How do I bring up the contextual menu on a MacBook Air 2015? Neither the CMD or CTRL keys work for this.

I have Linux Mint Cinnamon installed and updated.

One of the tasks I need to use this for is keeping the app icon in the system tray. CTRL click or CMD click won't respond.

Thanks.

Obviously I'm speaking into an echo chamber here but I just installed LMDE for a client and I gotta say, this current version of Cinnamon is really nice. It feels modern, polished and well thought out. Idk I never really jived with KDE. I know Cinnamon is way more limited than KDE but KDE just never felt finished. In trying to do too much I feel it missed a lot of the minor aesthetic refinements. Granted I'm not a a Mint or KDE user, I'm on Bluefin (Immutable Ublue image of Fedora) and am more into window managers or GNOME for everyday use. GNOME is 100% percent not there either btw, visually it feels polished but the extensions always felt like a fragile workaround. I appreciate gnome's tooling a lot more than it's DE or GUI, think (gnome-keyring, gvfs, display manager, etc) 2cents. Also Mint needs to update their documentation to refer specifically to LMDE as Ubuntu is going the way of the dinosaur with all their corporate ish.

Trying to boot up mint from a flash drive, on a windows 11 desktop. I got it to successfully boot the first time but when I went to actually do the install there was no option to keep my windows boot which I want to do so I restarted the boot and now I get this every time I try to boot

Why it "immediately"? Is it different to a normal shutdown?

I keep having things stop working all the time, I'm on a fresh install and having a lot of trouble with pretty much everything, but what i can remember off the top of my head is

1. I can't click on my task bar when i have anything in full screen (I'll press the windows button and it will pull the ui up but i can't interact with it)
2. I keep having major inconsistencies with opening Steam
3. My drives don't save onto steam and i have to add them again every time my pc shuts off
4. most games do this really weird thing where after i play them they pretend to update again even though an update hasn't been released
5. constant Vulcan related crashes with cs2 specifically although I don't know if thats a linux thing
6. And finally, frequent freezing

If you guys know how to fix any of that I'd love to hear it, or if you have any resources for it on hand that would be great. Thanks a ton.

I intended to update but an error occurred and I asked Gemini and they said I had to change the update server and I tried to change it and then an error appeared when changing the server and the result was like that.

soy un usuario de mint cinnamon reciente (ayer) y al intentar ejecutar un juego (people playground) me sale actualizando steam cloud y se cierra, ya actualice los drivers desde la terminal pero nada, me alegra haberme pasado a mint pero se me complica algunas cosas basicas, denme consejos o ayuda pls.

I went back to Linux today, upon surprise my viper v3 pro randomly gets delay when using my mouse and it almost glides across my screen. im set at 1k polling rate 800 DPi.

had a logitech g pro wireless completely brick on linux. not sure what the issue is with high end mice.

Back in around March of this year, I decided I wanted to give Mint a try on my new RTX 5060 PC I bought that month. I flashed the USB and tried to boot it, but I would just get a black screen and my fans would spin so fast you could hear it from across the room.

This obviously shouldn't happen so I just thought "Hey, maybe Mint just needs a update cause my parts are new" but today I tried to boot the install media again and got the same result.

I wish to give Mint a honest try after using Arch for so long, but I can't if this will happen to me. Does anyone have any advice?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
GPU: RTX 5060
Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550M-A AC

Problem

I was having a shutdown problem on Linux Mint 22.3 XFCE. When I shut down the computer, the screen went black, but the fans and lights stayed on. I had to hold the power button to turn it off completely.

Running sudo systemctl poweroff did not solve the problem either.

System specifications

• OS: Linux Mint 22.3 XFCE
• Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)
• CPU: AMD A6-7480
• Integrated GPU: AMD Radeon R5 (Wani)
• Dedicated GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 210
• NVIDIA driver: nouveau
• Kernel tested: 6.8.0-146, 6.14.0-37 and 7.0.0-38

My monitor is connected to the NVIDIA GeForce 210, which was handling the desktop through nouveau.

Troubleshooting

I tried different kernels and boot parameters, including apm=power_off, nouveau.noaccel=1, and temporarily blacklisting nouveau. These did not fix the shutdown problem.

The kernel logs showed a serious error during AMD GPU initialization:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference
RIP: smu8_get_system_info_data [amdgpu]

Solution that worked for my system

First, I temporarily added this parameter to the Linux kernel command line through GRUB:

modprobe.blacklist=amdgpu

With this parameter, the computer booted into the desktop normally and shut down completely.

To make the workaround permanent, I created a modprobe blacklist file:

echo 'blacklist amdgpu' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-amdgpu.conf
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo reboot

After rebooting, I checked the loaded graphics modules:

lsmod | grep -E '^(amdgpu|nouveau)\b'

The output showed nouveau, but not amdgpu.

