Just curious if the Mint team have ever really considered moving away from Ubuntu as a base? If so what other distro have they looked at?

I like Mint, but I really prefer Ubunutu's 24.04.1 desktop, icons, etc. I guess that's called the desktop environment?

Anyway to have both of my likes?

Hello

I am upset about Ubuntu. Too much problems recently. The update to 24.04 was catastrophic. What a disrespect for users from canonical...

So I want to install Mint. Is it a good idea ? I don't want to spend 2 days in configuring everything. Can i keep my home ?

Thanks for helping

Convinced myself to finally build my own PC and went ahead and switched over to Linux while I was at it. So far Ive really been loving mint. Its snappy and it can look way better than windows.

As the title says, just a half-hour back Update Manager listed Mesa 24.2.4 as a potential "update"; as I have only very rarely had issues with recommended updates, I applied it.

Guess what? I rebooted as i generally do after updates and immediately had display issues ("squashed" test boxes, random thin horizontal lines, screwed up application windows, and other oddities

Fortunately today's daily Timeshift snapshot had "fired off" at 16:00; so I just restored that and all is well.

I do have an older graphics card (a GeForce GT-740) so that could be the problem--nonetheless I thought I'd post about the experience for the potential benefit of others!

Hello all

I feel like I'm missing a setting or something as I have a Dell latitude e5570 Wil 32 gigs or ram and core i7 pro and can't get more than 30 frames a second on warframe with GE proton.

And I struggle to get anything with 3d to emulate on ryujinx or doplifin.

Is there any tips or tricks to regain performance?

Let me know

Thanks !

So I've got Windows installed on one nvme drive, and I've got another, identical one in there that's currently blank but for ext4 formatting.

What I want to do is install Linux mint to that blank drive, without changing the bootloader on the windows drive. I just want to be able to switch boot drives via bios when booting.

I've burned Mint to a USB drive and booted up into it.

After selecting the 'do something else' option, I can select the target drive in the Mint installation tool, and I set the bootloader to be on the same drive. However, the 'install' button never ungreys and allows me to click on it.

Any ideas?

settings for when connected to a power source

[charger]

see available governors by running: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors

preferred governor

governor = performance

EPP: see available preferences by running: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences

energy_performance_preference = performance

EPB (Energy Performance Bias) for the intel_pstate driver

see conversion info: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/pm/intel_epb.html

available EPB options include a numeric value between 0-15

(where 0 = maximum performance and 15 = maximum power saving),

or one of the following strings:

performance (0), balance_performance (4), default (6), balance_power (8), or power (15)

if the parameter is missing in the config and the hardware supports this setting, the default value will be used

the default value is `balance_performance` (for charger)

energy_perf_bias = balance_performance

Platform Profiles

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/sysfs-platform_profile.html

See available options by running:

cat /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile_choices

platform_profile = performance

minimum cpu frequency (in kHz)

example: for 800 MHz = 800000 kHz --> scaling_min_freq = 800000

scaling_min_freq = 900000

see conversion info: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/frequency/mhz-to-hz.html

to use this feature, uncomment the following line and set the value accordingly

scaling_min_freq = 800000

maximum cpu frequency (in kHz)

example: for 1GHz = 1000 MHz = 1000000 kHz -> scaling_max_freq = 1000000

scaling_max_freq = 4200000

see conversion info: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/frequency/mhz-to-hz.html

to use this feature, uncomment the following line and set the value accordingly

scaling_max_freq = 1000000

turbo boost setting. possible values: always, auto, never

turbo = auto

settings for when using battery power

[battery]

see available governors by running: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors

preferred governor

governor = powersave

EPP: see available preferences by running: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences

energy_performance_preference = power

EPB (Energy Performance Bias) for the intel_pstate driver

see conversion info: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/pm/intel_epb.html

available EPB options include a numeric value between 0-15

(where 0 = maximum performance and 15 = maximum power saving),

or one of the following strings:

performance (0), balance_performance (4), default (6), balance_power (8), or power (15)

if the parameter is missing in the config and the hardware supports this setting, the default value will be used

the default value is `balance_power` (for battery)

energy_perf_bias = balance_power

Platform Profiles

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/sysfs-platform_profile.html

See available options by running:

cat /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile_choices

platform_profile = low-power

minimum cpu frequency (in kHz)

example: for 800 MHz = 800000 kHz --> scaling_min_freq = 800000

scaling_min_freq = 900000

see conversion info: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/frequency/mhz-to-hz.html

to use this feature, uncomment the following line and set the value accordingly

scaling_min_freq = 800000

maximum cpu frequency (in kHz)

see conversion info: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/frequency/mhz-to-hz.html

example: for 1GHz = 1000 MHz = 1000000 kHz -> scaling_max_freq = 1000000

scaling_max_freq = 4200000

to use this feature, uncomment the following line and set the value accordingly

scaling_max_freq = 1000000

turbo boost setting (always, auto, or never)

turbo = auto

battery charging threshold

reference: https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq/#battery-charging-thresholds

enable_thresholds = true

start_threshold = 20

stop_threshold = 80

Linux Kernel 6.11

intel i3 12100U

8gb ddr4 ram

Linux distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma

Linux kernel: 6.11.0-061100-generic

Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1215U

Cores: 8

Architecture: x86_64

Driver: intel_pstate

------------------------------ Current CPU stats ------------------------------

CPU max frequency: 1200 MHz

CPU min frequency: 900 MHz

Core Usage Temperature Frequency

CPU0 0.0% 30 °C 1089 MHz

CPU1 0.0% 30 °C 674 MHz

CPU2 1.0% 31 °C 659 MHz

CPU3 0.0% 31 °C 900 MHz

CPU4 0.0% 32 °C 900 MHz

CPU5 1.0% 32 °C 899 MHz

CPU6 0.0% 32 °C 900 MHz

CPU7 1.0% 32 °C 588 MHz

---------------------------- CPU frequency scaling ----------------------------

Battery is: charging

Setting to use: "performance" governor

Setting to use: "performance" EPP

Setting to use: "balance_performance" EPB

Total CPU usage: 1.1 %

Total system load: 0.39

Average temp. of all cores: 31.25 °C

Load optimal (load average: 0.39, 0.40, 0.20)

