Linux Mint 23.3/Cinnamon

I usually don't let kernel updates go through unless there's something really important... but today I was distracted, and the system installed a new Linux kernel release, 7.0.0-28.

apt upgrade showed errors compiling the VirtualBox dkms modules, and the next time I rebooted, I got a nice pink screen... kernel panic.

So I rebooted again, selected the previous kernel from the grub menu, and everything went back to normal (that's why the pink screen is better than the BSOD).
At this point, I removed the 7.0.0-28 kernel update and put it on hold to avoid any future incidents.

For those new to Linux, this might help you avoid doing too much s.e. queries.

sudo apt purge linux-image-7.0.0-28-generic linux-modules-7.0.0-28-generic linux-headers-7.0.0-28-generic

sudo update-grub

sudo apt-mark hold linux-image-7.0.0-28-generic linux-modules-7.0.0-28-generic linux-headers-7.0.0-28-generic

sudo apt clean && sudo apt autoremove

EDIT 2: Thanks for the suggestions about updating viltuabox, which may be also useful to others.
I was aware of this, but since other issues are known for this kernel version, I decided to first remove it, as it offers no benefit on my hardware.

EDIT 1: Sorry, I misspelled the title and it can't be changed... but it might be good for German speakers ;-)

I have been using Linux exclusively for many years now and I distro hop frequently with Fedora and Mint being my two most frequent distros.

I bet my wife that if she uses Linux for a month she will not want to return to Windows. So here is my question. What is the best way to setup Linux Mint so my wife will feel at home and not struggle? Her typical use is web browsing (Vivaldi so it will be the same), Office (she will be using Libre instead of Microsoft), email (gmail so the same), and multimedia playback.

Is there anything extra I can do to make it more enjoyable for her? We've been married a long time and she is finally agreeing to give Linux a shot so I don't want to waste this opportunity.

You're welcome to general reposti this OC for the cause 🤝️

So a few days ago I started to receive this error. I checked to see if it had anything to do with me disabling Secure Boot so I turned it back on and it did not seem to fix the issue. I am still able to boot into mint like normal so it is not causing any serious problems for me but I would like to get rid of this error if I can.

At least I still have good old Windows for most games

I was playing on it just fine literally 12 hours ago when I went to bed and woke up I booted it up and was met with this please help

edit: ill edit this as I try stuff I just wanted to post on reddit in case I missed any easy fixes, I was able to boot into the previous update so ill try stuff in that

Hi all,

I’ve been seeing a lot lately on YouTube about Mint falling behind with its updates and running older no longer support version of things.

Now I’m a basic mint users barely use the terminal and if I do it’s because I’ve searched the shit out what I’m about to enter.

So is Mint falling behind with support and would it make more sense to just run Ubuntu?

Thanks

Edit: at current if 39 comments; my understanding is that a lot think Mint being behind on the 24 version of Ubuntu isn’t great but Mint is still reliable; however if the update to 26.06 in Dec 2026 is delayed, this could be cause for concern. As some are not happy with slowness of Mint’s updates but others are happy that the system is stable and has no crap that could cause issues or bugs.

Is it normal that my GPU is running so Hot while installing a game with Q4Wine?

I tried installing Linux mint for the first time and it showed the Linux mint icon and the screen didn't display anything, they second time I tried it did that. (The reason I show the bitlocker recovery screen is that I got this dell latitude 7490 with a intel 7th or 8th gen i7 at a yardsale for $25 and it didn't boot windows after the first boot. I only could get this display issue visible on camera was with the broght blue screen)

An external display also didn't work to display anything on mint, anyone know why the screen did these broken lines, and more importantly, does anyone know why mint wasn't working? I used Rufus for the usb stick just as a tutorial said. Is the USB to slow at 10mb read speed? Can Linux mint not display because of firmware? Or is it a different problem completely?

Ok I will try to describe it best I can: I formatted a drive to ext4 in linux mint 22.3; format completed ok. Named the partition, and mounted the drive . Checked the properties of the drive to find that the 8tb drive was only 7.5tb unused with 400.8GB of space already used. How can a drive that is fresh format of the entire drive into a single partition already be using 400.8GB of space? None of my other drives do this.... I am really confused.

specs: drive is WDC WD80EFPX-68C42N0 8TB

Disks app shows as disk is OK. Smart shows no reallocation, no unreadable sectors, no errors that stand out. 1 year of smart power on so not that old. I have done the format a few times now and end up with the same 400.8GB of space being used before I do anything with the drive each time.

