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System:

Kernel: 6.12.111+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc

Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0

Distro: LMDE 7 Gigi base: Debian 13.0 trixie

Machine:

Type: Laptop System: HP product: Snappy v: rev3 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9

serial: <superuser required>

Mobo: HP model: Snappy v: rev3 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: sku7 UEFI: coreboot v: N/A

date: 01/24/2024

Battery:

ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 40.4/47.4 Wh (85.4%) volts: 8.7 min: 7.7

model: 333-27- GM02047 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: charging cycles: 177

CPU:

Info: dual core model: Intel Celeron N3350 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Goldmont

rev: 9 cache: L1: 112 KiB L2: 2 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/2400 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 bogomips: 4377

Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

Graphics:

Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 500 driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9 ports: active: eDP-1

empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5a85 class-ID: 0300

Device-2: Lite-On HP TrueVision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s

lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 04ca:7077 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver: X: loaded: modesetting

unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31")

Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1139 res: mode: 1366x768 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)

dpi: 136 size: 256x144mm (10.08x5.67") diag: 294mm (11.6") modes: 1366x768

API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast gbm:

drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland

API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-2+deb13u1 glx-v: 1.4

direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 500 (APL 2) device-ID: 8086:5a85

API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 3 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: integrated-gpu

driver: mesa intel device-ID: 8086:5a85 device: 1 type: cpu driver: mesa llvmpipe

device-ID: 10005:0000

Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

Audio:

Device-1: Intel Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Imaging Unit driver: N/A

bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:5a88 class-ID: 0480

Device-2: Intel Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Audio Cluster

driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:5a98 class-ID: 0401

API: ALSA v: k6.12.111+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api

Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active

2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

Network:

Device-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1

bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280

IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>

Bluetooth:

Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0

speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001

Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8 sub-v: 1100

hci-v: 8 rev: 1100 class-ID: 7c010c

Drives:

Local Storage: total: 14.68 GiB used: 9.83 GiB (67.0%)

ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 vendor: Hynix model: HAG4a2 size: 14.68 GiB type: Removable tech: SSD

serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0x8 scheme: GPT

Partition:

ID-1: / size: 10.21 GiB used: 9.44 GiB (92.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p3

ID-2: /boot/efi size: 285.4 MiB used: 4.5 MiB (1.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1

Swap:

ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.91 GiB used: 394 MiB (9.8%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p2

USB:

Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Lite-On HP TrueVision HD Camera type: video driver: uvcvideo

interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 04ca:7077 class-ID: 0e02

serial: <filter>

Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: bluetooth driver: btusb

interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001

Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 7 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003

class-ID: 0900

Sensors:

System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: 37.9 C

Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 0

Repos:

Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1988

No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com gigi main upstream import backport

2: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

3: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

4: deb http: //security.debian.org trixie-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

5: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian trixie-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

Info:

Memory: total: 4 GiB available: 3.71 GiB used: 2.18 GiB (58.7%)

Processes: 231 Power: uptime: 21m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 0

hibernate: shutdown Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical

Compilers: gcc: 14.2.0 Client: Unknown python3.13 client inxi: 3.3.38

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Hello!
ngl I'm getting kind of tired of windows and I want to switch to Linux. I heard that Linux Mint is good but I don't have any experience with coding and things like that. I was wondering if Linux is relatively easy to learn and if so, can you please share some tips? Also, is it true that Linux uses less ram? I have a pretty shitty laptop and it's struggling to run steam games. Thank you!

Let me get libreOffice on this little thing. Mint color guys, I hope you like this one. 🤣

Hey guys, what do you think about Fedora for native Android development?

I've been using Mint for a few months now, but over the past few weeks, it's been crashing sometimes, especially when I connect an external monitor.

So I'm thinking about switching to something more stable, with good performance, fast speed, and decent RAM usage.

For those who are in doubt about the migration from Windows and which distro to use, my suggestion as someone who made it is:

Migrating from Windows
- Backup everything you can, depending on external storage you have.

- Export favorites from your browsers.

- Check program specific configuration - if it allows backup or export, do it. Otherwise you can take screenshots of the configurations and do it again on Linux (if the app is available for Linux).

- Take screenshots of the list of apps you have in settings and take notes of portable apps you use (if any).

- With the list of apps you can ask IA to evaluate for you if they have native version for Linux or a good alternative. It worked for me and I hope it works for you too.

I initially planned weeks to migrate everything I need and know Linux a little better. But with this preparation it takes like 2 to 4 hours.

