Mint 21.1 Vera, looking good for Christmas

Unusual from them. but as Brian said onwards and upwards.

I used to get so many false positives as to overthewire.net.au being the fastest server and then giving me failures, if it shows up as best I ignore it and take second-best.
 


I do the same with overthewire.net.au ....It is not reliable/trustworthy

I just tried Internode. It will not even load/start the download

All good. If the sky is cloudless, I will always give the default a try.

Have fun with it Bob....with confidence.
 
HI @bob466,
Glad you got it figured out and it's working for 21.1 is a nice release. Enjoy!
Only glitch I've had with it is sometimes in Libreoffice it will not print a document correctly. But that's another problem.
Happy New Year!
 
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@Condobloke @wizardfromoz
Hi guys and gals,
I've been using LM 21.1 for a while now.
One improvement I see that is really helpful is the verify checksum that comes with the USB Image Writer {Part of the basic package of Mint}.
Been using the Image Writer for quite a few years now to copy the iso images of the various Linux distros to memory sticks.

I'll try to go through the easy steps.

12-28-22-iso.png


This shows the Image Writer icon on my desktop. The pic on the left shows the iso image you want to copy and the USB stick you want to put the image on.
The thing that is new is the verify button.
Click on that and this next screen pops up -
12-28-22-iso verification.png


Next press the Verify button.
Happy, happy, the next screen will show up.
12-28-22-iso-check.png


Sure does simplify using the Checksum process.

Yur old buddy
OG.
 
How the Hell can you download a shoddy ISO from Mint's home page

This is Mint we're talking about. They once supplied a hacked version of the .iso directly on their site and had their forum hacked - losing everyone's personal information.


That's probably not the case you're faced with, but you never know.
 
Sure does simplify using the Checksum process.
It sure does, Charlie. Makes life easy. Anybody and everybody can use that without breaking into a sweat.
 
It sure does, Charlie. Makes life easy. Anybody and everybody can use that without breaking into a sweat.

Abso-freakin-lutely!

Maybe a point of interest:

When there was the Mint hack, the criminals were devious enough (as memory serves) to change the checksum that was listed. It was pretty devious.

It may appear that I'm throwing stones at Mint, but that's not really the case. I am pretty darned sure they learned their lesson AND I trust them enough to have Mint installed on one of my devices - one that I use quite frequently.

I'm not throwing stones, I'm reminding folks to use an abundance of caution. That caution applies *everywhere*.

For example, there's a lubuntu.net that was once the authority and download source. It no longer is, for reasons. It's now lubuntu.me and has been for a while. I can't get into the details (and only know some of the details as it is above my pay grade) but I believe there's a resolution in the works. Until then, even the newest of newbies needs to exercise an abundance of caution.

Always, always verify the checksum.

If you can torrent it, that checks the checksum automatically. So too will tools like rsync.
 
That's probably not the case you're faced with, but you never know
That's an interesting read.

The below from Bob
Internode.png


Where/how does one start a report sequence for this occurrence?....with internode or with LinuxMint ?
 
Where/how does one start a report sequence for this occurrence?....with internode or with LinuxMint ?

I'd go straight to Mint with that information.
 
Got a link?....to their 'reporting spot'..??
 
They sure don't make it straightforward
 
That is a major problem and it's not just Mint.

Bug reporting is something we should all do, in theory. However, it's usually a god-awful mess of convolution. I can perfectly understand why people don't report bugs. I don't blame them.

I've 'mastered' the Ubuntu method, but it's still a pain in the butt.
 
The mindset which prevails from those at Linux mint is disturbing.

I can understand that they wish to avoid the "my right mouse button wont work with your os" type reports....but there has to be a limit to this when they bleat so much about the level of care etc which they profess to show towards their users.

I eventually '"reported" it via their chat page. I may as well have whistled in the wind.
 
I now know the definition of confusion...Linux Mint.
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If you try to download Mint Cinnamon 21.1 from internode with Firefox...you get a warning but try Brave Browser and you can as I did just now and ran the checksum and got this...
2022-12-29-10-37.png

To get the above I downloaded Cinnamon 21.1 to Cinnamon 21.1 that was already installed...how crazy is that.
t0127.gif

When I ran the checksum in Cinnamon 20.3 with the same ISO it said OK...then my nightmare began. To complain I'd have to go on the Mint Forum and some of us know what that's like as Mint doesn't have problems.
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The good news is...I'm still running Cinnamon 21.1 and internet it good...as they say...you learn something every day.
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To add to the confusion, I followed in Bob's footsteps and went to Mint, chose Australia's Internode to download through and got the same as Bob had at #40 vis-a-vis no good for download.

I clicked the right > and allowed the download anyway, then hashchecked it.

The result

2df322f030d8ff4633360930a92d78829d10e515d2f6975b9bdfd1c0de769aca

is the correct result, as was also confirmed by @charlie.corder above.

I also started, and then cancelled, the download from Australia's AARNet and there's had no warning (cancelled it because I already have it installed).

For interest's sake, I will try the Internode one in a VM, and let you know how it goes.

Wiz
 
I eventually '"reported" it via their chat page. I may as well have whistled in the wind.

Thanks.

I am positive that Mint has enough fans to properly train someone for the role of 'bug triage'. Heck, I'm qualified to do it for Lubuntu or Ubuntu.
 
For interest's sake, I will try the Internode one in a VM, and let you know how it goes.

Back from my travels - that tarmac was ROUGH. My magic carpet needs re-upholstering (anyone good with cross-stitching?), and I may have done my bum a mischief when I hit the brakes too hard.

But enough about me.

I installed the suspect Internode Vera as a guest on a VM, seems to work fine, has 9 folders in Home, no apparent compromise.

Can't account for the Internode warning, nor Bob's adverse experience.

All from me, for now - must be getting close to beer o'clock.

Wiz
 
it is deep clean o'clock here

ugh !
 

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