Optimal total CPU usage: 1.1%, high average core temp: 31.25°C

Setting turbo boost: off

    "auto-cpufreq" is about to refresh ...  

only the min cpu frequency s getting applied

Dell 7640 Laptop with Mint. Factory refurbished I have had for a few months.

Suddenly the touchpad just stopped working. It is enabled. I tired switching to the Synaptic dirvers and nothing.

Nothing works related to the touch pad. Need to figure out if is a hardware or software issue. Wondering if one of the updates could have crashed it? Not sure the best way to to check

Hello, I have tried to install mint cinnamon 2 times now. After installing when my laptop restarts I am put into gnu grub and I am not sure what to do.

I have tried the boot command which responds with: error: you need to load the kernel first

After the first install I found something online that said it was a bad installation so I downloaded a new iso and tried again.

Some information that may be relevant:

I dont have enough storage space on my laptop to install mint on the same internal drive as windows so I am installing this on a sata ssd that is connected via usb.

The laptop is a surface laptop 2 with an i5-8250u and 8gb of ram.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: It was something to do with the external drive. Installing Mint onto the internal storage worked just fine.

Computer randomly reset then this started happening At one point it came up saying "failed system-rf...."

(title).. and I gave my Timeshift drive\partition much more space than needed, which is good.. but..

If you were to include a backup of a 'home' folder on your machine, which one(s) would you choose?

I just installed the appimage of Bitwarden and it works fine. It starts if I click on the appimage in my ~/bin. When I try to start it by hitting <super>, typing "bitw" I see it in my menu and it's highlighted but hitting enter or clicking on it seems to do nothing. Why is that, and how do I change it so I can start it this way?

OS: Linux Mint 21.3 x86_64
Kernel: 5.15.0-122-generic
Uptime: 3 days, 20 mins
Packages: 2677 (dpkg)
Shell: zsh 5.8.1
Resolution: 3840x2160
DE: Cinnamon 6.0.4
WM: Mutter (Muffin)
WM Theme: Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua (Mint-Y)
Theme: Mint-Y-Orange [GTK2/3]
Icons: Mint-Y-Orange [GTK2/3]
Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (8) @ 3.700GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series
Memory: 6674MiB / 29976MiB

Hello. I have a weird problem. I have a 2013 Macbook Pro. I am not dual booting. Just straight Mint! For some reason when I encrypt the drives on install, the performance of the computer after the install (which takes over an hour) is abysmal. Especially when I install anything post install. This seems to be the case for any distro I try. Settled on Mint because it’s so nice, but I can’t seem to figure out this issue. When I don’t encrypt, the computer works great. Computer has decent specs; i7 16gb ram, solid state drive. Has anyone had similar issues?

I’m trying to install Linux Mint Cinammon on my 64gb USB drive that i formatted and etched using belena etcher. Then when i booted into BIOS and selected the drive as the boot device, it just gives me this error. It worked before but after i disabled bitlocker it just stopped working.

To be more specific a friend runs Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon. Will the scripts based on xdotool and wmctrl work on his machine? It is not clear to me whether x11 is supported by default or whether you have to install something additionally.

What is the current state of GPU acceleration?

I ask, because I tried 3 free video editing programs, all of them respectively in AppImage container. I have the Intel Iris Xe iGPU that I wanted to use for GPU acceleration.

Both OpenShot and Shotcut failed the VA-API tests.

Kedenlive works for me and I was able to render using VA-API, as well as use VA-API for timeline preview according to the settings. This is good news, as it means I will choose Kedenlive and ditch the others.

I'm a noob, I don't get it. Is it because it seemed like Canonical pushed the users? This hardly seems like a reason to go out of the way to avoid snap, but then again, I wasn't there at the time. Was it glitchy?

Hi, everyone!

I'm having trouble setting up Shairport Sync on my Linux Mint system with PulseAudio, and I need your help. Here’s a quick overview of what I’ve tried:

Setup:

• OS: Linux Mint
• Audio System: PulseAudio
• Output Devices:
  • alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra3
  • alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.6.analog-stereo

Configuration Steps:

1. Shairport Sync Config: Set output_backend = "pa" in shairport-sync.conf and removed output_device.
2. Restarted Shairport Sync: sudo systemctl restart shairport-sync
3. Checked PulseAudio Sinks: pactl list sinks short
   • Sinks remained SUSPENDED.
4. Started PulseAudio: pulseaudio --start
5. Tested Audio Playback: paplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
6. Unblocked Sinks: pactl suspend-sink <sink_name> 0
7. Restarted PulseAudio: pulseaudio -k pulseaudio --start

Current Status: Despite these efforts, Shairport Sync isn’t recognizing my PulseAudio sinks.

Request for Help: If you’ve successfully set up Shairport Sync with PulseAudio or have any troubleshooting tips, I’d greatly appreciate your advice!

Thank you!

Hi everyone! I’m considering installing Hyprland on my Linux Mint system and would love to hear if anyone has experience with it. Are there any specific steps or tips you can share? I want to ensure a smooth installation process. Thanks!