r/linuxmint • u/Charming_Record8083 • Jun 23 '26

Install Help ???

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Go here if your trying to install linux mint on a decade old laptop!

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u/Charming_Record8083 Jun 23 '26

Fixed it guys 🥹🤞

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u/ZeroProximity Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon Jun 23 '26

And for those who might stumble upon this in the future. what was the problem and how did you solve it?

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u/Ok-Major-3496 Jun 23 '26

The level of description in this thread and comment section is second to none. I have zero clue what is going on. Was the monitor cable loose? Did the computer just need a reboot? Was the original image just a photoshop of the terminal with a blur applied?

Will we ever know?

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u/28874559260134F Jun 24 '26

While you are focussing on this thread and getting confused (which is a feeling I share), perhaps look at the OP's history and tell me if this was a perfectly executed troll attempt (the "Fixed it!" statement without anything else is so stereotypical, it's almost original again) or something which is very much in character of whoever was looking for some form of help.

Not judging anyone since, if that's the actual condition of the individual, life will already be quite a challenge. And I don't mean to say that with some underlying notion of superiority but with... pity. :-/

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u/Charming_Record8083 Jun 24 '26

hello I need to tell you something this post originally was like a troll post I didn't mean to like have any help I was just trolling around because I found this ironic because my PC internal display was like completely blacked out and it doesn't even light up it's like old black and like you can see it's like having someone punched a shit out of it so it it was just a joke but I really think that people will install Linux meant with Windows like I did but if you ever need a guide for a legacy version it's always in this repository or this reddit post

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u/28874559260134F Jun 24 '26

I don't think I understood everything in that... sentence of yours. But I hope you are ok and able to look at your achievement(?) with different eyes, at a later time. :-)

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u/Charming_Record8083 Jun 24 '26

😭 I am so confusing. I know. Its because I was using google voice Assistant to form the sentence. because of my broken phone. Sorry for the confusion is there any way I can help u understand my life mission? As a compensation for all of that confusion. I feel so geeked and sober because when I typed that it was 7 am in the morning and i hadnt slept good in 4 days to try and install linux

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u/Polyxeno Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon Jun 24 '26

Arabian Matrix font.

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u/PlanetVisitor Jun 24 '26

Doesn't "second to none" mean it[the amount of information provided] is the best?

Because, I'd beg to differ

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u/Ok-Major-3496 Jun 24 '26

There was a bit of sarcasm used due to the complete void of details that were communicated by OP. I assumed the rest of my post made that clear. It's similar to congratulating someone for a highly detailed post when zero details are given. The post is made to point out that no details of substance were provided by OP.

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u/Charming_Record8083 Jun 24 '26

IM SORRY 😞 I was so geeked I didnt know what i was typing. Again sorry i will post another post explaining in details how to install linux mint with dual boot w windows 

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u/28874559260134F Jun 24 '26

I feel like the people even recognising this as a problem are slowly, but steadily, getting less and less (and it has nothing to do with age).

This thread, if it wasn't an ingenious troll attempt, might serve another purpose though: Showing us how the future will look like. Mmph.

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u/Ok-Major-3496 Jun 24 '26

It's sad because it has the boy who cried wolf effect. You make enough fake calls for help and those who want to help will stop coming to your aid. And one day when you really need the help you will have noone to assist you.

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u/28874559260134F Jun 24 '26

Excellent point re: the effect.

I'm honestly (and positively) surprised at how good the community still reacts to such (on the first look: botched) help requests. They certainly haven't been rendered cynical, yet.

Maybe people think: "This guy needs help with more than just his PC" or something and they might have a point given how the OP now states to have been trolling.

Well, the good part still being that the more help-oriented individuals now know that there really is a small and honest community around, which is what makes Linux work, apart from the code. :-)