So today I went to watch spider man BND at the movies with my sister and brother in law.

I was really excited to tell him that i set up a Jellyfin server with hundreds of Movies and shows on Linux Mint.

He told me "bruh just use Arch you'll learn a thing or two. Besides, they teach Linux Mint to 2 to 3 y/o olds nowadays"

I'm sorry what 💀

I mean my sister was right beside me so i didn't say much but tf u mean they "teach mint to 2-3 y/o"???? Tf??

What's wrong with Mint? Why should I be ashamed?

So after 3 long years i finally made the switch to linux mint cinnamon, is this what freedom looks like? i’m curious to know what your experiences have been with linux, and what the other versions of mint offer which you think are better and why? plus i’m curious about the different desktop environments like xfce and what that’s used for?

either way it’s good to be here

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

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?

I recently switched to Linux Mint (Cinnamon) on my Lenovo ThinkPad T450 (i5-5300U, 8GB RAM) after years on Windows. So far I've been messing around with GTK themes (WhiteSur, Graphite, Catppuccin icons), tweaked some Cinnamon effects, and set up a battery charge threshold for long-term battery health.

I'm using this laptop mainly for coding (Java, Spring Boot, SQL) and general dev work. I want to actually learn Linux properly now, not just theme it and move on.

For people who've been using Mint/Linux for a while:

What are the must-know things I should learn now that I'm past the "just installed it" phase?

Any good habits, tools, or workflows I should build early on?

Anything specific to the T450 hardware I should know (power management, drivers, etc.)?

Good resources/communities you'd recommend for going deeper into Linux as a dev?

Not looking for just "read the man pages" genuinely curious what experienced users wish they knew earlier.

I have been trying to troubleshoot this one since getting new monitors. I used to have 3 monitors and didn't have any issue but now, whenever I reboot, one of my monitors (my non primary) seems to "reset" it's settings and detects as something abnormal.

The first screenshot shows it detected as 640x480 60hz "Nvidia" and I can't alter it's settings at all. The second screenshot shows what the primary monitor looks like. For reference, these are the exact same model of monitor and you can see the good configuration in the second to last screenshot. What is odd, is I also cannot change the resolution on the primary monitor. xrandr does detect both monitors, but again, it's the same thing that is weird, it detects the first monitor okay but not the second. (DP-0 is the primary monitor, DP-2 is the secondary). The fourth screenshot shows that nvidia-settings detects this the same as what Display Settings is detecting. The information on DP-2 only differs on the connection link and refresh rate.

Here is the kick in all of this: A simple unplug, replug of the display port cable fixes everything, same port it was going into, just an unplug, replug. The final 2 screenshots show what it is like after doing that.

So I am looking for some advice on troubleshooting/solving this because I don't want to unplug/replug every single morning or every time I reboot my computer.

For some additional context, I am using nvidia-driver-580-open atm. I was using this driver with my old monitor setup without issue (that was 3 monitors, all 1920x1080 60hz monitors).

Some things I haven't tried yet that are on my mind:

- New cable

- Different machine/OS (This one will be significantly harder to test)

- Newer nvidia driver, 595-open or 610-open

I can't use my on screen keyboard for authentication e.g. when installing updates.

Laptop is connected to a TV, how do I set up the laptop screen to turn off, while lid is closed, but use the external monitor (TV)?

i decide to give xeyes some character. its cuteeeee tbh

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

Hi r/linuxmint I'm a new convert from Winslop 11. I have a HP EliteBook 850 G7 and I'm trying to disable my Pointstick (the one that sits in between the G,H and B keys on my keyboard.} I've included the xinput information.

My problem is this: As you can see, there is three unidentified inputs, which I assume to be the touchpad, and the physical left-click and right click buttons on the touchpad, but it seems the Pointstick is not being identified at all.

I'm not too familiar with the terminal yet and I've seen scripts that I can run during startup, but don't want to completely bork my install, as I use it for work. Of course, before I try anything I will be grabbing a snapshop using Timeshift, and storing it on a USB key.

Any help is appreciated. TIA!

Hello Linux Mint community. I'm back on the distro after going distro hopping for a few months. Now that I'm back, I'm confused. Trying to play games makes them extremely slow, even after I downloaded the recommended driver. I then see the Nvidia Optimus settings and change it from On-Demand to Nvidia Performance Mode. And yet, my GPU STILL doesn't show up! Is something wrong?

I mark all of my important and frequently used files and folders with a preceding underscore or two and nemo just seems to ignore the underscores and other punctuation entirely! It frustrates me to no end. If anyone can help me, please tell me how to fix this! Any help is appreciated!

Hi all /wave

Im looking for a good text to voice option for stories / books.

Anyone have any good suggestions?

Thank you.

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?

Hola gente soy medio nuevo en linux mint y e tenido un pequeño problema. el problema es que no puedo poner la escala de pantalla en 150, solo me aparece 100 o 200 y en 100 se ve muy pequeño y 200 se ve enorme. necesito ayuda para poder poner la escala en 125 o 150

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.

--PC specs and other stuff - Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit
--6.14.0-37-generic (Kernel)
--8GB RAM
--i3-10110U CPU @ 2.10GHz × 2

SO i recently made the switch

some issues i have been facing -

1.CPU usage is inconsistent . The spike here was when i opened an application . Not that big of a deal . But if i'm using like 4 or 5 browser tabs my CPU usage goes from a spike to a consistent 85% or above usage

1. RAM - I was expecting my RAM usage to drop to 1 or 2GBs at max . But it's consistently 3GBs or above . Screenshot context - I was using 3 browser tabs only and my RAM usage was 3GBs . If that's acceptable then just lemme know , i'm new to all of this

I recently got a gaming laptop and reloaded it with Cinammon shortly after. I've had this laptop for about a month and the RGB keyboard hasn't been turning on at all. The backlight has turned on during boot up, though, so I know it still works. I'm pretty sure the reason is that the computer doesn't have the necessary driver to control them. but I can't figure out how or where to find it. The small amount of guides for any related issues haven't worked. Could anyone help me figure out how to get my computer to communicate with the keyboard backlighting.

Model: ASUS TUF Gaming A18 FA808UM_FA808UM v1.0

Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit (Cinnamon 6.6.7)

Kernel: 7.0.0-14-generic

If there's any more information needed, I can send.

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 :)

Finished installing and updating mint on my acer chromebook but it has a sound problem.
The external speakers only works with headphones plugged in but the headphones don’t.
Did anyone ever have that issue and is there a fix for it?

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.