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Suppose your NTFS partition is named Data1, replace dataxx with Data1. * Open a terminal and 1) run blkid - get the corresponding UUID for Data1 , replace uuuuu.... with that value 2) run locale - get the value then replace en_CA.UTF-8 by whatever you see with command locale Edit the...

You can edit /etc/fstab to mount your ntfs partition # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier #Entry for /dev/sdaX (ntfs dataxx Partition, shared between Windows and Linux - do not keep things here without a backup): UUID=uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu /media/dataxx ntfs-3g...

Proton is free … get 1 IP address ! I never tried. Some VPN are dirt cheap, 3$ US per month if you sign for long deals. But be sure that they support Linux.

Don’t download an iso from a third party. If Mint, go to Mint website etc…

I find that messing with graphic is much worse.

The problems we Linuxers have is not only the software, it's the multitude of hardware out there too. When I got my hand on a 2010 Macbook Pro, I scoured the internet for help (to replace MAC OS with Linux), to no avail. Problem: the owner who threw away that Mac had no ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD...

On weak systems like mine 2G, 4G RAM DDR2, systemd slowness is markely shown.

I use MX which blocks adverts using Hosts file.

The xz back door and Systemd https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/what-we-know-about-the-xz-utils-backdoor-that-almost-infected-the-world/

Boeing. Yeek :oops:

Oh yeah. My beloved HP RPN Calculator (Reverse Polish Notation) gave up the ghost after a few coffee drinks.

It's in Your Browser's setting.

When deleting one or two files, I don't bother with terminal but when doing several ones I do a find ... first then tacking on the rm later find ... -exec rm -rf {} \; I am a chicken when coming to Linux.:(

I have Firefox ESR, seldom used - Chromium is fast enough for me. It's slow when starting or changing web sites, otherwise it does not sap my patience. No extensions added.

Chromium, on a 2010 McClunker.