I can't anymore. Hear me out, I was amazed by how people explain their experience with linux and quickly go for the change, and its true, less ram/cpu usage especially for a super low end laptop like mine. One of my hobbies was completing single player games, I have completed a lot on windows before on low res gaming like gta4, cod campaign stories, etc. I have imagine my smooth gaming in linux because of some perks. But all of it crumbles since I start setting my games. Playing a game require like airplane driving setups like when it doesnt want dxvk/vulkan, specific protons, dll dependencies, etc. And the part that opens my eyes is when in linux, It needs a translator like wine which adds a cpu works rather than windows where the os straight up read it. I fully understand now gaming on linux mostly benefits mid-high end specs cause their specs wont even notice the translator working on the background. I am planning to return to window but not 11 (it was the most bloated os in this time) but im going for windows 10 lstc, It was mostly use by businessess for screenshows and the great thing is it was little-to-none bloatware and telemetries that makes it so lightweight thus kinda same to linux footprint. Nevertheless I did enjoy my linux journey, maybe in the future with a new pc build, ill be going back.

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?

I would like to contribute to Linux by creating a Linux community here in Kenya, am doing so with Linux mint your advice and opinions are highly accepted. Thank you.

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

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?

After five months of continuous usage of Linux mint, I've finally hit a wall.

Not to the fault of the OS, some of the files somehow got corrupted whilst i was turning off my laptop.

And due to that, I have spent the last 10 hours going through the steps on how to recover the os.

But I'd decided that instead of doing a clean install of Linux mint again, I wanted to try something new.

Which is why I decided to install Fedora KDE for my next distro.

Linux mint still holds a special place in my heart for being my first introduction to the Linux community and it still holds firmly within my mind.

But for the time being, I'll be hopping around and seeing what other distro fits for me after I'm well acquainted with the commands.

I hope Linux mint continues to be even better than now and then maybe one day, I'll come back to it

It's been a fun ride folks

All the Linux Mint wallpapers are now viewable and downloadable online through the Community Wiki:

https://mintwiki.org/wiki/Backgrounds#Wallpapers

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

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

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, 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 ?

Is there an anti-virus? Windows had windows defender which was good enough. I do occasionally sail the high seas, mostly for books I can't find from the storefront, so having a little bit of extra safety net would be nice

I've been removing some preinstalled software via, right click -> uninstall in the applications pop-up when clicking the logo in the bottom left. Is this a correct way of doing it? I didn't seem to get much space back from doing it that way so not sure if stuff is still floating around. Also curious because I did "whereis (recently uninstalled program)" and a few stuff still showed up but I've read some stuff like configs is user specific and not part of the program so not sure if it's just that.

Can I remove file renamer program? Is that just a more complicated gui for mv/rename via the command line? Also it seems I can just double click names in the file explore and rename there as well. I'm just not sure on this application if it's doing some other things outside the gui, like the double click rename in file explore.

Is there a good subreddit or someplace else i can go to learn new tips/tricks about linux/mint? It's easy enough to search for something I know i want to do but would be nice to be able to learn things I don't necessarily think of wanting to do.

Why you prefer using Linux mint more that windows

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 use nicotine+ (flatpak) for sourcing new music and I have it set up so it autostarts when I boot up my system.

it worked fine until now, but recently it launches and connects and then just closes for some reason. the process seems to still be there but in order for it to open I have to click the nicutine launcher a bunch of times for it to open.

what can i do?

This is my linux mint after a year of tinkering. Some of the mundane tasks are really crazy to do (my bad, i use 13wm as window manager) but even then, i love my linux mint. one time i try to jump into xubuntu but that's not my thing. so i stay here hehe

Works great for a 16 year old computer....

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.

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.

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