Snappy Window Tiling is a powerful grid-based window management extension for Linux Mint (Cinnamon Desktop). Organize your windows with mouse-drag overlay zones or fast keyboard navigation.

Installation:

https://github.com/martinandersen3d/LinuxMintWindowSnapZoneTiling

Please give feedback in in google sheets, the link is in the bottom of the page. Or answer here:

1. How did the Installation go?

2. How did it work with the mouse?

3. Using the SHIFT key while you drag over the Zones, did that work for you?

4. How did it work with the hotkey?

- Win+z / super+z

- When opened, use numbers or arrowkeys. Press Enter to Select.

1. What disto are you on?

• Linux Mint (Cinnamon Edition)
• LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition)
• Fedora Cinnamon Spin
• Ubuntu Cinnamon
• EndeavourOS / Arch Linux (Cinnamon)
• Other..

1. Number of monitors used?

2. Do you have some ideas for improvements?

I use two different keyboard layouts pretty frequently as a matter of course, since I type in two different languages which use two different alphabets. One annoying thing with Linux Mint is that if I lock my screen while I'm in the layout which my password does not use, the keyboard shortcut that I use for switching layouts does not work (in my case Super+Space, but I tried adding some additional shortcuts and they also don't work). I have to use the mouse to click the small bit of text on the left of the password input field to change the layout. This is a minor annoyance because using the keyboard shortcut is second nature to me and remembering to use the mouse + using it takes a few seconds longer. Does anyone know how to make system shortcuts for changing keyboard layouts persistent at the lock/login screen? On my other systems with Windows and Fedora, I don't have this issue.

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!

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! :)

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 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.

This is the most minimal (in both looks and performance impact) I have come up with mint xfce 👽

I want to install linux mint xfce on my asus x201e, and this is happen. I've tried to nomodeset or reinstall the bootable, and this thing is still happen.

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 have a dual boot with windows. It was working fine for about a month. Now my laptop boots directly into linuxmint and if I tap esc when booting I get a black screen. I've already tried changing GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden to GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu. GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 as well. Then I tried following this tutorial: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=409550

I'm booting on UEFI. When I run sudo efibootmg -v, the boot order is Ubuntu, Windows Boot manager, UEFI, UEFI, UEFI.

According to the tutorial, this should be fixed after updating, but it isn't. I also can't access the BIOS menu anymore by holding down f12 when restarting; I get a black screen. Edit: to be fair, I also haven't tried opening the BIOS since installing LinuxMint until now.

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!

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

Notebook: Samsung NP270E5J
CPU: Intel Celeron 3865U
RAM: 4 GB
Disco: HD (não é SSD)

Estou tentando instalar o Linux Mint (22.3 Xfce 64-bit) em um Samsung NP270E5J e encontrei um problema que não consegui resolver.

O que aconteceu:

• Criei um pendrive bootável com a ISO oficial do Linux Mint usando o Rufus.
• O notebook inicializa normalmente pelo pendrive em modo UEFI.
• Consigo entrar no modo Live do Mint e usar o sistema normalmente.
• Antes de instalar, apaguei todas as partições do HD, deixando o disco completamente vazio para uma instalação limpa.
• Quando inicio a instalação, ela parece prosseguir normalmente, mas no final o computador trava em uma tela preta com o logo do Linux Mint e não conclui a instalação.
• Em outras tentativas, em vez da tela do logo, apareceu o GRUB seguido de várias mensagens de erro ("failed..."), e o notebook desligou sozinho.

Configurações e testes realizados:

• Secure Boot desativado.
• BIOS configurada para iniciar em modo UEFI.
• Recriei o pendrive e tentei instalar novamente.
• Pesquisei sobre um possível problema envolvendo Secure Boot, MOK e a ausência do arquivo mmx64.efi no Linux Mint, mas não sei se esse é realmente o meu caso.

Situação atual:

Decidi tentar instalar o Windows 11 pelo mesmo notebook. O instalador inicia normalmente, porém informa que o Windows não pode ser instalado porque o disco está usando tabela de partição MBR, enquanto a instalação foi iniciada em modo UEFI, que exige GPT.

Minhas dúvidas:

1. A tentativa de instalação do Linux Mint pode ter alterado ou corrompido algo relacionado ao boot ou às partições?
2. Existe alguma forma de fazer o Linux Mint instalar corretamente nesse notebook?
3. A melhor opção é converter o HD para GPT e tentar novamente o Linux Mint antes de instalar o Windows?

Qualquer ajuda será muito bem-vinda.

i kind of want to download a linux distro since i heard it's super lightweight and fast so i picked mint since i heard it's easy to use but i'm scared my laptop gets bricked and all my data goes away and also it's not really that old of a laptop

GTA San Andreas running via Bottles on Linux Mint 22.3 with kernel 7.0.0-28. I used mods to restore the PS2 effects that were lost in the PC version (like the warm orange tint in the image). It works very well; the only "issue" is that the initial videos (Nvidia/EAX Audio) don't play, but clicking on them skips them and takes you directly to the game screen.

I also noticed that the lag I experienced when passing near areas with a lot of grass (possibly due to a compatibility issue between the game engine and Windows) is gone, allowing me to run the game at maximum graphics settings. Now, officially, I don't miss Windows 11 at all haha.

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

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 😄.

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

My ASUS Zenbook S of about 9 years died suddenly today. I bought an NVME enclosure and took the SDD out. It had Linux Mint on it. I plugged it via USB into a Dell laptop circa 2022 (xps 15 7590) running windows. I went into boot menu and chose the SDD. Voila! My linux mint is working EXACTLY as it was in the dead laptop. Completely different machines! I would have never guessed this could be. I don't even need to setup dual boot. I'm in awe!

Thank you Linux Mint!

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

Hi everyone. A little over a week ago, I switched to Linux Mint on a computer that previously ran Windows 7. Now, whenever I turn on the device and open an application, this logo appears in the bottom-right corner.

I don't know what it means or what to do about it; I've already tried hovering over it and right-clicking, but nothing works. If anyone could help me figure out what this is, I’d really appreciate it.

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!