https://preview.redd.it/yuk5ftix3x1e1.png?width=743&format=png&auto=webp&s=ecc877c890d8c14e1cbf80e45e1e1657fbc7f580

If I create a new panel and then place it on my second monitor, it initially acts as expected, for instance if firefox is open, the icon on both panels will be highlighted, indicating that firefox is open. Clicking on either of them on each monitor will toggle minimize on the firefox window.

However, after restarting cinnamon, this breaks, and they become independent. Clicking on the firefox icon on both panels will now open two different firefox windows.

Does anybody know a fix or workaround for this? I'd rather not have to remake the panel every time I log in. (The option 'Show windows from all workspaces' is enabled on both panels)

I'm on cinnamon 22. what is the safest way for programming, run and test the code? I do not want to corrupt the OS files. Is using an IDE and containing the execution to the project's folder enough?

I do know that we should not install a different version of python on Linux because it can fuck everything up

thank you for your cooperation

I upgraded my linux OS to Mint 22 recently. I noticed that the Internet download speeds were glacial, so I bought a USB Wifi to plug into the back of the computer. I noticed that this temporarily solved the problem, but I'm now back to slow Internet speeds. When I click on the Wifi icon, it shows two connections to my Centurylink, one of which is a PCI wifi connection and the other is a USB wifi connection. How do I fix this?

I've been using Linux Mint for around 6 months and I never had any problem with it, but sometimes it just won't let me shutdown. I tried updating, upgrading, force shutting down, restarting, apt check, uninstalling stuff and trying to think of everything I did today but it just won't work. Maybe someone can help me, please.

I am currently using the 6.8.0-49 kernel, which is supported until April 2029. Today, I received an update for the 6.8.0 kernel. However, I have noticed a slight lag in my computer, particularly when playing games in Proton (Steam). Additionally, I have encountered issues with Steam, including crashes of the Steamwebhelper and Launcher. Unfortunately, I am unable to rectify this issue. Additionally, Minecraft (TLauncher) exhibits a noticeable lag when I have a large number of CPS

EDIT: I have GeForce RTX 4090

Hello, im running linux mint on my samsung 750xda laptop, 2 years now and im happy.

however there is a wierd reoccuring issue, when i use the function keys to change volume:

fn + f7 (decrease volume) will decrease volume to zero AND disable all furhter keyboard input.
mouse pad still works.

i have no idea whats happening, i searched for settings > keybaord and keyboard shortcuts but didnt find anything that looks like it could cause it.

i tried a keylogging script but the fn + x combos are not logged by it, my suspicion is that the key input might get stuck/looped forever?

if i log out and back in, all is well again.

Anyone have a suggestion on how to fix or how to debug?
its quite annoying if i use "decrease volume" on accident, bc i dont think about it and then have to relog

I'm using Windows 10 IoT LTSC and LinuxMint 22 (Dual Boot Setup). I want to move completely to Linux Mint but I need this two apps specially on my work. Anyone here using autohotkey for linux (https://github.com/phil294/AHK\_X11) and is there an alternative to SmoothScroll (https://www.smoothscroll.net/win/) for linux? thanks!

while install commonly used cli tools i saw that fzf was not working.

solutions I tried:

1. reboot

2. reinstall by purging the package then re-installing it.

any idea whats going.

Hello.

I noticed that after installing Linux Mint if I wanted to run specific terminal commands such as "Htop" or "Glances" I had to manually install them (sudo apt install glances et other installation commands for each additional command ). .

I would like to know if it would be possible to create a script that automates the installation of all these Linux commands in 1 go?

To choose these commands I refer to the excellent article: https://buzut.net/101-commandes-indispensables-sous-linux/ (in French).

The goal is that if I reinstall Linux Mint on a new machine or on the same machine I don't have to reinstall everything manually in terms of non native Linux commands.

THANKS.

If I try to install the Firefox update in Update Manager, it pops up a window saying "this update will trigger additional changes" and lists Thunderbird and a couple of its dependencies. I don't want to install a new version of Thunderbird. (The UI changes are awful.) Thunderbird doesn't even appear in its own right in the list, because I've told Update Manager not to update it.