Selecting distro
One thing that I learned is the you “don’t use” the OS itself, being it Windows or Linux - in general that is it. What you use are the apps, the terminal, the browser, your games or whatever app you actually use.

With that in mind, the importance or “which distro” reduces. I tried Debian, Mint and LMDE, and for me it doesn’t matter. Any of them will fit my needs.

It also helps me to avoid wasting time jumping from one distro to another.

I hope it helps new users and good look!

Papo só dos Cartolas.

I am experience lag, blue screen so i am thinking to Change my operating system window to Linux. So i choose linux mint destro. Because my pc is hp Elitebook g3 840.

Is this good decision?

Hey all. looking to get some remote desktop recommendations. i recently got a new computer and have turned my old one into a media box. while i can access it physicly i would prefer to just access it from my new PC.

So im looking for a program with full data transfer and remote desktop. both computers are hardwired so its fine if its a lan only program

On a fresh install of Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.3 I was able to use all 144hz of my monitor. After installing the Nvidia 4090 drivers from driver manager "nvidia-driver-595-open" I am locked to 60hz (60fps) and it will not let me change.

How can I fix this? I would prefer not to use the open source drivers again (random freezes)

I have noticed my bluetooth headphones give exceptional audio quality on my mint PC but on windows its mediocre at best.

Why is that? am i missing something?

Hey everyone!

I've recently been experimenting with Linux Mint, and it's been quite an adventure. I'm a Windows 10 LTSC user who wanted to try Linux because I'd always heard how lightweight and smooth it is, especially on older hardware.

My PC specs:

• CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10 GHz
• RAM: 12 GB
• GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5450 (512 MB)
• Storage: 512 GB SSD + 500 GB HDD
• OS: Windows 10 LTSC and Linux Mint Cinnamon

I started by installing Linux Mint on my HDD. In just one day, I experimented with three different Mint desktop editions, including Cinnamon, Mate and Xfce, trying to find the best balance between performance and appearance.

Eventually, I decided to take a bigger risk: installing Linux Mint Cinnamon alongside Windows 10 LTSC on the same SSD, shrinking the Windows partition by around 60 GB. Thankfully, the dual-boot installation went smoothly, and both operating systems are working.

But here's where things got frustrating.

I expected Linux Mint to feel noticeably smoother than Windows, considering my older hardware. Instead, I noticed that YouTube playback in Firefox and Brave wasn't as smooth as on Windows, particularly with 1080p60 videos.

After digging into the technical details, I discovered that my old Radeon HD 5450 doesn't support hardware decoding for modern video codecs like VP9 and AV1. Brave was using software decoding for AV1, while forcing H.264 enabled VA-API hardware decoding but surprisingly caused even worse stuttering in some tests.

I tried different browsers, codecs, and hardware acceleration settings. The best results so far have been with Brave using its default video settings, but the experience still doesn't feel quite as consistently smooth as Windows.

And that's what confuses me: on the same hardware, Windows 10 handles everyday browsing and video playback smoothly, while Linux Mint sometimes struggles.

I genuinely like Linux Mint, especially its customization, clean interface, and the freedom it offers. I'm not giving up on it, but I expected better performance from a supposedly lightweight operating system.

Has anyone experienced something similar with older AMD graphics cards? Is this mainly a Linux driver/video-decoding limitation, or is there a practical way to improve playback without sacrificing system stability?

I'd appreciate any advice from people running Linux Mint on older hardware!

I've made the full switch to linux, windows is banished from my system. I'm loving it so far, but I'm struggling with getting my laptop to use my dedicated gpu.

I have an nvidia 5060 gpu. I've updated to the most recent proprietary drivers (595.99.02). I've set the profile to on demand. However, whenever I load up a game, it still uses my intel graphics. Is there something I'm not doing right here?

The dream for me is to set the settings so that it uses my dedicated gpu when I launch games and use integrated graphics for everything else. Any way to make this happen? Thanks for any help in advance!

Please help, recently I decided to install Linux for the first time and chose Linux Mint for this, but a problem appeared: my XTRIKE ME GK987G GR keyboard is not showing up in the list of USB devices. I tried checking sudo dmesg -w, and here is what it output:

[ 1838.507927] usb 3-1: can't read configurations, error -71

[ 1838.619364] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 61 using xhci_hcd

[ 1844.139907] usb 3-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start: -71

[ 1844.139924] usb 3-1: can't read configurations, error -71

[ 1844.140063] usb usb3-port1: unable to enumerate USB device

Why is my mint 22.3 cinnamon desktop PC with kernel 7.0.0-38 consistently showing unauthorized devices on my blueman-manager even though I'm not manually starting scanning and my device is set to hidden. I'm not actively searching manually for new devices when this happens either.