Any suggestions or enlightenment out there?

Im trying to get the neofetch to display tomoko instead of the mint logo, i set jp2a and chafa as my image backend and i used realpath to get the source for the image in question, but the mint logo still appears, and chafa and jp2a display the image just fine when used. Is there a fix to this

Intel Pentium system if that help

I've been using windows my entire life but because I hate windows 11 with a burning passion and windows 10 is on its way out I finally decided to fully commit to Linux 2 days ago but unfortunately it's been really frustrating so far. First off, booting up and shutting down feels noticeably slower than before. Next, everything feels a little zoomed out and no matter how much I mess with scaling or font size it doesn't fix the issue. Thirdly the volume on my laptop seems way quieter than it should be and trying a few things I found digging through different forums and threads didn't fix the issue. Last but not least, trying to run a non steam game I downloaded with bottle and then added to my steam library just straight up doesn't work no matter how much I mess with the proton settings. I want to love Linux but if everything that isn't browsing the internet is going to have some sort of issue associated with it I might consider biting the bullet and going back to windows. I'm not giving up yet but I wanted to put this out there in case someone else out there is as frustrated as I am.

Hi I just switched to linux mint and wanna clean up a bit - to which i noticed that there are so many apps that easily could just be included in the settings instead of filling up the app list
Is there anyway to do this or at least hide them?
(Also the amount of visual/virtual keyboard apps and settings is crazy)

(THE ISSUE IS SOLVED, PLEASE CHECK THE END IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE STEPS I DID TO RESOLVE THIS . THANKYOU )

So I moved from windows Mint dual boot to only mint a few days ago . I tried everything and everything feels great about mint .

The one thing i want to check so bad was the gaming part . I have heard that mint support most of the games with proton . So i wanted to check that with MARVEL RIVALS . I downloaded rivals ( i already set the compatibility to proton 9.0-4 and force MARVEL RIVALS to use proton 9.0-4 ) . After dow loading everytime i open rivals i get the pop up shown in the picture .

After I click confirm I another pop up saying "UPDATE DRIVER". I checked driver manager but there was no update . Please help me i will attach the system info .

Thankyou

https://termbin.com/htndi

NOTE :

SOLVED AND ABLE TO PLAY MARVEL RIVALS

In Steam settings - compatibility - choose Proton experimental

Then go to library - Right click Marvel Rivals - properties

In general, type the below command in Launch option

"SteamDeck=1 %command%

Then go to compatibility choose proton experimental

For me after this the game works fine . I got the step from protondb you can check that for other games as well .

JPG files aren't previewed in an Android phone connected through the MTP protocol. They're only previewed in the local ext4 partition and an NTFS mounted one.

Copying them to the desktop mitigates it, but it's not viable as a long-term solution.

I want to put linux mint on my gaming PC as windows creates problems. Is it easy to use/user friendly? Can i get steam and Minecraft to work on it? Does AMD software adrenaline edition work? Will it not screw anything up majorly?

One of the best laptop I ever had

I haven't seen anyone talk about this, and since I managed to get it working, I wanted to share a tutorial on how to install Linux Mint on the AMD BC-250 APU machine:

1. Install the operating system the standard way.
2. First boot fix: After rebooting, you might be unable to boot into the system and see a screen with errors. What fixed it for me was temporarily booting Linux Mint using the nomodeset parameter:
   • During boot, edit the GRUB entry (press e).
   • Find the line ending with "quiet splash".
   • Add nomodeset at the end so it looks like: "quiet splash nomodeset".
   • Press Ctrl + X or F10 to boot into the operating system.
3. Update the system: Once booted, open the terminal and run: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade Then restart your PC.
4. Done: After restarting, the PC should boot completely fine without needing nomodeset. You don't even need to install any extra drivers, and games will perform normally.

One final recommendation: Be careful when installing programs that modify system graphics settings. Doing so might trigger the error from step 2 again, requiring you to boot with nomodeset to undo or fix the configuration changes (this happened to me with some complications while installing MangoHud).

Disclaimer: I just wanted to share my personal experience getting Linux Mint to work on my AMD BC-250, which I now use daily without issues. Please note that I am not responsible for any damage that may occur during the process. I'm just a Computer Science student sharing my experience for anyone looking to run Ubuntu-based distros on this APU machine. Have a great day!

I'm running this off a live usb drive. This is my first time ever using linux.