Linux Mint

Would any live streamers who use Mint recommend a decent budget capture card for a laptop? I'll be using it with my PS5.

Thank you in advance.

Hi guys, wanted to know what the best way a newbie like me learn to do disk management stuff (like adding devices, managing formats and partitions and so on) in Linux mint. gui is prefered but I'm willing to learn the terminal way too if it has benefits and more control. Thank you for your time

Hello! I am trying to install Mint on an Acer C720P Chromebook that previously was running GalliumOS.

I cannot for the life of me get the Linux Mint Live USB to recognize the internal eMMC storage so I can install to it.

I have an Arch live iso that has no issue seeing the device or formatting it, so I don't believe it's a BIOS or hardware issue.

I have tried both GPT and MBR, and I have also tried LMDE, all to no avail.

Please, are there any tips or things I can try to get Mint to recognize the eMMC? I want to install this to give to a friend and I really feel that Mint is a good choice for her if I can just get it to install. If it matters, the BIOS is https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/fwscript.html

Has anyone successfully set up a live boot of Linux Mint with persistence on a USB drive, similar to how Tails OS operates? I'm looking to save files and installed applications across reboots. If so, could you share your method or any guides you found helpful? Thanks!

Hi guys, wanted to know what is the replacement for adb and Fastboot tools to gain shell access to Android devices in Linux?

Hi guys, I'm preparing to migrate to Linux soon and I wanted to know what's the replacement for winscp program on linux. It's an gui app for running SCP connections and running ftp, SFTP server

Recent convert from Windows here, and for the most part everything has been smooth, but I've run into a brick wall with this one.

I write a lot and often like to use non-standard characters. On Windows I was using AutoHotKey to convert e.g. a ctrl-shift-hyphen into an em dash (—) or ctrl-e to type an é.

I haven't been able to find any good way to do this on Mint thus far. AutoHotKey doesn't seem to work, and the built-in Keyboard Shortcuts interface is incredibly clunky and slow (i.e. pasting the character maybe 2/3rds of the time, with noticeable delay).

I'd really like to be able to just seamlessly hit a hotkey and type a character like —/é. Does anyone have any suggestions for this? Thanks.

important: i'm as noob as a noob can be when it comes to linux. i have been using linux for a few months now bc i hate big tech, and i'm trying to learn gradually, but i know next to zero about coding and downloading stuff from github and stuff like that, please be considerate of that if anyone tries to answer me 🥹

i'm someone that likes downloading many memes and pics for communicating in messaging apps. however, when i try to attach a file to a conversation, my pictures are shown like this (a big list in which i have to click every picture one at a time to find the picture i want to attach), which is kind of annoying. does anybody know how to show the images in more of a gallery view?

Has anyone found a solution to Peacock not working on Linux? I am just starting the process of removing Google and Microsoft from my life so I am very new to Linux.

I installed Mint on this old Mac. I used this tutorial.

The day after yesterday: Current status: First it worked all fine, but now grub doesn't appear anymore if I turn the Mac on and using my Liveboot-Stick I can't find the 500GB Hard Drive with MacOS and Mint. I'm confused, tired and I don't know if I ever can get the MacOS-Data back.

I followed the tutorial and created 3 FAT-Partitions as described. Creating them took the Mac up to 45min which might be relevant, might not. I also created a bootable stick on my arch computer using kde's isoimagewriter. Then it was too late in night so I stopped there and did the rest today.

Yesterday: I installed Linux Mint with the Liveboot-Stick.

Oddity 1: When I turned on the Mac with the Liveboot stick connected and pressed Alt, not 1 but 2 EFI boot options appeared, both seemed to be identical, both Mint. There were these 2 options and the MacOS + MacOS recovery. I didn't know which Mint to boot, so I just choosed the one at the right. I got into the Liveboot and clicked on Install Linux Mint on the Desktop.

