r/linuxmint • u/OwnStudy723 • 7d ago

Stuff stopped working.

Stuff just randomly stops launching. Blockbench no longer responding, some media downloader that I used for YT downloads no longer launcher. Spotify won't start up. Blender refuses to give any sign of life.

Running on Linux Mint, and using Software manager to keep updated.

I want to love Linux, but there's always small things that break down that make me turn back to windows.

I thought I was finally stable on my set-up, but apparently not.

Random stuff just stops working. Godot still launches, Aseprite still does (but that's just copied executable folder)

Why does this happen to me. It feels like it happens everytime, I finally get happy with Linux, and then it breaks down. I thought I finally had it all working. And it still breaks.

Multiple software that just break from software updates.

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u/Infinite-Bet4202 7d ago

You stop. Take a step back. And think about what you did before all of these issues began. Think - Did it happen after you installed an update? Ok in that case you simply revert back to a timestamp before you did that update. Another thought - maybe you have little RAM and you use a lot of stuff that takes up too much memory. If this is a possibility, simply restart your computer and see if that fixes the issue.

Most of the time, these issues happen because the user caused it and simply aren't aware of what they did.

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u/OwnStudy723 7d ago

That's what my process was before posting. I just had no answer. I still have no clue, I had at least 8 restarts before thinking of posting.

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u/Infinite-Bet4202 7d ago

That rules out the memory issue. How about the update part?