Linux Made the Leap, Couldn't Be Happier

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• Made the Leap, Couldn't Be Happier
• Don't worry fellow Noobs, Linux Mint is doing just fine!!
• How do I keep my wifi on?
• I broke it again.
• Finally took the plunge - but what to do with extra SSD space?
• Borked my LM install. Had to wipe and start over. How can I make sure this doesn't happen again.
• Mageia 7 Linux distribution reaches release candidate (RC) status -- download it now!
• Lag on gta sa
• Questions about Lightweight Virtual Machine Setup for Microsoft Word
• Is my hard drive failing?
• Is there any way to run live cd but save any changes into current bootable usb?
• Semi-noob looking to jump into the deep end
• Unity3d Can't find Visual Code
• How can I make resizing windows easier? [Xubuntu 19.04]
• I think I've done something stupid! Help!!
• I can't open Intellij on my PC.
• Guys i need help i am frustrated
• How to put Ubuntu environment in Qubes OS VM?
• Ubuntu external display problem
• Rpm and Yum

Made the Leap, Couldn't Be Happier Posted: 02 Jun 2019 06:47 AM PDT I don't know if this is allowed here, please remove it if its not, but this is beautiful. Coming from a lifetime Windows user, this is the most fun I've had in years. Booted up Mint Cinnamon and played around with some things, although I immediately got bored with the "Windows" feel of it. After bricking and restoring my HDD twice, I'm on debian KDE and all I can say is...this is awesome. Edit: Deleted a word. submitted by /u/TendiesAreBestCold [link] [comments]

Don't worry fellow Noobs, Linux Mint is doing just fine!! Posted: 02 Jun 2019 10:22 AM PDT submitted by /u/BobsYourUnc [link] [comments]

How do I keep my wifi on? Posted: 02 Jun 2019 12:03 PM PDT I have Mint on an older Gateway laptop and have my power settings set to never turn off, but when the screen comes on to dim after no activity, the wifi also disconnects. How can I keep this from happening since my torrent seeding stops when this happens? submitted by /u/cmon_now [link] [comments]

I broke it again. Posted: 02 Jun 2019 12:42 PM PDT So, i made the switch from Linux mint to ubuntu, and.. So far, my experience has sucked, though it was mostly my fault. I fixed all of the things that were my fault, and now i have 1 last problem standing in my way that i simply can't figure out. The kicker is that i can't open a terminal login without ubuntu crashing. And i can't login graphically without crashing. Please help, my computer is currently useless. submitted by /u/varx0 [link] [comments]

Finally took the plunge - but what to do with extra SSD space? Posted: 02 Jun 2019 11:59 AM PDT I've been using Mint 19/19.1 for about seven months now, dual-booting with Win 7. I finally decided to wipe the Windows partition and reinstall Mint as the sole OS (after backing up all my data, of course). I also reformatted the HDD from NTFS to Ext4 and put all my data back. I have a 256 GB SSD for the system drive (/ and /swap) and a 1TB HDD for data (/home). In the dual-boot config, the two drives worked nicely as the OSes took up most of the SSD and were both able to access the data on the HDD. Now that I have just Mint on the SSD, it takes up only about 50 GB, even with a couple of Flatpaks. I have over 200 GB of free space - what should I do with it? I have a couple pieces of Win software that I plan to experiment with using Wine (Photoshop CS6 and SW: The Old Republic). That all should end up on the SSD, I think, but still should leave me with plenty of room. Maybe I should have put /home on the SSD for most of my data and then just set up another partition on the HDD for big stuff like music and videos? submitted by /u/Merejrsvl [link] [comments]

