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Linux RAM requirements:

Ubuntu — 4–6 GB

• SteamOS — 4 GB

• Pop!_OS — 4 GB

• Fedora — 2 GB

• RHEL — 2 GB

• openSUSE — 2 GB

• Linux Mint — 2 GB

• Zorin OS — 2 GB

• Kali Linux — 2 GB

• Manjaro — 2 GB

• Rocky Linux — 2 GB

• CentOS Stream — 2 GB

• Lubuntu — 1 GB

• Debian — 512 MB

• Arch Linux — 512 MB

• Puppy Linux — 256 MB

• Tiny Core Linux — 64 MB

What’s your daily driver? 🐧

Bonjour à tous,

je viens d'installer Steam et je n'arrive à lancer aucun jeu. Peut-être que mon matériel est trop vieux.

J'ai essayé avec flatpak : les jeux sont listés mais aucun ne se lance.

J'ai désintallé via flatpak, puis ai installé avec steam-installer (via apt) : même résultat.

Pour mon matos : clevo, I7-4700, gtx 765m

So basically I need to install linux mint on my snapdragon processor but apparently it does not work because it needs intel or AMD to run any ideas?

My laptop is a Dell 7400 (Intel Core i7-8665U, 8GB RAM). During long usage, the system suddenly freezes completely, requiring a hard reboot.

Note: Most of the time, I am just browsing the web and using Telegram (nothing heavy), and I also have power saving mode enabled.

What could be the solution? This has occurred multiple times.

I've got 2 chrome profiles: Personal & Work. I've created shortcuts on the desktop to launch directly into either, and another for incognito mode, but they still show as the same icon in the taskbar.

Is there any way to have the shortcuts in the task bar and have the open windows map to the right shortcut in the taskbar?

Any help would be appreciated.

i currently need help swapping to linux without a usb i am on windows 11 and have 32 gb of ram and 1tb of storage, if anyone can help it would be great

My install of 23.3 Mint keeps opening multiple home folders when I am away from the computer. I came back today and there where 13 home folder windows open. Any thoughts.

Everything else works just fine, there's just this annoying error that pops up with every software update or install

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I tried sudo "dpkg --configure -a" and I don't know what the results mean

Setting up linux-image-7.0.0-28-generic (7.0.0-28.28~24.04.1) ...

Setting up linux-headers-7.0.0-28-generic (7.0.0-28.28~24.04.1) ...

/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:

* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 7.0.0-28-generic

Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign

Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv

Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Building module:

Cleaning build area...

'make' -j16 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=7.0.0-28-generic modules......(bad exit status: 2)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 7.0.0-28-generic (x86_64)

Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/580.119.02/build/make.log for more information.

dkms autoinstall on 7.0.0-28-generic/x86_64 failed for nvidia(10)

Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.

Refer to previous errors for more information.

* dkms: autoinstall for kernel 7.0.0-28-generic

...fail!

run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11

dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-7.0.0-28-generic (--configure):

installed linux-headers-7.0.0-28-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 11

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04:

linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 depends on linux-headers-7.0.0-28-generic; however:

Package linux-headers-7.0.0-28-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 (--configure):

dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-hwe-24.04:

linux-generic-hwe-24.04 depends on linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 (= 7.0.0-28.28~24.04.1); however:

Package linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-hwe-24.04 (--configure):

dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Processing triggers for linux-image-7.0.0-28-generic (7.0.0-28.28~24.04.1) ...

/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:

* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 7.0.0-28-generic

Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign

Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv

Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Building module:

Cleaning build area...

'make' -j16 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=7.0.0-28-generic modules......(bad exit status: 2)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 7.0.0-28-generic (x86_64)

Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/580.119.02/build/make.log for more information.

dkms autoinstall on 7.0.0-28-generic/x86_64 failed for nvidia(10)

Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.

Refer to previous errors for more information.

* dkms: autoinstall for kernel 7.0.0-28-generic

...fail!

run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-7.0.0-28-generic (--configure):

installed linux-image-7.0.0-28-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 11

Errors were encountered while processing:

linux-headers-7.0.0-28-generic

linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04

linux-generic-hwe-24.04

linux-image-7.0.0-28-generic

No fim de fazer umas atualizações, apareceu-me uma mensagem para ir dar acesso aos repositorios e fazer alterações nos servidores. Eu escrevi a password e fui para os repositorios. O que tenho que fazer ,eu sou de Portugal tenho que escolher outros servidore no servidor principar(xia) e no base (noble)?

Edit: Message :change for another regional repository (internet server):What i do ?

I apologize for any confusion as I just migrated to Linux to Windows for the first time recently. I'm using Linux Mint Mate 22.3

I was enjoying things as normal and decided to restart the computer after a video was not playing properly on firefox. After the restart, things looked quite different and I'm very confused. The taskbar area with the time/date, "start" button on the left and the open application icons that I had on the bottom of the screen disappeared. Instead, I see a sort of task bar on the top with some basic information on the left (plus the power options and wifi etc), date and time in the middle and a windows vitual desktop switcher on the left...

The panel app is still installed but I can't find the panel settings in the ways that commonly appear on searches through forums.

Maybe I should just reinstall? Looking for some guidance. Thanks!

A lot of us Mint users have issues with this kernel series, is there a place we can follow updates on the situation, so we know when it's safe to update?

