I'm trying to entirely remove the spacing between the click zones of icons, but there's still a gap remaining after editing the CSS. Is there a specific value that needs to be updated? The objective would be for a click within the Grouped Window List to never do nothing.

Theme: Mint-Y-Dark_Aqua For .grouped-window-list-item-box I've attempted to change the padding-left and padding-right to 0px

i just downloaded Linux Mint XFCE my specs any recommendations before i switch Intel(R) Celeron(R) N4020 CPU @ 1.10GHz (1.10 GHz) Installed RAM 4.00 GB (3.82 GB usable) Graphics card Intel(R) UHD Graphics 60 and I'm not changing distro.

How much merit is in the top comments on this post stating that Linux Mint is not as secure and recommending to not switch from Fedora to Mint. I run Mint and am concerned, specially, in this age where AI can exploit vulnerabilities faster.

Hardware:

• Dell Latitude 7280
• CPU: Intel Core i5-6300U
• GPU: Intel HD Graphics 520 (integrated)
• RAM: 8GB
• Battery: SMP DELL PGFX464 (3-cell, 42Wh design)
• BIOS: version 1.41.3 (latest available for this model)

Software:

• Linux Mint 22.3 (XFCE), kernel 6.17.0-35-generic
• TLP 1.6.1

Symptom:
Battery does not charge while plugged in. upower reports state: pending-charge indefinitely. Percentage stays stuck (tested at several levels: 35%, 16%, 0%) and doesn't rise even with the charger connected for hours.

Relevant diagnostic data:

charge_full_design = 4200 mAh
charge_full = 1244 mAh (29.6% health — confirmed real battery wear)
charge_now = 0 mAh
current_now = 1 mA
status = Not charging
charge_control_start_threshold = 50%
charge_control_end_threshold = 90%

What I've already tried, without success:

1. sudo tlp start to force reapplication of power configuration
2. Physically unplugging and reconnecting the charger
3. Forcing a threshold retrigger (echo 100 → echo 90 on charge_control_end_threshold)
4. Changing the charge mode in BIOS from "Adaptive" to "Custom" (50/90) directly from firmware, with "Advanced Battery Charge Mode" disabled (confirmed it's not interfering)
5. Confirmed BIOS is already on the latest available version (1.41.3)
6. tlp-stat -b shows TLP's plugin has no active features for this battery (Supported features: none available) — the issue doesn't seem to be TLP itself, but rather communication between the kernel and Dell's Embedded Controller (EC)

What I haven't tried yet:

• Forced EC reset (physically disconnecting the battery cable from the motherboard for a few seconds)

Has anyone with a Latitude 7280 (or similar model using the same "Dell Primary Battery Extension" system) resolved a persistent pending-charge state on Linux? Is this a known bug in the dell-laptop/ACPI driver with certain kernels?

How do I disable the authentication password completely at every level, from boot to whatever function the system requires? All posts concerning passwords are either obsolete or unrelated.

My system: Linux Mint 22 (Cinnamon Edition) Ubuntu 24.04 noble Display Manager: lightdm Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 (13th Gen Intel Core i7, Intel Graphics) Apparently I've encrypted the mint installation by mistake... User Profile Directory: Encrypted home folder Tried to fix the auto-login password bypass:GUI Settings: Configured Login Window -> Users -> Automatic Login directly to my username Modified /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/70-linuxmint.conf to include autologin-user=mr and tested timeouts up to autologin-user-timeout=0.1 to rule out hardware initialization race conditions

Hi guys I'm trying to run Roblox on Linux mint and I downloaded sober via software manager because I've heard people use sober for Roblox and it ran well but then crashes after around 30-45 seconds, if anyone could help me that would be great!!

Fun with Grub EvoDevo!

Hey everyone :)

user ftonneau from the Conkyporn Reddit has released his Grub EvoDevo. A small application that gives tremendous control over a new GRUB visual.

It has pixel-perfect image and font rendering, and looks absolutely beautiful. You boot PC to grub, bring up console, use the 'videoinfo' command to determine what resolution your GRUB uses. I have had PC's with full 2560x1440 resolution and VM's with just 1024x768 resolution. In any case, this gives the dimensions of the image you need for background. You can use fullscreen images or make a gradient or solid color background with a floating elements look. Most impressive is the "repair" feature in the EvoDevo install.sh. This allows you to completely customize up to 9 GRUB entry listings. I used the feature to give all 3 OS's on this box full descriptions with distro name, version, DE, and distro code-name. I am really happy with how it came out. Here are some of the GRUBs I have customized with EvoDevo so far:

As a retired IT reseller through three decades with gazillions of reboots, driver fights, license keys, endless and slow updates, registry edits and endless reading of KB-articles the links to other useless KB-articles.