Borked my LM install. Had to wipe and start over. How can I make sure this doesn't happen again. Posted: 02 Jun 2019 11:18 AM PDT Several weeks ago, I was running 18.3 KDE and tweaked one thing too many and broke the GUI so all I could boot into was a command line. I had previously copied my /home directory to another drive, so I did another install of LM 18.3, then replaced my home directory with the one I had backed up. Didn't work. IIRC the home directory I backed up was encrypted so that might have been part of the issue (and overkill). Since I couldn't recover my home directory, I decided I had to do a new install and figured I'd upgrade to 19.1 Cinnamon as long as I was at it. Thankfully I keep all my data on a separate drive so I didn't lose very much at all. Now that I've got a fairly new install, how can I back things up properly so that if my GUI (or something else) breaks I can restore without doing a full install? submitted by /u/Rick-Danko [link] [comments]

Mageia 7 Linux distribution reaches release candidate (RC) status -- download it now! Posted: 02 Jun 2019 09:55 AM PDT submitted by /u/CornCobBobby [link] [comments]

Lag on gta sa Posted: 02 Jun 2019 09:28 AM PDT Hi i dont know if i should ask here but anyway so i used to get 60-80 fps in gta sa in windows i just installed linux and its unplayable i have 10-15 fps i tried installing mods that lowers graphics but still 15 fps and another question how do i disable vsync the fps is capped in all games submitted by /u/eneaboss [link] [comments]

Questions about Lightweight Virtual Machine Setup for Microsoft Word Posted: 02 Jun 2019 05:42 AM PDT Hi, I may be using a VM for that inevitable, hopefully rare, and serious need to use MS Word for client work (the only one important purpose I see, so far). Seems it's the second best option, after MS Online. (Side note: I found a software that "brings" MS Online to the Linux desktop. Anyone else using it?) Just to be clear, I am embracing Linux Mint with arms quite wide open, including the beautiful LibreOffice that came with it. Another, although unimportant, purpose is file transfers with my iPhone. On MS Windows 8.1 I used to use a nice app called CopyTrans (never used iTunes). That's it! I have 2 similar PCs both running Mint Cinnamon 19.1: Intel Core i3, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD I'm not sure but I think those specs are modest for VM use...I may need a lightweight setup (please keep that in mind). What's the best VM software? I'll have Windows 10 if it's guaranteed that my Linux systems are safe to run it. Otherwise, older OSes should do as long as they can run the latest suites, e.g., MS Office 2016 maybe. Thoughts? What would be the best OS? Does the OS have to be supported? For example, Windows 7 stops support next year. Windows 8.1 in 2023. What about lightweight OSes like tiny7? (I just discovered this.) What are basic tweaks for better/faster and safer VM performance? (Memory "swap/swappiness" comes to mind.) Thank you. submitted by /u/FamilyComputerKid [link] [comments]

