are no underlying compatibility issues.

Also, I’m planning on dual-booting with Windows because I heavily rely on Microsoft Office. I'm pretty picky when it comes to Office features and advanced formatting. I already tried LibreOffice when I first got the laptop, but it just didn't cut it for me. Is dual-booting still the most reliable way to keep using full MS Office alongside Linux, or is there a better alternative I should consider?

Here are my system specs:

Laptop model: HP Laptop 15-fd0xxx (B9TS7LA#ABM)

CPU: Intel Core i3-N305 (8 cores)

RAM: 16 GB

I really want to make the switch (or at least dual-boot), but this initial performance is holding me back. Any tips or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

i use only LMDE 7, i installed it with the standard way (entire disk with encryption).

it works flawlessly as node.js developer, i rarely reboot or shutdown, i always use hibernation, so my workflow is not interrupted and the system never hangup (40gb ram 40gb swap).

every software i need is available in repos or i download .deb file from the software website (i removed flatpak completely).

i have nvidia card, i just install nvidia-driver and it is working fine

thank you lmde team

Good day all! I have some webpage shortcuts on my desktop and I want the site specific emblems to show. An example would be to add the youtube play button to a youtube shortcut. When I right click on the shortcut and select properties, there is an emblems tab at the top of the properties window. Where do I find the associated folder to add new icons? I am aware that there is such a thing as web apps that partially addresses this, but the functionality is limited. Going to the website I want with one click is easy and fully featured. But it's confusing if I can't see what they are.

I'm sorry if my English is not too good

I've been using Linux Mint on my laptop for a week (22.3, x64, and deskstop environnement is Cinnamon) tho I've only been playing games so far, on Steam, and I'm a super noob I didn't even used the terminal too much. The games I play that also have a Linux version run rock solid and much better than it ever did on Windows 11 (what I was using before...), even Windows only games on Steam Proton Experimental works great. Tho I've been getting audio issues on these Windows games through Steam Proton Experimental. I always get frequent distorted and crunchy audio noises, they're not too loud but they bother me a lot and also I don't know if it's a bigger issue than I think ? Anyways I have no idea how to fix that I'm a total beginner ;-;

My friend helped me do a fastfetch to list some of my specs :

Host: 82N9 (Lenovo 14w Gen 2)

CPU: AMD 3015e (4) @ 1.20 GHz

GPU: AMD Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series \[Integrated\]

Memory: 7.12 GiB

After navigating the stormy seas of Linux distros, I returned to take refuge in the safe, peaceful, and friendly harbor of Mint.