Why is this happening and how do we make it behave properly and just install the new Firefox without changing Thunderbird?

So I just got this icon on a folder and I would like to know what it is. The folder contains more folders with music

https://preview.redd.it/0e7fyoen1v1e1.png?width=98&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae5b94e5cca2f31de0be2f65b294b9a6448734be

(Not Linux-savvy but here goes)

I've got a 320gb HDD divided in half with Mac OS X 10.6 on one side and 10.11 on the other.

I went into the Linux Mint installer and used that partitioning app in the start menu to make a partition (ext4 journaled) for Mint.

It finished installing and prompted me to restart the computer.

I decided to shut it down manually and went into the boot menu with the USB drive not plugged in.

...And then that's when I saw that my Linux Mint partition wasn't in the options. I went back into the Live USB and it was just acting completely normal as if I never installed Mint.

Here are two pictures I labeled of the problem: https://imgur.com/a/esm5kQL

Side note: I've installed Ubuntu once on a PC for someone and it was a breeze. I've never installed Mint before, let alone on a Mac.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Hey everyone,
trying to move from windows to linux for my gaming rig, working with linux for years now. Decided to try LinuxMint for gaming since fedora made me run crazy with nvidia-drivers.
I do encounter an issue with my sound setup.

I'm running a Sound Blaster Z soundcard with an Beyerdynamics 770 250Ohms.

The system does recognize the soundcard correctly, playing sounds work perfectly after about 1 second.

However, the start of the sound or short sounds (like popup "blings" from thunderbird/discord) brings crackling onto the headset. Like a not proper connected cable or something.
This issue only appears if there is no sound allready played from the OS.
Running VLC with 0% output (so no sound hearable) helps to not have this crackling issue described before.

I think some part of the sound setup goes into a sleeping mode or something and waking it up brings the cracle.
Anyone had this issue before or got an idea what i'm looking for?

Quick question that's a mystery to me: I have a profile on my computer for my kids, and there are noticeable performance differences that I can't figure out. On my user profile, for instance, Minecraft uses between 20-40% of CPU; but on the kids' user profile it's more like 50-70%. Just took these screenshots, no other profile is logged in at the time and it's running the same world copied to each user profile. The rest of the system monitor list doesn't seem to point towards something else draining processing power; just that java is requiring twice the amount of CPU resources. The only difference I can think of is the kids' profile account type is standard, and mine is admin.

I'm on a Dell Latitude 3580 running Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon. Let me know if you can point me towards any causes for this lag on the kids' profile, they're mad at me about it lmao. TIA!

Hi! Being a proper genius I changed some symlinks and now mint won’t boot.

I’m quite sure I could fix it with System Recovery or similar but I have no computer to make the bootable drive. I’m traveling at a quite remote location and can’t get a hold of a computer, I only have an iPhone.

Is there some outside the box solution that I’m not thinking about to fix this?

I have a time shift backup so reinstalling and recovering is an option.

Thanks!

I have a pc with HDMI and Display port as my monitor is freesync compatible I should use the display port.

when plugging to the display port nothing happens.