Is my hard drive failing? Posted: 02 Jun 2019 12:33 PM PDT Hello, not 100 % Linux related but since I am using it and all of you are blessed with great knowledge.... I encountered two or three files, all of them quite large (1-4 GB) and compressed archives. All of them were not readable or truncated but were totally fine a few months ago and on my backup drive. I used smartctl to test my drive (-t long) and again to view the results. However, I am not sure what they are telling me. Is my harddrive failing or not? smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-4.9.0-9-amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Crucial/Micron BX/MX1/2/3/500, M5/600, 1100 SSDs Device Model: Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1 Serial Number: 170815FE9B79 LU WWN Device Id: 5 00a075 115fe9b79 Firmware Version: M0CR040 User Capacity: 525.112.713.216 bytes [525 GB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Rotation Rate: Solid State Device Form Factor: 2.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5 SATA Version is: SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sun Jun 2 21:04:34 2019 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 120) The previous self-test completed having the read element of the test failed. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 1456) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 8) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 3) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x0035) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always - 1183 5 Reallocate_NAND_Blk_Cnt 0x0032 087 087 010 Old_age Always - 233 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3930 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2413 171 Program_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 172 Erase_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 173 Ave_Block-Erase_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 23 174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 39 183 SATA_Interfac_Downshift 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 Error_Correction_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 162 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 058 046 000 Old_age Always - 42 (Min/Max 14/54) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 233 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 1 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 202 Percent_Lifetime_Remain 0x0030 099 099 001 Old_age Offline - 1 206 Write_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 246 Total_Host_Sector_Write 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 10044466512 247 Host_Program_Page_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 313889617 248 FTL_Program_Page_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 155490725 180 Unused_Reserve_NAND_Blk 0x0033 000 000 000 Pre-fail Always - 1712 210 Success_RAIN_Recov_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 452 SMART Error Log Version: 1 ATA Error Count: 162 (device log contains only the most recent five errors) CR = Command Register [HEX] FR = Features Register [HEX] SC = Sector Count Register [HEX] SN = Sector Number Register [HEX] CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX] CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX] DH = Device/Head Register [HEX] DC = Device Command Register [HEX] ER = Error register [HEX] ST = Status register [HEX] Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes, SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days. Error 162 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 08 b0 07 2b 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x002b07b0 = 2820016 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 90 08 b0 07 2b 40 08 14d+14:20:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 61 00 08 30 8f 0c 40 08 14d+14:20:38.112 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED 61 00 08 28 8f 0c 40 08 14d+14:20:38.112 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED 60 00 08 00 e6 0d 40 08 14d+14:20:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 47 00 01 30 08 00 e0 08 14d+14:20:38.112 READ LOG DMA EXT Error 161 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 08 b0 07 2b 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x002b07b0 = 2820016 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 00 08 b0 07 2b 40 08 14d+14:20:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 61 00 08 20 8f 0c 40 08 14d+14:20:38.112 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED 60 00 38 00 c8 0a 40 08 14d+14:20:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 60 00 80 00 59 f3 40 08 14d+14:20:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 60 00 00 00 58 f3 40 08 14d+14:20:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED Error 160 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 08 b0 07 2b 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x002b07b0 = 2820016 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 00 08 f0 08 1e 40 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 61 00 d8 f8 8f ab 40 00 14d+14:19:38.112 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED 60 00 08 f8 5e eb 40 00 14d+14:19:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 60 00 08 b0 07 2b 40 00 14d+14:19:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 60 00 00 00 dd 65 40 00 14d+14:19:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED Error 159 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 08 b0 07 2b 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x002b07b0 = 2820016 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 00 08 b0 07 2b 40 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 60 00 00 00 db 65 40 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 60 10 00 00 dc 65 40 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 47 00 01 30 08 00 e0 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ LOG DMA EXT 47 00 01 13 00 00 e0 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ LOG DMA EXT Error 158 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 08 b0 07 2b 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x002b07b0 = 2820016 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 00 08 b0 07 2b 40 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 60 00 00 00 d9 65 40 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 60 10 00 00 da 65 40 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ FPDMA QUEUED 47 00 01 30 08 00 e0 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ LOG DMA EXT 47 00 01 13 00 00 e0 08 14d+14:19:38.112 READ LOG DMA EXT SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed: read failure 80% 3929 41746440 # 2 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 400 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. submitted by /u/udohatestrees [link] [comments]

Is there any way to run live cd but save any changes into current bootable usb? Posted: 02 Jun 2019 08:43 AM PDT it would be really cool if we bring our personal pc within the only usb stick, and plug in somelse computer and borrow processing power, and don't make any changes to harddrive when unplugged, but all settings saved on our stick. submitted by /u/claymachine [link] [comments]

Semi-noob looking to jump into the deep end Posted: 02 Jun 2019 12:26 PM PDT I understand that customizing Linux is (fairly) easy to do, but I'd like to build my own partially from scratch, picking my own file/package managers, window managers, etc without a whole bunch of stuff pre-installed I'm not a total stranger to Linux, and I feel like I would most benefit from hand-picking these components myself, especially considering I'm using a really low-end laptop I would like to use a debian/apt base, and do research to pick desktop environments etc based on my needs. Does anyone have any advice on where to start and the components I need to have a fully functional Linux install? submitted by /u/Decepticon-Senpai [link] [comments]

