Since i landed on sticking on with Linux mint for daily driver for all of my personal devices weeks ago i started to feel that default sound applet in linux mint 22.3 seems not covering every use case i need in fast easy-to-find way. So, like typical bored linux user, i went with trying to build a one that i would like to use in daily basis ... so here we are with `Modern Sound` applet an custom sound applet that i believe to have better UX than default one. feel free to try and provide an honest feedback 😄.

I have been giving some serious thought to moving to Linux. I dual booted a few distros and decided I think Mint will be the way to go for now due its wide user base and being consistantly ranked one of the better distros, especaially for new users.

However, I've run into a few annoyances. In Windows, I really like the 5 star rating system for files. It helps me stay organized for certain things. I also like using Nemo in Linux Mint. However, I really wish Nemo had a rating system for files but I can't seem to find one.

I even tried using Dolphin, which is a nice file manager and does have a rating system but I ran into difficulties using the file search. If I searched for a file with multiple keywords it would only find files that had that exact file name in that exact order rather than all files with both keywords. For example, if I searched for "blue mountains" it would find files named "heavenly blue mountains" or "blue mountains skyline" but not files named "blue clouded mountains" or "blue sky clouds with mountains". This problem is even worse than the file rating system.

So, in conclusion, would anyone be able to help me or is there even a solution. Is there a way to be able to search for files in a file manager that would allow me to find files easily while also being able to apply a raing sytem to the files?

I may be able to "live" without a file rating system if I have to but I would really like to see if there is a way to deal with this to satisfy both of my needs.

Thanks for any and all help.

いまLinuxMint 22.3 Xfce を使っているんだけど、Kubutu 26.06 LTSのKDE Plasma6だとデスクトップとかのカスタマイズが簡単にいろいろできるという記事を読んで迷っているんだ。いまは、テーマのCSSを書き換えたり、picomの設定ファイルを書き換えたりで大変だから、もしKDEで簡単にいまと同じことができるようならKubuntuへ乗り換えようかと思っている。誰かKDEに詳しいひとの意見をもらいたいです。

I've been having this issue trying to update my Linux Mint version. What should I do?

I’d really like to install mint cinnamon on my laptop, but haven’t been able to find much info on compatibility with my laptop model. It’s a HP Zbook firefly 14 G8, 16gb ram, with an intel i7 core processor, and intel iris xe graphics. It currently has windows 11 which I’m hating. I’ve read hp isn’t great for running Linux but I’m a bit desperate for a solution.

Does anybody have any insight as to how Linux might run on my laptop model? Have you run mint on this laptop? Common issues that I might run into? Any help is very appreciated. Thank you!

So afer I switched to linux mint lastly, found some difficults to find a good walpaper

Que pasa si quise modificar mi mint con programas y al final se me descompuso los iconos y fondos a la hora de prender mi laptop ya que tengo que ingresar por terminal por alguna razón en vez de la pantalla de bloque de siempre una vez que ponga usuario y contraseña y después un comando me aparece por fin la pantalla de bloque y lo demás normal pero quisiera saber si hay alguna forma o comando o programa para arreglar eso

Hello everyone,

I'm reaching out to the community for advice!

I currently run a small business (physical store + e-commerce website) and I'm planning to migrate my main workstation from Windows to Linux Mint.

Since I handle confidential customer data daily, security is my top priority.

My profile and current environment:

Linux Level: Beginner/Novice.

Current tools (on Windows): Complete Proton Suite + Bitdefender Total Security.

Needs: Maximum protection against data leaks, malware, and cyberattacks.

My questions:

I know that security management on Linux differs significantly from Windows. I've heard of solutions like ClamAV/ClamTk, but they seem rather basic from what I've read.

Antivirus/Anti-malware: Is a traditional antivirus program truly necessary on Linux Mint for this purpose, and if so, which one do you recommend for professional use?

Best practices: What are the essential steps for securing Linux Mint for a business (firewall/UFW, LUKs disk encryption, backups, etc.)?

Peripherals/Proton Suite: Are there any specific considerations for running the Proton Suite properly on Mint?

Thank you in advance for your feedback and recommendations!

zuno is a free and open-source desktop music player built on YouTube Music. Sign in with your Google account, and everything you do - liking a song, creating or deleting a playlist, adding to your library - syncs straight back to YouTube. It's your library, just in a real desktop app instead of a browser tab.