I followed all instructions and formatted the 3 FAT Partions as described in the tutorial. Then I rebooted without the Liveboot-stick. After the reboot, grub appeared and I had the option to boot Linux Mint. Everything worked fine. If I turned the Mac on and pressed Alt, I could also boot MacOS. Still I followed the tutorial and said "sudo efibootmgr -o 0,80". I tought it would be better to follow the turtorial completly, although I seemed to not need it. Last step of the tutorial was a bit different, I connected to the internet by selecting Broadcom Driver in the Driver Menu. It worked although the Driver description said the driver was broken. I rebooted again. Mint seemed to be fine. Only problem: I couldn't load updates/new software. I clicked on "Update all" in the Update Manager and it only updated a few packages, then crashed multiple times (I tried it multiple times). It had some problems with 6 packages, I don't remember their names. I don't know much about debian-based systems so I just used some internet fixes, rebooted many, many times and typed apt get update, apt get upgrade. Sometimes the Mac chrashed while being in terminal. Upgrade said -I think it was- gtk-3 which wouldn't download correctly because of some archive certification error. I typed sudo apt-get clean and it cleaned everything. Again a lot of reboots.

Oddity 2: During these reboots, sometimes grub disapeared when turning the Mac on, it wouldn't load grub and only show this screen without text and in light mode. So I had to press Alt to get into EFI-grub. Sometimes it crashed while booting in EFI-grub and I had to force shutdowns multiple times.

At some point I typed sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade and it started to update all 200 packages. It seemed to work. But while upgrading, the computer crashed. Black screen, only one white _ at the upper left corner. I waited 10 minutes and finally turned it off manually. After that, it wouldn't boot anymore. When turning the Mac on, it doesn't load grub and again only shows the apple no boot option screen without text and in light mode. Even worse: If I turn it on and press Alt, only the Mac internet recovery appears. No MacOS-Boot, no Mint. Even worse: If I liveboot and try to Install Linux Mint again, it crashes when I try to change something at the partitioning screen. And if I type lsblk or fdisk -l into the terminal, it only shows my 30GB-Liveboot-stick and no 500GB hard drive. Damn. My guess would be it just crashed during the upgrade and thus grub is broken. But why cant I find the hard disk then? And why were there these weird problems with grub while rebooting?

Today:

When I turned the Mac on, grub instantly loaded and I could boot Linux Mint, but couldn't get into the account, although I used the right password. Also while Mint booted, the recovery terminal appeared 2secs and after that a user login terminal without UI appeared, only after that the normal UI loaded. I shut the computer down using the login UI, while it turned off some error meesages apperaed 1sec on the screen, I couldn't read them. After that I could get into MacOS by turning the Mac on and pressing Alt. I could login and check if there are some files I haven't backuped yet. The Mac froze at some point (which he sometimes also did before installing Linux Mint) and I forced a shutdown. Turned it on and again no hard drive found.

Does anyone know what happend? Guesses? How to fix it? My current guess is that MacOS and 2010-Mac-hardware don't like sharing the hard disk with Linux.

GNOME Software tells me that there is a "Secure Boot dbx Configuration Update;" in the description below it reads:

"UEFI Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database"

"This updates the list of forbidden signatures (the "dbx") to the latest release from Microsoft."

"An insecure version of Howyar's SysReturn software was added, due to a security vulnerability that allowed an attacker to bypass UEFI Secure Boot."

GNOME Firmware tells me that this update is not removeable or reversible, and I dimly remember there being something bad (perhaps incorrectly) about Secure Boot. So, what do you think, should I update it or ignore it?

I can install gnome-software on mint from the repos and get them that way, so it doesn't really matter I guess, but I was just wondering . . .

Hello hello!

I’m new to Linux and, after bingeing a fair share of videos, I’ve decided to kick things off with Linux Mint (coming from Windows 11).

Since I work 12-13 hours a day on my only laptop, I’d like to start with a dual-boot setup before fully committing to the switch.

Here’s the catch: I only have 90 GB of free space on my hard drive. Would it be unreasonable to allocate around 40 GB to Mint? I don’t need much in terms of software - my daily workflow is basically spreadsheets, Discord, and Zoom.

Appreciate any advice!

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/37943447

Hi all, I'm planning to do a clean install of Linux Mint on my laptop and completely remove Windows. I have about 300GB of personal data on the system and only one SSD, so everything is currently stored on that single drive.

Here’s what I want to do:

1. Back up all my data safely, without losing any metadata (timestamps, folder structure, etc.).
2. Wipe Windows and do a clean install of Linux Mint.
3. Restore my data with everything intact—timestamps, folder structure, and metadata.
4. Be able to open or run file types that are only supported by Windows, like certain .exe, .msi, or specific file types.

