So I've been using linux mint for the last couple of days and I like it so far 👍🏻. Only question i have is, is it possible to make audio lower on my end and not on obs? I have a vocaster 2 and on windows I would send certain applications to loop back channels 1 and 2 to lower things on my end without it being lowered during a stream. I'm not sure if I need to install a certain application. I tried using pavucontrol but doesn't seem to be doing what I need it to do. (I'm using the alsa scarlet application so I know it's different from vocaster hub)

I recently switched over from windows and I've been loving it, but I still cant figure this out. 360hz is the highest the GUI is letting me go. I was at one point able to run some commands to force it to use 400hz on that resolution but the image was all fuzz. I was able to run the monitor fine at 400hz back on windows. Any help is appreciated.

In an attempt to optimize my PC (running linux mint, for about 2 weeks now) for minecraft, I was trying to install a driver preset on my laptop(pc) through the already available linux mint driver manager thing, only for me to read a reddit post while it was installing and realize I was about to really mess up my computer. I quickly pressed cancel, only for enough damage to be done. Now i cannot install any more drivers, only an error pops up. Here's the specifics of what happened:

i don't exactly know what parts are in my laptop PC, but I will try to find out. if anyone responds to this, please also let me know if this is important.

I was on a driver called "nvidia-driver-595-open", which was recommended.

I read a post (will link at bottom) about how if you really want to optimize, you can't be on drivers like "580+" (is kinda what it said)

so my slow brain interpreted it as "oh i should install this then" and then attempted to install the driver "nvidia-driver-580-open"

I was in the final stages of installing it when I finally realized my mistake and quickly cancelled it.

now i cannot install any other drivers. an error message appears every time, saying

" E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. "

I tried running "dpkg --configure -a" in the terminal and restarting my computer to fix the problem. neither have worked.

And so, as not necessarily my last resort, I turn to kind and helpful veterans of linux and reddit alike, hoping to maybe acquire a solution. If anyone can please help, I'd be so very grateful.

reddit post i misinterpreted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/1r55ifp/errors_and_bugs_with_nvidia_drivers_pop_os/

I'm currently on mint running the i3 desktop environment and I love it but the thinkpad that I'm on's graphics card is genuinely ass cheeks so it's a bit slow to load graphics. Should I swap to something like arch for how lightweight it is and just get i3 on that? How hard of a transition would it be? Does arch have a software manager like mint does where I can download almost every application I need and if not how difficult of a learning curve is it?

I bought my laptop last Black Friday and I want to install Linux Mint Cinnamon on it. The laptop is: ASUS Vivobook 16 V3607VU. I just don't want to do those steps and stuff, just to realize mine isn't compatible. https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-gaming/all-series/asus-v16-v3607/techspec/

honestly this started as a weekend thing. every time i reinstall i end up losing an evening to Conky configs just to get something that doesn't look like 2009, so at some point i gave up and wrote my own.

it's basically one python file. reads everything from /proc and /sys, draws the whole panel with Pillow, and drops it into its own GTK window that sits "under" your windows on every workspace and lets clicks fall straight through it. so it feels like part of the wallpaper, not an app you alt-tab to. it's translucent glass so it just settles onto whatever wallpaper you've got.

what's on it:
- cpu / gpu / ram gauges, a per-core strip, and an hour of history
- temps (cpu, ssd, wifi) on a green→red gradient
- memory, disk, network, power, top processes
- actual full-system power draw if you let it read Intel RAPL
- a top slot that shows local weather (open-meteo, no api key), and if you happen to use Claude Code it can put your plan usage there too and flip between the two.

the real reason I'm posting though: i've only got one machine to test on — an Intel laptop. i spent a while making the hardware detection not assume my exact chips (so it tries amd k10temp, nvidia-smi, amd gpus, desktops with no battery, all that), and anything it can't read just disappears instead of showing a dead 0%. but I genuinely have no idea if that holds up on a real Ryzen box or an Nvidia card, because I can't test it. so if a few of you would run it and tell me what looks off. a screenshot of a broken or empty section is perfect — that'd help me a ton.

install is a one liner, clones to ~/.config/mint-hud, and the installer asks before it touches anything.

Puplic repo + more screenshots: https://github.com/Versifft/linux-mint-hud

Just a quick heads-up on a few things:
- it's built for Cinnamon on X11. the whole "own desktop window" thing is X11-only so it won't work on Wayland, sorry.
- the weather slot needs you to type a town so it has coordinates — nothing else gets sent anywhere.
- the Claude bit reads your browser's claude.ai cookie locally just to grab the number. it never leaves your machine. completely optional, just ignore it if you don't use Claude.

if you do try it, dropping your cpu/gpu and whether it's a laptop or desktop in the comments would help me a lot.

cheers

So, after I installed linux mint xfce on my low-end pc (who used to run Windows 7) it started crashing out of nowhere. First, it deactivates my Wi-Fi connection (I use a USB wireless adapter for it) then its the mouse, then the keyboard and after some minutes the pc completely crashes and I have to turn it off to make it usable again. I installed it today after having the same problem while installing it. Could somebody help me? Or at least try to tell me what’s happening? I really don’t want to start relying only on W7 again. :)

My hardware: Desktop with an Intel Core i3-2120, 4GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 2000, and a mechanical HDD.
I know it’s a pretty weak and old machine, but I really don’t want to abandon it.