xrandr --verbose
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supported: Good, Bad
CONNECTOR_ID: 93 
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non-desktop: 0 
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  1920x1080 (0x5d) 148.500MHz +HSync +VSync
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  1920x1080 (0x5e) 148.352MHz +HSync +VSync
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        h: width  1680 start 1728 end 1760 total 1840 skew    0 clock  64.67KHz
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  1600x900 (0x60) 108.000MHz +HSync +VSync
        h: width  1600 start 1624 end 1704 total 1800 skew    0 clock  60.00KHz
        v: height  900 start  901 end  904 total 1000           clock  60.00Hz
  1280x1024 (0x61) 108.000MHz +HSync +VSync
        h: width  1280 start 1328 end 1440 total 1688 skew    0 clock  63.98KHz
        v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066           clock  60.02Hz
  1440x900 (0x62) 88.750MHz +HSync -VSync
        h: width  1440 start 1488 end 1520 total 1600 skew    0 clock  55.47KHz
        v: height  900 start  903 end  909 total  926           clock  59.90Hz
  1280x800 (0x63) 71.000MHz +HSync -VSync
        h: width  1280 start 1328 end 1360 total 1440 skew    0 clock  49.31KHz
        v: height  800 start  803 end  809 total  823           clock  59.91Hz
  1280x720 (0x64) 74.250MHz +HSync +VSync
        h: width  1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew    0 clock  45.00KHz
        v: height  720 start  725 end  730 total  750           clock  60.00Hz
  1280x720 (0x65) 74.250MHz +HSync +VSync
        h: width  1280 start 1720 end 1760 total 1980 skew    0 clock  37.50KHz
        v: height  720 start  725 end  730 total  750           clock  50.00Hz
  1280x720 (0x66) 74.176MHz +HSync +VSync
        h: width  1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew    0 clock  44.96KHz
        v: height  720 start  725 end  730 total  750           clock  59.94Hz
  1024x768 (0x67) 75.000MHz -HSync -VSync
        h: width  1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1328 skew    0 clock  56.48KHz
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  1024x768 (0x68) 65.000MHz -HSync -VSync
        h: width  1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew    0 clock  48.36KHz
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  800x600 (0x69) 50.000MHz +HSync +VSync
        h: width   800 start  856 end  976 total 1040 skew    0 clock  48.08KHz
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  800x600 (0x6a) 40.000MHz +HSync +VSync
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        v: height  600 start  601 end  605 total  628           clock  60.32Hz
  800x600 (0x6b) 36.000MHz +HSync +VSync
        h: width   800 start  824 end  896 total 1024 skew    0 clock  35.16KHz
        v: height  600 start  601 end  603 total  625           clock  56.25Hz
  720x576 (0x6c) 27.000MHz -HSync -VSync
        h: width   720 start  732 end  796 total  864 skew    0 clock  31.25KHz
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        h: width   720 start  736 end  798 total  858 skew    0 clock  31.50KHz
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  720x480 (0x6e) 27.000MHz -HSync -VSync
        h: width   720 start  736 end  798 total  858 skew    0 clock  31.47KHz
        v: height  480 start  489 end  495 total  525           clock  59.94Hz
  640x480 (0x6f) 31.500MHz -HSync -VSync
        h: width   640 start  664 end  704 total  832 skew    0 clock  37.86KHz
        v: height  480 start  489 end  492 total  520           clock  72.81Hz
  640x480 (0x70) 30.240MHz -HSync -VSync
        h: width   640 start  704 end  768 total  864 skew    0 clock  35.00KHz
        v: height  480 start  483 end  486 total  525           clock  66.67Hz
  640x480 (0x71) 25.200MHz -HSync -VSync
        h: width   640 start  656 end  752 total  800 skew    0 clock  31.50KHz
        v: height  480 start  490 end  492 total  525           clock  60.00Hz
  640x480 (0x72) 25.175MHz -HSync -VSync
        h: width   640 start  656 end  752 total  800 skew    0 clock  31.47KHz
        v: height  480 start  490 end  492 total  525           clock  59.94Hz
  720x400 (0x73) 28.320MHz -HSync +VSync
        h: width   720 start  738 end  846 total  900 skew    0 clock  31.47KHz
        v: height  400 start  412 end  414 total  449           clock  70.08Hz
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supported: Unknown, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI, DP, Wireless, Native
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Content Protection: Undesired 
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range: (0, 1)
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range: (8, 16)
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supported: None, Full, Center, Full aspect
link-status: Good 
supported: Good, Bad
CONNECTOR_ID: 108 
supported: 108
non-desktop: 0 
range: (0, 1)
DisplayPort-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
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Timestamp:  5392603
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Clones:    
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DEGAMMA_LUT: 0 
