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  1. tinfoil-hat

    Which Distribution cured your Distrohopping?

    For me it's LMDE6, I love how stable it is, I have now 70 days of uptime and it's still as fast as on the first day. trough linuxmint repo, I get the latest cinnamon packages and firefox etc. trough flatpak I don't really miss any software. Also the base system is as robust as debian stable...
  2. U

    i use kde BC gnome had some bugs

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  3. U

    i dualbooted to ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  4. tinfoil-hat

    Too Much RAM -> RAMdisk?

    Hi, I have 64GB of RAM and actually need only 32GB. What and how can I run software in a RAMdisk? Which program would you use? How would you accomplish this? I am ln LMDE6, if that helps. Maybe I can run Brave in RAM? If yes, how?
  5. tinfoil-hat

    Solved Displays go dark - Keyboard and Mouse don't do anything

    Hi, I mostly let my PC running 24/7, but now when I let my PC running for ~24h my Displays go dark and my Mouse and Keyboard don't do anything. no CTRL+ALT+Del. No CTRL+ALT+{F1, F2, F3, F4, ...}. My PowerLED on my desktop is running also the Keyboard and Mouse LEDs are on. That's very unusual...
  6. tinfoil-hat

    Solved How to launch Script in Nemo

    Hi, I use Cinnamon with Nemo File Manager and want to execute a script in rightclick of a file. How would I accomplish this?
  7. super_user_do

    Check out this interesting project!

    Hello everybody! While I was browsing mastodon i've found this very interesting project which nobody even seems to know the exsistence of. It's called Kera Desktop and it seems to be a graphically pleasing desktop enveroinment We should definitely check it out. What do you think of this?
  8. tinfoil-hat

    How old ist your Linux Installation?

    Hi, since there are much Distrohoppers and people messing up their installations and starting over or made a new install because a new version came out; I wonder how old your Filesystem / Installation is. For Example, I stopped Distrohopping, settling with Linux Mint How to check the age? stat...
  9. Linuxen100

    First Time Building a PC Need input on specs.

    Hello there, I am looking to build a custom pc I have never done so before so this will be my first time. I heard Microcenter is a good place to find decent prices for parts. Looking at ones on amazon that fit my needs as a reference because I don't know how to pick parts from scratch I came...
  10. tinfoil-hat

    Make Linux recognize FireTV as second Monitor

    Hi there, The Question is pretty straight forward. How can I make the TV with FireTV be handeld from Linux as an External Monitor? cheers
  11. malorn

    How is amdgpu firmware installed on LMDE5 desktop?

    I have a long list of missing amdgpu firmware files. I also have a longer list of installed amdgpu firmware files which were automatically installed as I had no idea they were there until I looked. There must be a way to get firmware updates, but I have no idea how to get it to work. I prefer...
  12. raynbow

    Search keywords in Desktop entry

    Hi, I am looking for a solution to find *.desktop files created on an Ubuntu, Debian or Linux system in general based on the values in the "Keywords=" field. When I search for Linux launcher find keywords .desktop entry I find a lot of hits, e.g. Add check for missing keywords field in...
  13. A

    Desktop freezes just before finishing loading

    Hi ! I'm using Linux Lite 5.4 and since yesterday, I cannot access my desktop. The boot goes as normal (I removed quiet splash from the grub file to make sure it was ACTUALLY loading) but right as when it's supposed to start loading the desktop, the white text blinking indicator or whatever it's...
  14. rado84

    [how to fix] Second instance of the same program

    This info isn't easy to find on the internet, so I decided to share the solution here for those who don't know it and have come across the same problem. It's about desktop environments that use programs from other environments, which was my case - I'm using Cinnamon with a few programs from KDE...
  15. Johan_Perjus

    Who wants to develop a Desktop with me?

    Hello! I am a graphic designer and UI designer with some fresh ideas for a desktop environment, better than the ones that that are out there IMHO. Who wants to help code?
  16. M

    By removing the file manager, removed the desktop. How do I repair or replace it?

    Manjaro Xfce Lysia 20.03 Deleted thunar file manager, replaced with pcmanfm. I reboot and there is no desktop - one black background and my xfce panels. I realized what I did, installed thunar back, but again there was no desktop. in the desktop settings it is displayed: "The desktop manager is...
  17. T

    SIM Card USB interface to make phone calls?

    Is that a thing? I've a bunch of SIM cards which still have credit on them. I'd like to use them to make phone calls from the comfort of my desktop. Is that even possible? What devices are compatible? vidmate mobdro word counter What's the software needed? Just want to make use of those sims
  18. L

    How to get all installed Desktop Applications with Licence info using Linux command

    I want to get all Desktop Applications info with License and other basic Details using command. Which Command I can use to get it?
  19. O

    Search file in thunar as dolphin

    When I search a file I have to write letters in a small searchbox bottom right corner in thunar. I just want to search files how I search in dolphin. Or just in windows. For instance when I type double "a" I want to find second file that starts with "a" in a alfabetical way.
  20. F

    another newbie broken desktop

    Hi This is Greg and I've developed a trait, in my old age, I like to see how things work. And I'm disliking "windows" more and more each day, as I grow older. I finally broke my "Tessa". I was adding things in terminal, like Kodi and Mythtv, to see how things worked and if I liked them. In...
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