Unity3d Can't find Visual Code Posted: 02 Jun 2019 08:38 AM PDT Hello i am using Ubuntu 19.04 i installed unityhub and visual code through flakhub and i can't seem to find where is visual code file location i tried /usr/bin/code /bin/code /usr/share/ everything i read on the internet i tried submitted by /u/EiTaNBaRiBoA [link] [comments]

How can I make resizing windows easier? [Xubuntu 19.04] Posted: 02 Jun 2019 12:02 PM PDT It's difficult to resize windows because the sides are very slim and difficult to click. I'm interested in changing to i3, though I don't know how to start. Is there a way I can make it easier to resize windows? Thanks. Lenovo ThinkPad T430 Xubuntu 19.04 submitted by /u/WeCanDoThis74 [link] [comments]

I think I've done something stupid! Help!! Posted: 02 Jun 2019 11:46 AM PDT So I switched to linux a week ago after using Windows for a decade. I installed Elementary OS using dual boot. As I was curious and noob, I wanted to install different distro which looked cooler. I downloaded Manjaro, formatted the Elementary OS partition using DiskGenius before even googling the proper way to unistall linux. Then when I tried to install Manjaro I got stuck with GRUB saying Error: Unknown File System. Entering Rescue Mode. I somehow manage to set windows boot manager default and tried this tutorial http://linuxbsdos.com/2015/09/05/how-to-delete-grub-files-from-a-boot-efi-partition-in-windows-10/ . But no luck. Ubuntu Boot manager won't delete from Bios. Tried this too https://www.blackmoreops.com/2018/09/27/remove-grub-bootloader-from-windows/ Wasted so many hours but no luck. So I re-installed my windows as I was frustrated and hoped it would remove GRUB, but it didn't. It's still there. Now I cannot install any linux OS. Tried Elementary OS, Ubuntu, Manjaro. How can I remove this without formatting my HDD? This is my boot menu after re-installating windows. https://i.redd.it/zpxnsyhpnz131.jpg submitted by /u/rriyad07 [link] [comments]

I can't open Intellij on my PC. Posted: 02 Jun 2019 10:37 AM PDT I am using Arch with i3wm and Manjaro with i3wm. I installed Intellij using sudo pacman -S intellij-idea-community-edition. But now I don't know how to open it. It isn't showing up in the dmenu and trying intellij-idea-community-edition, intellij-idea, intellij. or anything similar isn't helping. I feel like I am losing my mind. submitted by /u/CoreFour1996 [link] [comments]

Guys i need help i am frustrated Posted: 02 Jun 2019 08:06 AM PDT Ok, no matter what i do i get tins of bugs and error. For example i watch a tutorial about how to add japanese keyboard with fcitx and did exactly the same and it doesn't work. I tried to connect visual code to unity3d and nothing works please help submitted by /u/EiTaNBaRiBoA [link] [comments]

How to put Ubuntu environment in Qubes OS VM? Posted: 02 Jun 2019 12:24 AM PDT My environment is Qubes OS, but I would like to put Ubuntu in my VM to create Ubuntu environment. How can I do that? submitted by /u/cbwigyqbv [link] [comments]

Ubuntu external display problem Posted: 02 Jun 2019 02:36 AM PDT My laptop is Acer swift 3 with ryzen 2500u processor I've dual booted it with ubuntu and windows 10 Whenever I connect my external monitor via hdmi my laptop screen starts flickering and when the monitor is in standby this stops and the display mode stays in single display option. When I join those monitors and try to apply the changes the flickering starts again. The monitor works fine in windows submitted by /u/Hariharan__SJ [link] [comments]

Rpm and Yum Posted: 02 Jun 2019 12:16 AM PDT are they both package managers, if not what is the difference between them? submitted by /u/charan786 [link] [comments]

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