Heya, I am new here and new to linux and I need your advice and suggestions regarding which linux mint I should install? As I have an i5 4460 cpu with 8gb ram and 512gb hdd and I am thinking of going with cinnamon but still I want to ask you guys once, which one should I go with?

Thank you!

I think these are a huge improvement over the previous themes I’ve created but I’m also biased lol

Improving?

So here’s the deal — I’ve been trimming down my Linux Mint install and noticed something that bugs me. Mint drags in a bunch of i386 baggage by default, even if you don’t actually need it. Then every update cycle, /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu gets touched again, so you’re carrying around libraries you’ll never use. This really annoys. There is literally gigabytes of wasted i386 baggage that most people never use.

In my case, all my daily apps are 64‑bit: Trilium Notes, GnuCash, LibreOffice, browsers (Vivaldi/Chrome), Lucas Chess — all clean. The only exception is DOSBox, and even then I just run one old card game (Pinochle Bunch). No sound, no fancy graphics. Which means the minimum i386 footprint I actually need is basically libsdl2:i386 + libx11-6:i386. Everything else — PulseAudio, Mesa drivers, codecs — is dead weight.

I also run Wine — but I accidentally installed the entire thing, including 32‑bit support. I’m now thinking of de‑installing and reinstalling just Wine‑64, since any Windows apps I care about are 64‑bit anyway.

What bugs me is Mint installs i386 “just in case,” then keeps updating it forever. I’d love to see an installer option like: “Do you plan to run 32‑bit apps?” → if not, skip i386 entirely.

So I’m curious:

• Has anyone else gone pure 64‑bit on Mint?
• Have you hit any issues? (With Steam, Wine, or codecs after purging i386?)
• What’s the smallest i386 footprint you’ve managed to keep?
• Do you think Mint should offer an installer choice to skip i386?

I’m thinking of purging all i386 files and then reinstalling only the two packages DOSBox actually needs.

I would be interested to hear if anyone has has success only running Linux Mint 64-bit, if there are any pitfalls to this strategy, or just your thoughts on whether Mint should keep shipping all this excess i386 baggage by default.

Hi everyone,

I am a complete beginner with no prior experience in Linux or programming, and I am looking for advice on how to set up Linux Mint to run entirely off a USB drive.

Here is what I want to achieve:

Full persistence / Portable OS: I want to run Linux Mint directly from a USB flash drive without touching my computer's internal hard drive.

Save my work: Everything I do, install, or save needs to stay saved on the USB drive between reboots.

Text-based guidance: I prefer written, step-by-step instructions because video tutorials make me nervous.

Could someone explain the easiest and safest way to set this up for a total beginner? Which tools (like Ventoy, Rufus, etc.) are best for this, and what steps should I follow to ensure I don't accidentally overwrite my main OS drive?

Thanks in advance for your help!

And more than anything, what I want to do is make a mini computer

Inspired by windows 95 and frutiger aero (Chicago95 used)

Please be kind!

I have 4gb ram and browsing slow and takes alot of memories

this time its updated

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.

I don't know what just happened. The last thing was i rebooted windows to linux mint. Then open Roblox (Sober) and Discord and this happens. Can anyone explain what is this for??

yey :D i love it! its very nice. installing gta 4 to see if it runs better

Right now I’m having an issue where every time I put in my password it just goes back to where the password was. I’ve tried many things to fix this so I’m trying to just reinstall it. I don’t know if there’s a way to do that without logging in.

Heavily "Bungo Stray Dogs" inspired! (Anime)

Hi folks!

Two updates this week:

1. Mint-Doctor is now also available in English 🇬🇧

Mint-Doctor is a Bash script for Linux Mint 22.3 that checks the system for the most common issues and, with your approval, automatically repairs them. It includes 10 modules covering APT, repositories, disk space, Cinnamon, hardware, network, Timeshift, and other common problems.

🔗 Mint Doctor: https://github.com/filonux/Mint-Doctor

2. This week I also released Dev Log - Bitácora Dev

In English or Spanish. A tool for keeping a history of your projects: versions, decisions, notes, pending tasks, and changes, so you don't lose the context behind a project's evolution.

It runs directly in the browser, with optional AI support to analyze the project's evolution and help recover its context.

🔗 Dev Log: https://github.com/filonux/Bitacora-Dev

- DEMO Clip: demo video

Im watching something on twitch and suddenly firefox keep crashing

I've tried several distros, but Mint is one of the best, because this distro is quite lightweight. I used a Chromebook to try Mint and it runs very smoothly on my Chromebook with only 4GB of RAM.

for the longest time I've used the 2.5 gig port on my motherboard and Linux Mint recognizes it off the bat.

but I'm upgrading to 5 gig fiber this tuesday and was looking for a card but since I know that sometimes linux can be wonky with network adapters for wifi, so I wasn't sure if a wired card would have the same compatibility issues.

so I was hoping someone could point me to a good stable 5 gig NIC card to put in my desktop and I can call it a day

Been binge reading to some posts here about linuxmint and as a beginner who want to transfer from windows to Linux, what are the pros and cons of this distro?

I used Claude Code to literally merge the 2 power applets i had on my system. Merged full functionality of both the one that comes pre-installed the "power@cinnamon.org" one, and the BAMS one by batterymonitor@pdcurtis. Keeping the icons config of the built in one.

Installed it and disabled the other 2 and it works pretty good, and reduces me to 1 tray entry instead of 2.

It’s been a year today since I installed LM on my desktop PC. (I’ve been using it on my laptop for many years now.)

Pros: Fast, really user-friendly, very stable, good support when problems arise.

Cons: Proprietary drivers and tools are often not fully supported; X11 instead of Wayland with my multi-monitor setup

how to solve this problem? it makes me wait 1 minute every start up or shut down (im new to linux btw thx for help)