I don’t have a second internal drive, so I’ll probably use an external hard drive or cloud storage.

What i want to know is:

1.What’s the best way to back up and restore my data safely while preserving all metadata?

2.What tools or methods should I use for backup and restore?

3.How can I access or use files that are only supported by Windows once I’ve switched to Linux? Are there workarounds or compatibility layers?

I’m fairly new to Linux, so beginner-friendly advice would be awesome.

Thanks in advance!

I'm running Mint, and have an external USB drive plugged in. It is not powered - it gets its power from the mini-PC.

Occasionally I get this message and I've no idea why. It might be after rebooting the machine but I'm not sure (sorry).

The only thing I did with the drive is rename it (to "1tbDrive"). Could that be the problem? (I did that in the Disks application).

Hey guys

As you can see in the picture, I have the problem that my programs always open in half size windows.

Obviously I'm just trying to improve my quality of life, but is it possible to change this setting? I would prefer the programs to start in full screen.

REGARDS

I used to torrent a lot many years ago, before the rise of streaming services, and back then relied on what people told me: you don't have to worry about malware when you have a Mac.

I've been thinking about torrenting a few things that are pretty much unobtainable any other way but I worry about the security aspect. I've seen people say that with Linux there's no need to worry but simply trusting this seems careless to me now and I wanted to ask your views on this.

Do you torrent and are there any additional precautions one should take? Thank you :)

I've been using Mint for about 5 years now and want to explore the 'nuts and bolts' side of it a bit more

I can use the terminal a bit- copy/paste code to install programmes etc, but I'd like to now understand what the code actually means

Can anyone recommend either a book or online guide to exploring this? Also can any recommendations be geared towards newbie and 'moron' level

If this community isn't the right place let me know and I'll repost elsewhere.....

also many thanks in advance for any help 👍

Trying to install mint on my PC, but I just get this error, then a few minutes of loading screen with the mint logo, and then it just reboots.

Hi guys,

I am currently using Linux Mint with automatic updates installed and I keep seeing application updates from LibreWolf, LibreOffice etc.

I have downloaded these through the application manager as well. But what about applications that I install outside of the management, such as the Mullvad browser, are they also automatically updated via the update manager?

I've got a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 10th generation, which, from the start, IIRC was criticized for not having the best battery life, I think, because of its processor (12th Gen Intel Core i7-1280P × 14).

I thought I had read that using a more recent kernel might help the lowish battery life problem (I'm using 6.11.0-24-generic at the moment), but it doesn't seem to help much, if at all.

I tried using tlp, which meant uninstalling power-profiles-daemon, but this just made my laptop run hot, and also screwed up my battery when I tried to set charging thresholds (had to reset it by using the emergency pin hole), so I probably won't be trying that again. Reinstalled power-profiles-daemon, and now have it on power saver; so back to normal now, not running hot, but battery life still isn't great.

Anything else I could try? There's auto-cpufreq which I used for a while on an older laptop, but that was quite a while ago . . .

I've been keeping an eye on the github and the board and it doesn't seem to be moving that much. We're nearly halfway through 2025 and I thought the plan was for Wayland to be supported on cinnamon early 2026.

Wondered if anyone had any more insight into progress/blockers/delays

Thought I'd ask before installing it and potentially messing things up.

According to Brother (printer company) I need to set a rule for my firewall.

brother printer instructions

as you can see at that page it says :

To scan using the Scan Key Tool, open the following ports in the security/firewall software you use:

• UDP: 54925
• TCP: 54921

I think I have it correct. but i'm new to linux and to creating rules in firewalls.

Those screenshots of how i created the firewall rule. I have the incoming set to "Deny" but I would assume that means that normally deny incoming BUT the rules I created should be exceptions. At least that's how I would read that. If I am wrong please let me know.

The important part is that according to the instructions ports

• UDP: 54925
• TCP: 54921

must be opened and allow incoming traffic.

my end goal is to have the ability to push the "Scan" button on my printer/scanner and have a document scan and pushed to the computer. I am running Linux Mint 22.1

If you need more information to help me I'm happy to reply. The big item is :

is the firewall rule created correctly?

I should add that I did create a previous post about my brother printer and I went through brother to make sure the drivers are installed and setup . so that issue has been solved, now it's just the firewall.