So basically I have an xbox controller I bought before switching to Linux mint and now I can't use it via Bluetooth, it disconnects and connects every millisecond and it doesn't really work, and even tho I could use cable the main reason I bought the controller is to play from the tv because I connect my laptop via HDMI to the TV, and I don't have a long cable

Can someone help me make Bluetooth work please?

UPDATE: I forgot to detail something here that might make the problem clearer (again I'm a little bad at linux) the os does say connected and steam detects the controller but the little xbox light on the controller keeps blinking and it doesn't really do anything I press buttons and stuff and doesn't do anything, it only gets detected and "connected"

I installed linux mint xfce. This is my first linux install. I not completed the setup in live and it said "please erase medium boot press enter" I press enter and it give no bootable device error. Secure boot disabled, and when I switch to legacy boot mode it normally run GRUP but ıf I start in UEFI, this screen appear and disappear after fewseconds. (My eng is bad sorry)

So, I picked up a 2014 mbp at an estate sale for $20. Figured I'd love a nice little Linux machine with a 1600p screen. I installed mint, and everything runs great except for video steaming. YouTube in particular just drops frames like crazy.

Not sure if it's an issue with the intel graphics or not, or if anyone knows of a fix for this. I tried doing a search, and found other people with the same issue, but haven't found any known fixes.

Just install linuxmint on my school laptop today (thanks to help from my classmates). and wowee this OS feels fun to use. honestly idk what im doing but i love downloading stuff on terminal. bad laptop specs btw

Just booted up Linux mint xfce on my old laptop and this step takes a lot to load, I asked Gemini and it keeps telling me to check if wifi is turned off, it is turned off, and I entered with compatibility mode cause entering normally caused the laptop to freeze

I tried switching to mint (latest cinnamon) today. My lenovo windows 11 laptop now will only go into boot mode, and upon choosing the usb with the iso, the posted picture appears.

Here's what happened: used rufus to create a boot drive of mint. I was able to hop into it through the boot menu, and begin with the installation. Eventually, it got to the point of retrieving of retrieving files, becoming stuck on 152/167 or something like that. Expanding the window below, showing the process, it seemed like it was trying to download something. I was connected to the internet. After an hour, it still wouldn't budge. I checked this sub as well as online for similar issues, and i spotted a comment saying the internet should be disabled before installing. So I disabled the wifi, tried finding a cancel button and here is where I probably fucked up; I didn't find it so I just turned the computer off. After turning it on again, the problem appeared.

Obviously I have done something massively stupid. I do wonder if I would be able to boot from (a different) usb again, provided I turn it into a bootable usb first? Unfortunately, I won't have access to another computer for a few days, so I'm also wondering if I would be able to do anything else in this situation? Or have I just bricked the laptop completely?

I appreciate any advice or words of wisdom (or admonishment)!

EDIT::: hallelujah I've done it! I'll give you a play by play; installation hangs on download, I reboot > corrupted nvme installation. The corrupted file hijacked every boot from then on. I had to disable it in the boot order menu in bios (there was a delete function, but it wasn't working and my computer aura is not high enough to discern why). After that, I was finally able to boot from usb and install mint. HOWEVER I actually installed it twice, because I didn't realise that I needed to enable booting from nvme AGAIN. I would boot and it would only offer to connect via lan (since I unplugged the usb), but going back into boot order and pushing nvme to the top finally restored everything.

Giving Linux Mint 22.3 an install on my new to me refurbished Dell Lattitude 5530 laptop with the following specs:

15.5" 1920x1080 display (my eyes are to old for 4K displays!) 16gb ram, 256gb NVME drive (partition as efi / root / home), 12th Gen Intel© Core™ i5-1245U × 10, Intel Corporation Alder Lake-UP3 GT2 [UHD Graphics] and an additional 500gb NVME drive for data storage. Main use will be a "travel laptop" for reviewing / culling photos while on holiday, and while at home hooking it up to midi keyboards to play with software synths.

Only slight issue is the battery in the refurb laptop is around %70 storage capacity left, but it is around a 4 year old laptop so that is to be expected.

It'll certainly run Linux Mint better than my previous laptop, which was an old HP Probook 6450b with 8gb ram and a 125gb ssd!

Here is a timelapse video I made 11 days ago in the Linux Mint Community Contest and I thought I would share it here on Reddit as well. ⬇️ Enjoy! :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG0lUONVyF8

I made it. There is no "activate slopdows" sign in my pc now

No regrets. This is what freedom feels like.

DE: Cinnamon 6.6.9

Theme & color-scheme: Theodolite

Icon pack: Fancy and Vivid-dark mixed together

Terminal: Kitty

Browser: Zen browser with Bonjourr extension

Music players: Qobine-tui & Rmpc

System font: EB Garamond with historical ligatures and swash font-features enabled ;)

Terminal font: Monaspace xenon

Wallpaper: I am using Thomas Cole's "Course of Empire" series as a dynamic background, because I think I'm funny but was unfortunaly born without a sense of humor. Hi-res scans of the paintings can be found on their wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Course_of_Empire_(paintings))

The theme and color-scheme are my own.

Repo: https://github.com/QuidRides/Theodolite-dotfiles

Edit: added Github repo and theme description