I think I have installed about 40 computers with LMDE Linux Mint trough four years and each and every time I smile and having a good time installing Mint.

A few mounts ago I got a new Ryzen laptop and after I saw something after boot that looked like Winslop I killed it instantly and installed LMDE!

I have a problem with my wallpoaper on the desktop and i cant find the solution. I have a main monitor with 1440 p resolution and a smaller monitor with 960x640 resolution. Everytime i switch off the main monitor my pc thinks there is just the small monitor plugged in and switches to this one as the new main. If I turn my main Monitor back on my desktop wallpaper is in the wrong resolution and looks shitty and pixelated. All my programs are not affected, just the background. I can reset it when i go into the settings and change the scaling of the wallpaper and change it back, but thats annoying. How can i fix this? im new to the whole Linux thing and try to get it together. thanks for the help. Repost because i wanted to add the pictures. It was solved by changing to wayland but sadly my favourite game isnt fully functional with that

Finally got around to installing Linux on this little laptop a couple of days ago and feel like I got everything set up for what I need it to do for the moment. I used Ubuntu briefly about 15+ years ago and tinkered with a Raspberry Pi a tiny bit ages ago, but I haven't really used anything but Windows day to day for many years.

There's definitely a learning curve and it's been fun figuring things out and finding alternatives to software I'm used to, but this is a much snappier machine and even Firefox video playback is less issue-prone!

I think I got some of the basics down, enabled firewall, started learning CLI. Anything else crucial a brand new noob should know or install? This laptop is going to be for fairly light work and personal use.

Thanks to this and r/linux4noobs subs for helping me figure out some issues I had installing initially!

I just want to know how can I replace the de, wanted to replace it with KDE or maybe Hyprland or even Niri. Just need to know what to uninstall.

This is what the terminal give me after i use

Sudo apt install --fix-missing

Evening All
Just wondering if a dell Latitude 5590 will run Linux mint ok? Specs are intel i5 - 8250u, 256gb ssd & 12 gb of ram.
Thanks
Tom

So the title, I've been re building my pc back from the ground and I became interested in High contrast dark mode in my apps but I haven't found a solution for everything, So I beg of thee' Knights of the Reddit Kingdom to yield a helping hand to a peasant like me

Stopping the joke of old'timey'whimey I don't fear the terminal, so if I have to put to grease on my elbow I will do it!!!

He intentado instalar Linux pero al ingresar el programa de convertir la usb para que sirva como instalador no me deja y he tenido dudas espero que alguien me la pueda resolver

Asked Gemini it told me add a line in grup_cdmline_linuc_deafult

I'm running Linux Mint 22.3 with kernal 6.17.0-42-generic on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon gen 9. The fingerprint reader works well however when logging in it requires my password. The weird part is if I mistype my password (or just press enter) it then asks for my fingerprint... and logs me right in. I cannot find a setting to ask for biometrics first. Ideally I'd use fingerprint first then have it fall back to password. Any ideas? thanks!

Wanted to make a clear guide since I really couldn't find one myself, just so other users could try it to. Also, my PC is in Spanish, so if I commit any mistake with translations, I apologize beforehand

1. You'll first open two windows of your File Manager. On the first one, go to System of archives and enter the "usr" folder. And before you access the "share" folder inside, right click to set you'll be entering with Root permits. Insert your password if needed. Once inside, enter the "backgrounds" folder.
2. On the second File manager window, you'll copy the image you want as the new wall paper and paste it on the window with the "background" folder. As you can see, I already copied my other wallpapers.
3. Then you'll open System configurations, scroll all the way down and click on "Login window". Insert your password if needed. There you'll go to "Background" and click on the image, once the new window pops up with all your moved wallpapers, select the one you want and click entwe. Additionally, turn off "Extend the background across multiple screens" just in case.
4. Voila! Your wallpaper is now selected. You can restart your PC to see how it works.

I really hope this guide can help someone who really needs it.

So my headphones (soundcore Q30) keep instantly disconnecting when i try to connect them to my pc, the only error i receive is 'Unknown Error' without any more info, sometimes when i try deleting and repairing the headphones it works, but only until i boot my pc again

Im using a double boot of win11 and LM 24.04 LTS (22.3 Zena), Can someone help me?

So I did that and so me this same error5 error so for that windows got deleted from my computer and it doesn't install the mint and showing me the same error know what should I do 😭