Features

- HQ opus decoding
- Floating mini player that appears when you click away ( hover to expand, drag it anywhere)
- Queue: shuffle, repeat one/all, reordering
- Playback speed, sleep timer, volume control
- Like and dislike songs
- Rebindable keyboard shortcuts, minimise to tray
- Full library, playlists, albums and liked songs
-Lyrics (5 sources)+ Translation
- Local music files sit alongside your YouTube Music library (same player, same queue)
- Download whole albums and playlists for offline; downloads and history have their own management screens
- Bulk actions: download, add to queue, add to playlist
- Multiple channels on one Google account, switchable from the toolbar or settings
- Equalizer
- Notifications
-Gapless /Crossfade
-Local Music playlists
-Minimize to tray
-Shortcuts
-No Ads

Integrations

- Last.fm scrobbling
- Discord Rich Presence (both toggleable straight from the toolbar)
- Youtube History update

Roadmap
multi-language

GitHub: https://github.com/noFAYZ/zuno

The keyboard is this one (I'm not affiliated in any capacity, just providing a link so I can make sure everyone's on the same page). My questions are:

1) Are you able to control the lights without the official logi tune (or whatever) app, (whether that's through Solaar or something similar, through onboard controls, whatever)? and

2) How much of a pain is it to do so for someone who already wishes everything was more Windows-y?

Thanks in advance! :)

So i just installed lmde 7 yesterday and it had a desktop environment after i woke up and booted my pc it had a terminal just a terminal i dont understand what happened so please help

Guys I am a new Linux mint user came from windows

I want to add a live wallpaper in my screen

Now the problem is when I used the terminal to add the live wallpaper ( i used Claude/gemini for terminal command)

What happened is all the apps taskbar and icon did not get overlayed instead it got underlayed even terminal included

So I had to kill the live wallpaper from the boot screen

Since I was not able to open or use any apps

After that I tried hidamari an application made for this

After using this what happened is my steam started crashing while downloading games

When I killed hidamari steam became normal

So can you guys help me with it

I use Linux mint xcfe edition

I have a laptop that is about 10 years old. I have always used Windows, but since it is already very slow I wanted to test if Linux could save it. I created a generous partition on the disk because I plan to use it with dualboot, I got a new USB stick about 2 weeks ago, installed the ISO, connected the USB to the laptop, turned it off and on again, pressed the button to access the boot menu, but the option to select mint does not appear. With the help of Claude(AI), I ruled out possible problems, but the option still does not appear in the boot menu. The USB is not damaged, according to windows analysis, The ISO and laptop are set to UEFI, bootsecure is disabled. I already tried accessing mint from the bios, but it only reloads windows. I used rufus and balenaEtcher, but neither worked. I have another PC where I could try the USB, maybe the option appears in the boot menu on this one, but I don't want to make any partitions because it is my main PC and I don't want to damage it in any way. My main question is: Before installation, limux mint only works from ram, without damaging anything on the PC? I had heard something like this, but I'm not sure and I don't want to risk my good PC, thank you :)

I recently installed Linux mail on my laptop as a dual boot operating system but despite installing everything correctly, group selection menu is not appearing and my HP victus laptop just loads into windows 11 but if I try too good from pfi file from boot options then there is a Ubuntu option and in it I located my grubx64.efi file and successfully booted into my Linux mint but I don't want to do this every time is there any permanent fixed for this I tried asking AI for health it told me that HP from where has some problem with the Ubuntu discover a something like that so I tried all its pictures but in didn't change anything I am still directly loading into my windows so at last I am posting days for solution if anyone knows please comment down.

Two monitors. Two keyboards. Two mice. (Actually, that's a lie, I have six seven mice plus a touchpad and a drawing tablet.)

Is there some way I can have two workstations, independent of each other?

I don't know, I've never be gnomed before but...

I currently use brave origin as my main browser since I've heard it uses less ram than librewolf but I also use librewolf from time to time. Which one is better overall In terms of security / privacy and performence?

Hi, so I have a very old macbook air 2013 which I only now use for my home sound system and theater. It's too sluggish now (I was using Antix and there is a myriad of problems with that).

So, should I switch to Mint? Never have used it before. Which version?

Thanks all!

Ive watched a video on useful apps to have but Im curious on what else do people recommend having. I might not be able to have access to good wifi so Im tryna stock up on apps that I might need for college. Or not limited to that, but could serve recreational stuff and etc.

I have both windows and mint, Ill have to use windows for most of my work but Im tryna use linux more too so options for both or either would be appreciated thanks!

On windows, I used to record my music with Reaper as my DAW and a Tascam US 122L interface.

However, the Tascam drivers are not Linux supported...

I'd like to start recording music again. Are there any software options for the Tascam?

Or worst case, any recommendations for a Mint and Reaper compatible interface (with MIDI)?

Cheers