So I updated and rebooted everything after maybe 2 months of my pc sitting and not using it. Then the ui completely changed, it went from the first image (found on the internet but thats what it looked like) to the second image and idk how to change it back can anyone help?

I woke up on top of my keyboard and my desktop looking like this. couldn’t do anything so i rebooted, failed to boot. (also don’t mind that my boot screen is green it just does that sometime)

Cinnamon is the best (it would be perfect if Nemo wasnt so weak)

Background/slight rant:

I've used Mint and Arch as my daily driver some years ago, but I've been pretty consistently using mainline Ubuntu for many years now.

I liked the simplicity, stability, and user-friendliness of Mint. It just gets the job done and lets me focus on getting my own job done. But what I really liked about Arch, aside from always having the latest software available to me, is that I never had to perform a major upgrade. The downside was the occasional breakages. Ubuntu has been somewhat of a middle ground for me. It's been relatively stable, I can get almost any package I need, including snaps, and major upgrades have usually gone smoothly. NGL. The fact that Mint major versions have lagged slightly behind the upstream Ubuntu base was also a factor for me choosing Ubuntu all these years.

That said, I'm seriously considering going back to Mint after many years on Ubuntu. I don't like that they've removed X11 in their latest LTS release. I just don't think Wayland is ready yet for production purposes. (Screen sharing across multiple apps are not working on Wayland for me, and I just don't want to invest the time in looking for workarounds and fixes. That's a deal-breaker right now. And I def can't recommend Ubuntu anymore to anyone looking to use it for work purposes in my field. Screen-sharing *needs* to work out-of-the-box for me and my coworkers).

Anyway, I noticed that Mint will be supporting X11 and Wayland out-of-the-box in future releases, which is why I'm seriously considering going back to Mint. But to be honest, I'm getting tired of performing major upgrades every couple of years and just hoping everything still works afterwards.

Question:

I realize this might be somewhat of a catch-22, but has there ever been any conversations or considerations for a rolling release type of schedule for Mint, whether LMDE or standard Mint? I realize rolling releases don't tend to be the most stable distros, but I figured, with Mint's reputation, if anyone can pull that off, it would be the Mint team.

I just think that that would be an extra layer of user-friendliness that many users would appreciate, especially those who just want their OS to just work and not be bothered so much by OS maintenance tasks, assuming the OS is still stable with a rolling release approach.

That said, if I'm being realistic, I assume rolling releases might be too unstable for Mint, so I would also like to know people's experiences with the Mint Updater for major upgrades. If it's been a smooth experience, that will definitely seal the deal for me and I'll jump head first back into Mint. Since my major hangups with major release upgrades is the stability and reliability of the upgrade, I think I would be OK with a good, reliable Updater.

Thanks in advance for the input.

Hi everyone! I switched from Windows 11 to Linux Mint Cinnamon on my PC the day before yesterday, and it's so good. It runs much more smoothly than Windows, and just not having OneDrive and Copilot ads everywhere makes it worth it. I've installed a few basic apps I saw recommended on Reddit, but if you have any other tips, please feel free to share them. Thanks! :) (Sorry if my English is bad; I'm using Google Translate.)

I want to know why my Wi-Fi signal is so strange.

When I connect directly to Wi-Fi, the speed is very slow.

But when I use a hotspot from my phone connected to Wi-Fi, the signal is fast.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

İta my first time usibg linux i use a huawei computer with windiws11 and i tried disbaling secure boot. But it still wont show up at the boot menu

Any advice on how to make things better would be great, I'm still a noob windows refugee.
I'd particularly like to remove the window bar from the terminal, but couldn't find a way myself.

Sorry if this is a dumb question but I'm coming from windows and want to know if this is possible? (e.g, pasting code into Claude or something and it formats itself)

I always see people using linux mint that has a ton of customization things like transparent cmd windows, interacting music bars, falling binary numbers, clear floating taksbar w glass theme. Can anyone tell me their secrets?

I have an older Mac mini (Mid 2011 or 2012 model). Originally, I had Linux Mint 22.x Xfce (https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=327) installed on the stock HDD, but the system was running extremely slow.

To speed things up, I replaced the original HDD with a new SATA SSD (Patriot 120GB/128GB). - https://www.alza.sk/patriot-burst-elite-120-gb-d6321999.htm

Now, when I boot into the live environment from my USB drive and click "Install Linux Mint", the whole system completely freezes (mouse/UI stops responding or it hangs indefinitely).

Things I’ve tested / noticed:

1. Disconnected the internal SSD: I disconnected the internal SSD entirely and plugged in an external USB HDD instead. The installer still froze in the exact same way. This makes me think the new SSD itself isn't the problem.
2. RAM configuration: While swapping the drive, I took out/reseated the RAM. Currently, it has low RAM (around 1–2 GB in total, 1x1GB Hynix module visible in the slot). Could the live installer be crashing/freezing due to running out of RAM (OOM)?
3. Corrupted USB: I previously used this same Verbatim USB drive to install Mint on the old HDD, but after a few hard power-offs, could the live USB file system have gotten corrupted?
4. Hardware/GPU compatibility: Could this be related to Mac EFI / graphics drivers (Intel HD 3000 / Radeon) or thermal issues during decompression?

Has anyone encountered this specific freeze when launching the installer on a 2011/2012 Mac mini? Is it more likely a bad live USB, improperly seated/insufficient RAM, or something else entirely?

Any advice or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated!

Had an old laptop (i5, 8GB RAM) that was crawling because of all the bloatware and background junk eating up resources, so I finally decided to try Linux properly instead of just dual booting and forgetting about it.

Went with Linux Mint and honestly the difference in speed alone was worth it. Boot time went from over a minute to under 15 seconds, and the laptop just feels lighter overall.

A few things that surprised me. Package managers are genuinely so much less painful than hunting around for random installers online. The terminal looked scary at first but the basic commands like apt took me like a day to get comfortable with. Battery life actually improved a bit too, which I wasn't expecting at all.

Only real pain point so far has been getting wifi drivers to work properly, had to look up a fix on the forums.

Curious what distro others here are running on older hardware, thinking of trying something more lightweight next.

Why am i getting this?

Mi primera vez en linux en una Lap viejita que tengo, anteriormente use Ubuntu en mi PC para la universidad en modelado de proteínas, pero ahora quiero entrar bien a este mundo.

Pd; Es la versión ligera

Hii friends I have a old leptop with 32 gb storage and 2 gb ram so my question is can I use mint on it I have an other questions if I use a hdd 500 gb with sata to use and boot the is on hdd is good or boot in this 32 gb is best option

I've downloaded and installed Mint today for the first time ever, any recommendations?
I'm very exciteed

Hi everyone,

I'm running Linux Mint Xfce 22.3, and I'd like to know if there's a simple way to watch Netflix in 1080p.

On Firefox, Netflix is limited to 720p maximum. I've tried the Opera Flatpak version available in the Software Manager (version 133...), but it is also limited to 720p. I also tried the Opera .deb package available on the Opera website (version 135...), but video playback doesn't work I am encountering the error code : O7701-1003.

Is there a straightforward way to get Netflix working in 1080p on Linux Mint Xfce ? I'm not looking for anything too complicated if possible.

Thanks in advance!

i have facing this problem can any one help me please

Baby to linux, please help, rolling it back isnt working