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subconnector: Unknown 
supported: Unknown, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI, DP, Wireless, Native
HDCP Content Type: HDCP Type0 
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Content Protection: Undesired 
supported: Undesired, Desired, Enabled
vrr_capable: 0 
range: (0, 1)
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supported: Default, BT709_YCC, opRGB, BT2020_RGB, BT2020_YCC
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range: (8, 16)
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underscan hborder: 0 
range: (0, 128)
underscan: off 
supported: off, on, auto
scaling mode: None 
supported: None, Full, Center, Full aspect
link-status: Good 
supported: Good, Bad
CONNECTOR_ID: 113 
supported: 113
non-desktop: 0 
range: (0, 1)
DisplayPort-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x56
Timestamp:  5392603
Subpixel:   unknown
Clones:    
CRTCs:      0 1 2 3
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CTM: 0 
DEGAMMA_LUT: 0 
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TearFree: auto 
supported: off, on, auto
subconnector: Unknown 
supported: Unknown, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI, DP, Wireless, Native
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supported: HDCP Type0, HDCP Type1
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supported: Undesired, Desired, Enabled
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range: (0, 1)
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range: (0, 128)
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supported: None, Full, Center, Full aspect
link-status: Good 
supported: Good, Bad
CONNECTOR_ID: 118 
supported: 118
non-desktop: 0 
range: (0, 1)
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supported: off, on, auto
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supported: Unknown, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI, DP, Wireless, Native
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supported: Undesired, Desired, Enabled
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supported: Default, BT709_YCC, opRGB, BT2020_RGB, BT2020_YCC
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range: (8, 16)
underscan vborder: 0 
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underscan hborder: 0 
range: (0, 128)
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supported: off, on, auto
scaling mode: None 
supported: None, Full, Center, Full aspect
link-status: Good 
supported: Good, Bad
CONNECTOR_ID: 123 
supported: 123
non-desktop: 0 
range: (0, 1)
DisplayPort-5 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
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Timestamp:  5392603
Subpixel:   unknown
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range: (0, 65535)
CTM: 0 
DEGAMMA_LUT: 0 
range: (0, 65535)
TearFree: auto 
supported: off, on, auto
subconnector: Unknown 
supported: Unknown, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI, DP, Wireless, Native
HDCP Content Type: HDCP Type0 
supported: HDCP Type0, HDCP Type1
Content Protection: Undesired 
supported: Undesired, Desired, Enabled
vrr_capable: 0 
range: (0, 1)
Colorspace: Default 
supported: Default, BT709_YCC, opRGB, BT2020_RGB, BT2020_YCC
max bpc: 16 
range: (8, 16)
underscan vborder: 0 
range: (0, 128)
underscan hborder: 0 
range: (0, 128)
underscan: off 
supported: off, on, auto
scaling mode: None 
supported: None, Full, Center, Full aspect
link-status: Good 
supported: Good, Bad
CONNECTOR_ID: 128 
supported: 128
non-desktop: 0 
range: (0, 1)
DisplayPort-6 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x59
Timestamp:  5392603
Subpixel:   unknown
Clones:    
CRTCs:      0 1 2 3
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range: (0, -1)
DEGAMMA_LUT_SIZE: 4096 
range: (0, -1)
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range: (0, 65535)
CTM: 0 
DEGAMMA_LUT: 0 
range: (0, 65535)
TearFree: auto 
supported: off, on, auto
subconnector: Unknown 
supported: Unknown, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI, DP, Wireless, Native
HDCP Content Type: HDCP Type0 
supported: HDCP Type0, HDCP Type1
Content Protection: Undesired 
supported: Undesired, Desired, Enabled
vrr_capable: 0 
range: (0, 1)
Colorspace: Default 
supported: Default, BT709_YCC, opRGB, BT2020_RGB, BT2020_YCC
max bpc: 16 
range: (8, 16)
underscan vborder: 0 
range: (0, 128)
underscan hborder: 0 
range: (0, 128)
underscan: off 
supported: off, on, auto
scaling mode: None 
supported: None, Full, Center, Full aspect
link-status: Good 
supported: Good, Bad
CONNECTOR_ID: 133 
supported: 133
non-desktop: 0 
range: (0, 1)
DisplayPort-7 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x5a
Timestamp:  5392603
Subpixel:   unknown
Clones:    
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           filter: 
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range: (0, -1)
DEGAMMA_LUT_SIZE: 4096 
range: (0, -1)
GAMMA_LUT: 0 
range: (0, 65535)
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Now I have Linux on 2 personal laptops. The one I just installed Mint on has more RAM (8gb) and is more powerful. Its a Toshiba.It is 10 years old.

