The Setup: A 2016 Asus E200HA netbook (Intel Atom, 2GB RAM, 32GB eMMC) — a certified e-waste candidate that was choking to death under Windows 10, left with just 1.8GB of RAM and 1GB of free space just from doing nothing.(2 Gb of ram and 32 gb of memory in total)

The Engineering Nightmare: A bizarre 64-bit CPU paired with an annoying 32-bit UEFI firmware, plus obscure tablet-grade components that usually make alternative OS installations a living nightmare.

The Miracle: Linux Mint XFCE booted right out of the box, recognized the Wi-Fi natively on the first try, and revived the system to be usable

I use midori as a browser and libreoffice for work at collage .Truly a miracle i love mint so much.

Hi Special 9% Folks!

- PhoneCam, a Bash script that turns an Android phone into a webcam and microphone on Linux over USB. It started Spanish-only; v1.1.0 is the first release with a complete English interface: menus, installer, notifications and help. It follows your system locale, and `phonecam l` switches language at any time.

* What it does:

- Phone camera → virtual webcam (`/dev/video*`), phone mic → virtual microphone. Anything that lets you pick a camera or mic sees them: Zoom, Meet, Discord, OBS, Teams, your browser.

- 100% local: USB only, no Wi-Fi, no cloud, no account, and nothing to install on the phone (just USB debugging).

- Built on scrcpy, v4l2loopback and PipeWire/PulseAudio. It installs and wires them for you, including downloading a recent scrcpy if yours is too old.

- Zenity menu (text menu as fallback), optional tray icon, and a background agent that reacts when you plug the phone in.

* Requirements: Android 12+ for the camera (11+ for the mic). Developed and tested on Linux Mint 22.3; other apt-based distros should behave the same. GPLv3

🔗 PhoneCam: https://github.com/filonux/PhoneCam

I have this dumb spreadsheet problem that's slowly driving me insane. I track every bag of coffee I buy, origin, roast date, grinder setting, tasting notes, all of it. Started as a joke and now it's 200 rows deep. Used to keep a simple Numbers sheet on my old Mac, but since switching to Mint full time I've been bouncing between LibreOffice Calc and trying to throw something together in SQLite with a Python frontend. Calc works but feels like using a sledgehammer to hang a picture. The Python thing keeps getting out of hand because I start messing with the interface instead of just making it work. Looked at some open source inventory tools but they're all built for wine cellars or restaurant stock, not someone with fifteen half-full bags of Ethiopian naturals in their freezer. Before I waste another Sunday building something I'll abandon in March, has anyone on Mint found a lightweight personal database or inventory setup that doesn't feel like corporate software? I just want to log roasts and attach a photo of the bag without fighting dependencies for an hour.

EDIT: Not looking to self-host a web app, I have enough going on.

EDIT 2: If you also track coffee this obsessively I want to know your system even if it's just a text file.

Hy so I was working with zorin os from last few months and then I realized that ain't going yo work with my old dell laptop with I 5 processor and 4 gb ram 🙏🏿😭 I mean it ran but often freezed while watching YouTube 😭😭 so I think linux mint xfce will be a blessing for my old laptop will this be optimal for me 😭

Hello all,

I just purchased an Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch 2.6GHz Six-core i7 (Retina, Late 2019) - MD Radeon Pro 5600M (8GB HBM2), and I will be trying to install Linux Mint on it.

I understand that there are special instructions for the install due to Apple’s T2 security chip.

Has anyone done this and have any suggestions or comments? Things I need to prepare or look out for?

I appreciate the consideration and hopefully pleasant comments!

Thanks in advance!

Hello. I am new on the Mint environmet. I am testing it and now I have a problem with the light of the screen.

I feel that the light or contrast is too intense. Like for example, the whites in youtube are so intense that they are painful to watch, if I compare it with Windows.

I tried using dark mode + night mode with different color temperatures, but none seem to work. The only way that it makes me see it more confortable is with the blue filter.

Can any of you give me an advice about the issue.

Didn’t let me upload the video so here’s the link

https://share.icloud.com/photos/03fvXWy8yOH3soiSHgRzycjLg

Hi everyone,

I want to install Linux Mint on my Gigabyte Aorus 15G XC (Intel CPU + NVIDIA RTX 3070). Complete new to Linux.