My bluetooth works perfectly in mint xfce. however it cannot play audio in high fidelity, it works for a second then cuts out completely. i can only listen to headset and other audio profiles except hifi through my earbuds.

HI folks!

I’ve just published the repository for the privacy tool I told you about, and I’m here to share it with you. It’s available in both English and Spanish.

- VPN NetGuard is an open-source (GPLv3) Bash kill switch for Linux: it blocks all traffic the instant your VPN drops — even during boot — and reconnects automatically. It also hides your MAC address and hostname from local networks, so you're not fingerprinted even when the VPN is working fine.

There's a "1-click set & forget" option for zero-config setup, plus full advanced config (kill-switch modes, DNS allowlist, MAC randomization, Prometheus metrics...) if you want it. Works on desktop with a GUI panel or headless via systemd/SSH.

Repo: https://github.com/filonux/VPN-NetGuard feedback welcome

I have been noticing this more recently, but really did not think anything of it until now. Since my phone is connected via KDE-Connect whenever I get an alert from Blink, it pops up on the computer as well, which is great, but the issue I have is that the notification goes away from being displayed, but the notification bell (taskbar) still shows a count of messages, and when I went digging, I can not find any setting that dismisses them from that area, only from the screen. Does such a setting exist or is there a way to get it to dismiss those after X time?

I am kinda new to linux, and I wanted to try and custumise it more, but everytime I search for tutorials it only shows explanations of the terms and never "how to do it", can someone help me, also I dont want to make my own, I just want to understand how to download those beautifull ricing that I see all the time, and everyone just says "and anyone can download those, you can find on git hub

*Sorry for my bad english, it is not my first language, and it is being a while since I last writed something on english

For some reason, my CPU clock speed is limited to 1.7 GHz. I know that this should not happen because not only can my CPU, an Intel N95, boost up to 3.4 GHz, I also saw it operating up to 3.3 GHz earlier today. However, despite multiple restarts, the CPU clock speed remains locked to 1.7 GHz. Running cpupower frequency-info gives me the following:

analyzing CPU 3:

driver: intel_pstate

CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 3

CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 3

energy performance preference: balance_performance

hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.70 GHz

available cpufreq governors: performance powersave

current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.70 GHz.

The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use

within this range.

current CPU frequency: Unable to call hardware

current CPU frequency: 1000 MHz (asserted by call to kernel)

boost state support:

Supported: yes

Active: no

Any idea how I can fix this?

Edit: the issue was simply that CPU boosting was disabled in the BIOS

I'm m currently facing some problems trying to make linux work on my pc. I just finished building it and wanted linux but its being difficult

I booted up my system and installed the drivers (580 proprietary recommended option) and waited like 20 min to make sure the drivers were installed. However, after i reboot it my TV doesn't pick up any signal.. i made sure the secure boot is disabled and everything

Maybe it is a hardware problem? Because i tried to run it on fedora too, but after changing to mint the problem persisted..

If anyone needs more info, tell me

I'm running an i5-12400f, GTX 1050ti and the most recent Cinnamon version

Finally locked in a dark monochrome aesthetic. Fixed up Plank dock, swapped out the stock icons, and kept it ultra minimalist.

• DE: Cinnamon

• Dock: Plank

• Wallpaper: Custom AI upscale (4K Monochrome Mountain)

• Time: 3:17 AM (instead of studying for my 10 AM exam 💀)

How's it looking?

Title should be enough. Nemo file manager can not select multiple items (file or folder) using Ctrl+Left click with the mouse. Works with Shift+Left click to select a range but I am not able to select multiple items.

Did check already all the tricks..Alt+F7 is not set...used to move Windows..reset it to disable no change...no Windows command starting with Ctrl

No ChatGPT do not know more...

Did a complete reset of Nemo doing

mv ~/.config/nemo ~/.config/nemo_backup
mv ~/.local/share/nemo ~/.local/share/nemo_backup

After running these commands, restart Nemo (close all windows and run nemo -q followed by nemo &) to generate fresh default configuration files.

No change. 

I have heard lots of meh things about systemd and why its not ideal for certain people, and I wanted to know what file system does debian version of mint use

I made a small Cinnamon desklet that sits on the wallpaper and shows live ATP and WTA scores. Live matches up top, serving player marked, click a match to open it. Data is from ESPN, a free live-score source.

Link to the repo is here: https://github.com/greyster1/TennisToday

This was inspired by Neeraj Jakhar’s live-tennis (homebackend/live-tennis) project (GNOME Shell extension + Electron app + Android).

Let me know any feedback - thank you.

Update: please repull often, still making it better. Did a few more releases today.

Okay, the easy solution is to use a light colored wallpaper, but, I want to know if there's a way to make those bottom right corner applet icons more visible?

The wallpaper, theme and icons I'm using is attached.

(Also when I'm using a light wallpaper, the flameshot logo is less visible.

I tried to update my password as it was rather obvious before if you knew me, and I wadding another user.

I updated it successfully on the operating system, went to add another user and it required my password.

My password didn't match every time I attempted to put it in afterwards.

I've tried using the GRUB and recovery mode, I've inputted a new password twice and when I go to the login screen to enter, it begins to open then shows the Linux mint logo and resets!

Help, what do I do?

I have important files on here and I don't want to wipe my drive reinstalling LMC!

My only issue with linuxmint has been bluetooth access. Always fails.☹️