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The issue is NOT your ISP or your modem. If one of these were the issue, then only sites and data you accessed over the internet would be slow. You claim that opening apps is slow that is 100% a local only issue. So it sounds like you have a multi-boot setup between Ubuntu and Mint. Are they...

the specs sound good but like Brickwizard states never heard of it. There are good "windows" laptops you can buy as well as other laptops made specifically for Linux. System76 is a good one for US and Tuxedo is a good European one. Shipping costs make them better in their own region.

L33t, I don't believe you're explaining the issue clearly enough, or at least I can't tell what the issue is by the question. You mention the hostel has a firewall, then you give an IP address. Then you state default route, then you say it changes and give a standard non-routable subnet router...

Jane, you can whatever tool you want to for the task, fdisk, gparted, or whatever. The issue is that you're trying to modify the partition that Linux is installed on. Doing so would be like sitting in a tree on a branch and trying to saw it off while you're on it. You have to do as stated...

BTW, I have a Dell Inspiron and have tri-booted successfully. I've had Windows, Fedora and Ubuntu on the 1 box so you should be able to as well.

I agree with Brickwizard. Boot Repair has saved me many times and it sounds to me like it's a grub issue. Go with that and let us know how it works out.

Given up on having a screensaver under Wayland? You don't have to. I accidently stubled upon a solution, or work around. You need to have xscreensaver installed and you need to create 2 files. Unfortunately you can't use the GUI configuration tool, you'll either need to use a VM for that or...

WINE is very hit or miss. Sometimes it works well with a certain program and then it stops working, whether it's due to the code in WINE or the app changing, like Firefox. I used to run the Windows version flawlessly, now it doesn't. Sometimes the app gets updated and no longer works, other...

In my opinion, it's best to modify the boot record on the Linux drive, leaving the Windows drive as it came with the computer. Then change the boot order to boot the Linux. That way you can always revert back to the original settings and configurations before you loaded Linux.

yes, but you can then go into the Bios and tell it to boot to the Windows drive and that would put it back exactly the way it was before you added the Linux drive. Or if you decided to remove the WIndows drive, it would still boot but choosing Windows would give you a failure. There's a grub...

You can make a modification to the menu to automatically choose Windows if you don't select anything else. It's a lot more convenient than hitting F12 at the right time. But regardless, it's your computer, set it up the way you want it. Try using teh Boot Repair that I linked above on your...

ok, I understand now. So when you would tell it to boot to the Linux hard drive, did it show you the Grub menu? It sounds like what you said, you installed the boot loader on the Linux drive so when you boot up the default drive, which is the Windows drive, it doesn't see the boot loader. I...

ok, so the boot menu (Grub) shows up and you can select Windows and that boots fine. But when you select Linux, that fails to boot?

Does your computer have multiple hard drives? Did you go into the Bios and change which one it should boot to? In your post you said "booting from that hard drive,". This makes me think you did this and the boot info isn't on that hard drive. If you did, change the boot drive in bios back to...