The computer now shuts down completely and normally. The NVIDIA GPU continues to handle the display, and the desktop works as expected.

Conclusion

On my particular hardware, preventing the amdgpu module from loading fixed the shutdown issue. The logs also showed an AMDGPU initialization error, although I cannot confirm that this was the definitive root cause.

This is a workaround rather than a proper fix for the underlying driver issue. I am sharing it in case it helps someone with similar hardware.

Has anyone encountered this issue with the AMD A6-7480 / Radeon R5 and found a way to fix the underlying amdgpu error without disabling the driver?

Brought an old HP All In One back to life with a new OS. Here are the specs.

kernel 5.15

Panel 1 bottom, Panel 2 top and there is a Panel 3 hidden on the left that manages my window buttons w/o titles. I found icons online for thunar and a cool 3D gear for settings manager plus a something different for terminal. ENJOY!

So far this is VERY impressive. I've only been messing with it for 30 minutes, but HOLY CRAP it launches fast! Even on my anemic hardware!

Hi everyone, I've recently switched to Linux Mint on my main PC due to having compatibility issues between windows and my GPU drivers.

However I was immediately met with an issue: after installing the suggested Nvidia driver (390xx legacy) the whole device got stuck on reboot due to, once again, compatibility issues.

After hours of feneggling and a full system reinstall i was able to avoid the problem by switching to Nouveau drivers instead, but unfortunately they create their own set of issues.

My point is: while searching for possible solutions I've found people suggesting to revert to Mint 21.3, as that was the last version that supported the driver, however I'd like to hear some opinions before committing because i really don't want to spend another two hours fighting with my own pc because it doesn't like its drivers, I don't think i have the mental energy to do that and still fail.

For reference, i have a Nvidia GeForce GTX 880M graphics card (it's old, i know) on an Alienware-17 from 2015, and I'm currently using Mint 22.1, the hardware is in good conditions even if it's technically discontinued.

Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

Hello all, teacher here. A few years ago linux mint xfce revived my beloved macbook air from 2011/2012. Since then my 8th graders and I have repurposed dozens of 2012/2013 desktops for ourselves and local schools.

A school we helped put reached out and said they had even older macbooks and desktops in storage. My question is how old have you guys resurrected computers to comfortably use gmail/google docs etc?

I'd love this feature from zorin I know has it and Ubuntu has just added it, would be a cool feature to have especially for newcomers - LMDE 7

Hello,

I am on the most recent version of Linux Mint Cinnamon. At one point, I had solved this issue, but a recent Bluetooth driver update broke this again. The only resources I've found to solve this are for Arch Linux and do not apply properly to Ubuntu-based distros. Has anyone figured out how to solve this issue?

Thanks!

Heya folks, been having some issues with my current install running on this kernel. Currently running an Acer Nitro v15 ANV15-41. Was running stable on 7.0.0-34 but suddenly getting overheating and screen tearing issues whenever I have Firefox and a video game open at the same time. My RAM usage hovers around 10/16 GB when doing both and on the previous version my computer ran at about 65 Celsius, now she’s running at 87 Celsius and my screen is getting a bunch of artifacting and screen tearing

Any clue what the issue could be?

Small edit: not actively running both until the next update or a fix is found, would rather not torture my poor machine 😅

Its also my first time installing any Linux distro besides raspberry pi stuff. I like it so far! Its true what they say, it just works.

I recently tried to help a friend with his computer. He is running 4gb of ram on a celeron with nvme and a 2gb graphics card in his laptop. It was painfully slow and he wasnt running any software that was windows-only.

I tried my best to get background processes and co-pilot related stuff down, but nothing could change the fact the operating system was bloated with windows crap.

As much as I tried to convince him he would be better off on Linux, he wasn't even willing to try it on dual boot. He thinks getting another stick of ram is the solution (kinda true, but ignores the problem of windows 11 eating every bit of available ram). I was wondering how the Linux mint community have managed to convince people to try it?

Thanks to the Mint team for making a dependable, friendly desktop.

After many years of constant distro hopping, I landed here two years ago and never looked back. Mint just works for me. I install it, and the desktop feels familiar instead of like a project I need to configure.

Cinnamon is comfortable (not without its problems), updates are simple, and tools like the Update Manager, Timeshift snapshots, Driver Manager, and Software Manager really make it feel like home. It reminds me that it’s okay to take things slow.

Anyone else have that moment when Mint finally “clicked” for them?

Is it possible to upgrade from an olde​r mint (lm17) to 23 without reinstall all over?

Hi everyone, I really hope someone will be able to help.

I have recently had a friend install Mint on my laptop. I’d not used it for a few weeks and I forgot my password to log in.

What do I do? 🥲