I've tried removing all devices, restarting, removing and re-adding my own devices manually.

https://termbin.com/ed33z

Edit: My device is always set to Hidden.

Edit: I should add I've tried the right click>remove to the devices manually but they keep coming back to the list. Same ones over and over matching MAC addresses.

I find and/or purchase discarded laptops, repair them, Mint them, and send them along, usually, for a long life at whoever needs them. A new screen, battery or wireless module costs next to nothing from AliExpress and will usually work just fine.

This PC is along with me in my cars - to hold on to large dashcam files I want to preserve - and on handluggage-only plane trips. It's the if it breaks no one cares PC and just needed to be set up anew after 3-4 years due to a hardware failure.

Anyway, I didn't want this to be just another desktop shot, so here's how to have these pretty and informative conkys on the desktop in Linux Mint MATE, which, as you know, doesn't have Cinnamon DE's desklets:

From ubuntuhandbook explaining how to use the GUI conky manager that just makes everything so much easier:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/conkymanager2
sudo apt update && sudo apt install conky-manager2

After that, you can open conky manager 2 from your Mint-menu and choose your preferred style and adjust it accordingly. I like the simple and effective TeejeeTech a lot, they get the information across without being in-your-face-ish. The text files in your conky folder can be edited and you can change them to your language, preferred spacing or colours - and you can add new information if you like. I missed a temperature sensor reading from my hard drive and CPU, and you already know who helped me figure this out because I can't program in Lua. Here's the full temperature conky to save to a text file and paste to /home/YOURPC/.conky/TeejeeTech: https://pastebin.com/m5JmwZ4Y

This works on a Dell Latitude, but to find your sensors on whatever PC, do this:

sudo apt install lm-sensors
sudo sensors-detect

Desktop bakckground is from my favourite Reddit photographer.

Hope this helps someone make their MATE desktop sexier, and cheers!

I've been using 6.17 for months on a dell laptop and power-saver browses at 34C. just updated to 7.0 and it's getting up to 49C - 50C. Is this a known issue ? many thanks !

Hey All,

I have a Surface Pro that had windows 10 on it which I changed over to Linux Mint about 3 years ago. I tried to update it to 'Virginia' last year but I have been having a bunch of trouble due to my lack of computer language and skills. I have an account with Github and that is where I got the instructions and guides for upgrading, however, this is learning a new language for me and I lack the confidence to do this on my own.

Can someone please point me in the right direction to get help with upgrading to the latest version of Mint?

Thanks,

Nancy Dianna

Its also my first time installing any Linux distro besides raspberry pi stuff. I like it so far! Its true what they say, it just works.

Im trying to get into my desktop environment but my GUI is gone for some reason recently I reinstalled Linux mint coz of some problems now this BS please help. Problem seem to find me in Linux

Macos was running slow, but battery life was amazing. Could last me the entire day. Like 9 hours easily.

I switched to mint (not dual boot).

It’s snappier for sure, and I’m loving mint. But the one and only problem? My battery life is only like 3 hours now.

I know Apple optimizes MacBook, but this is crazy. ChatGPT is running in circles but not solving anything, saying all the checks are good.

Anyone know how I can diagnose / fix it?

I expected a drop, maybe, but this is a bit crazy.

One second my laptop says 2-3 hours remaining, the next second it jumps to 6 hours remaining, then it drops to 3 hours remaining the next second. On my macOS it was just 1 consistent estimate which was always correct (9 hours of battery life)

Obviously I'm speaking into an echo chamber here but I just installed LMDE for a client and I gotta say, this current version of Cinnamon is really nice. It feels modern, polished and well thought out. Idk I never really jived with KDE. I know Cinnamon is way more limited than KDE but KDE just never felt finished. In trying to do too much I feel it missed a lot of the minor aesthetic refinements. Granted I'm not a a Mint or KDE user, I'm on Bluefin (Immutable Ublue image of Fedora) and am more into window managers or GNOME for everyday use. GNOME is 100% percent not there either btw, visually it feels polished but the extensions always felt like a fragile workaround. I appreciate gnome's tooling a lot more than it's DE or GUI, think (gnome-keyring, gvfs, display manager, etc) 2cents. Also Mint needs to update their documentation to refer specifically to LMDE as Ubuntu is going the way of the dinosaur with all their corporate ish.

What i mean by Mint irl is:

A Tin of Mints with the flavor listed as "Linux"

and the actual flavor being Cinnamon.

it would be really funny, and might make a lot of use eat it.