I am very happy with Mint so far. I like the interface, the fact that you can customize almost everything and I am learning new terminal commands.

https://preview.redd.it/m5uki21rwt1e1.png?width=1366&format=png&auto=webp&s=1a9dbe1393f671e5b8785d20a67d0654d37fa4bd

I was looking for some tweaks to optimize mint for gaming.

I found this website:

Use a Performance-Oriented Kernel

''Consider using a kernel optimized for performance. The Liquorix kernel or the XanMod kernel are popular among gamers. They are configured for lower latency and better responsiveness''

I have used mint for a quite long time but always with the generic kernel. Has anyone switched to one of these kernels? Is there any issue? did you see any improvement?

Title says it all really. I'm trying to install Sober and every time it brings up the software manager, it just closes again after a second. Googling brings up some promising solutions, but nothing has worked. I've tried flatpak repair in the terminal and reinstalling flatpak but neither worked. I've never experienced this before so I'm not sure what to do. It's not just Sober either, no Flatpak works. System info attatched.

https://preview.redd.it/b50303rcys1e1.png?width=646&format=png&auto=webp&s=258199470ea9a0e316095fa1d3a863606921ea15

Thanks to u/ThatsMyWhistle inspired me to post. So far using for regular browsing, file management

I am impressed with the WINE compatibility layer and the concept of mapping API library calls. WINE gives me what Windows was like during the 2000-10 period. There is a new version of the D3D DLLs that map D3D to DXVK. I tested it and it seems to function okay. Copy and paste the DLLs to the relevant Windows directories.
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v2.5.1

Just be aware: On a 64-bit WINE prefix, the 64-bit system files live in the system32 folder, whereas the 32-bit system files go to the syswow64 folder.

In addition, there is a HansKristian version of D3D12, mainly for Proton. The latest version is 2.5, released in 2021. This would complete the set of D3D files in the WINE system.

https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/releases/tag/v2.5

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I right clicked one of the icons, accidentally clicked hide or something and then messed around with applets and i don’t know how to move them to the left, as they are by default.

Any help would be appreciated.

On every desktop linux I tried, including Mint, if I have a single tab in a browser that has a memory leak the whole operating system is brought down. Just now I was checking a three.js animation and the whole system froze. When it happens even pressing caps lock doesn't turn its LED instantly anymore.

Honestly this is the worst and most ridiculous defect of linux to me. I have more cores than I can count on my two hands. Why does RAM filling up making Linux save memory to my hard disk makes my cursor stop responding? I thought this problem was solved decades ago with even the most basic schedulers???

Yes, it's installed on a hard disk, not SSD, and I do have 4 web browsers open, because every app is a browser now, but the whole system shouldn't halt just because a single process is eating too much RAM.

Is there a way to make the penguin stop dying because of a single javascript?

Update: it seems I didn't have a swap partition. I made a swap partition using Disks so now I'm seeing if I can freeze Linux again.

Update 2: after adding a swap things seemed a little better and I was able to move my cursor when running out of RAM, but after closing the offending app Cinnamon became unresponsive. I could move the cursor but the taskbar clock stopped updating. Clicking on any tasks on the taskbar didn't make their windows appear, and I couldn't right click on them to close them either, so basically I had to power off the whole computer again. I could see from system monitor that used RAM was gone down after I closed the browser, so I assume it got stuck reading from the swap in my HDD into the RAM? Either way a swap isn't the solution.