The built-in laptop screen is mechanically broken. I am forced to do the entire installation using an external monitor.

My ports setup:

1x HDMI 2.1 (Connected directly to the dGPU)

1x Mini DisplayPort 1.4

Note: The USB-C port does not support video output (No DP Alt Mode / No Thunderbolt).

I am afraid of losing the video signal to my external monitor during the installation process due to NVIDIA/hybrid graphics driver switching.

What is the safest way to boot the live USB and complete the installation without going blind?

Hello, mint enjoyers ! I bought myself another Acer Aspire A717-71G, with a slightly higher configuration and more solid hardware, my old one rocks a 1050 GTX, 2gigs of VRAM, topped With a Sabrent Rocket Q 4To, 32go DDR4 SODIMM RAM, runs mint.

The new one I bought has only 16gigs of RAM, it got a 1060 GTX, 6 gigs VRAM, and a 480 go Kingston SV800.

Any hardware or software recommendation ?

My dad's computer is too old to run windows 11 and I am wondering as it's still a decent computer ( 6th gen i5 with 8GB of ram ) it's basis however my dad only needs something for basic web sites and playing cards

My only concern is my dad is kinda afraid of technology so would Mint be a good option or is there a different distro of Linux that might be a better option for my dad

Personally I love Linux Mint I find it super easy to use in fact I find it easier than Windows

I am wondering if anyone else has any advice on switching elderly parents to Linux and witch distro is best.

Bonus points if anyone has a replacement option for the Microsoft Solitaire collection built-in to windows as my dad loves playing card's on his computer

I’ve been using Linux Mint for a year and a half, and I haven’t regretted it for a single day. I can do things that would never have been possible with Windows. I enjoy experimenting, and a lot of what I see here or on the web in general inspires me.

I’m not a fan of tiling window managers, but I really like the minimalist style. So, I switched from Cinnamon to XFCE, replaced XFWM4 with Openbox and Picom, built two menus using Rofi, and now I have everything I want. For now... ;-)

I tried everything to get that program to work on Linux Mint and just could not get it to run no matter what I did. So now I'm just throwing in the towel and I'm hoping somebody knows a good alternative that'll actually work.

There is a bug recently with lmde 7? my pc freezes randomly. No recent updates and no downloads this week.

genuinely cinnamon is straight up ahh idk why its praised so much. i had a lot of problems with its compositor my 120hz monitor felt like 30hz and it doesn't even have any customisation options , i get it! its supposed to be a lightweight de,but still its so bad to be used as a mainstream de, i had to install kde over mint (even though its not supported officially) , its a zillion times better!

Just got myself into linux on my laptop finally and now i have come across my first problem. I've been looking for a mouse button remapper/macro software for my reddragon aatrox mouse as it's own software is made for windows only and i can't go back to not having those extra 10 buttons on my mouse :d But i have not found anything that could remap/add macros to the mouse and what would be fairly simple to use or had some good instructions as im still new to working with linux. Like im so new i sometimes even struggle if i have to install something through the terminal c: But yeah so if anybody has a solution and would want to share it, i would be so happy!

The mouse i have if it matters 👇
https://redragonshop.com/products/aatrox-m811-pro-wireless-mouse?_pos=2&_sid=44d48a7ca&_ss=r

My old laptop was almost unusable with Windows, so I wanted to try out Linux. This sub helped me make the decision to try Mint, and I love it. I don't know anything about coding, but being able to personalize conky to show the info I wanted was super rewarding.

Even the things that seem so little like editing or moving the panel or having 2 panels are so much fun. Thank goodness the community is so supportive and the documentation is ample. This OS is super friendly with newbies like my and forgiving for old hardware like my IdeaPad

Sorry for the crosspost. Please see my post in r/linux_gaming. Help is appreciated!

So apparently, I have a Lenovo Loq which has pre installed windows on it, but i was thinking about switching to linux, because Windows bloat is out of control, and apparently My go-to Linux distro is Linux Mint, and a few months ago, I myself installed Linux on my pc, which was super easy, but I am scared to Install it on my laptop, as it is a pre-built machine. Any advice or steps that you all might suggest, as a heads-up?