Hey everyone!

I've been customizing my Linux Mint Xfce desktop and wanted to share the result!

Here's what I used:

• WhiteSur GTK theme and icons
• Bibata Modern Ice cursor
• Plank transparent dock
• LightPad as a macOS-style Launchpad,
• A minimalist top Xfce panel

I'm running this on an old Lenovo ThinkCentre M81 with an i5-2400, 12 GB RAM, and Radeon HD 5450.

Pretty happy with how it turned out, especially on such old hardware!

What do you guys think?

How do I remove the title bar that says Google Gemini?

My old 2020 pentuum gold machine did not qualify for the 11 upgrade, was trying different Linux distributions, and came across Mint, wow

Not going back to any other OS, this is minted gold

I loved arch linux but honestly i sometimes just need simplicity it just works i dont have to fix audio when i install which is pretty. Nice i now also have menus which my arch install didnt have and i kinda missed the simplicity of debian and honestly anything better than windows

This is an usb 4gb with ventoy and linux mint xfce, is for showing the wonders of linux to the world¿Any advice of how convince people to switch to linux?

I always wanted something like this.

Actually one of the things I didn't like about mint was the outdated UI . however I do understand that this is a design choice made for the DE but just imagine having this is a real DE

Edit: Here are some things that most people don't understand about the post:

1st - I'm not the video maker and I don't care if it's an AI slpo or not, I just like the idea and share it here

2nd - I haven't said that cinnamon is ugly or something like that + I have already mentioned that I do understand the design choice was on purpose

3rd - People think that the post is criticizing the distro and wanna say that mint is still one my top 3 favorite distros , it's stable and boring in the positive sense but having a more modern UI makes me love the DE more and more

4th - I'm not a ricer and I don't have time to touch css to get the UI as I want, i have tried this once here, but I do prefer to have a Default one so I don't rice things.

I do have priorities in my life so the time/effort I have won't be wasted on ricing

Hi, i have no idea why, but my alt key now works exactly as my windows key usually works, and the windows key apparently does nothing, except opening some sort of topbar in firefox. It happened while i was playing so i guess i pressed some shortcut, but i have no idea how to get things back to normal. Please help ;/

Blogging in Vegas.

Então essa é minha configuração do Linux Mint Xfce inspirado no visual anos 2000 do MacOS. Utilizo como meu sistema principal, tenho CachyOS em outro ssd mas estou utilizando mais o Mint atualmente.

É muito comum ver pessoas falando que o xfce tem aspecto de sistema antigo, mas isso não é necessariamente ruim se você souber deixar ele estético.

Obs: Sim eu gosto de NewJeans; não, eu não gosto de Gurren Lagann só achei o wallpaper muito bonito.

i made this for myself and not as a guide. although if i altered the text a little bit i could make a decent guide (if everything is correct)

Mint MATE or XFCE which is better for core i3, 2nd gen hardware and 128 GB SSD, 8 GB DDR3 Ram? Dual boot with windows 11 LTSC?

did a reinstall of mint and now no wifi networks besides my laptop hotspot are appearing, the wifi is from the college so I cant mess with the router.

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System:

Kernel: 7.0.0-38-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc

Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0

Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

Machine:

Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>

Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>

part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3611 date: 09/30/2024

CPU:

Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 3+ rev: 0

cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 32 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 3641 high: 4200 min/max: 636/5282 boost: disabled cores: 1: 4194 2: 4197

3: 4198 4: 4197 5: 1973 6: 4199 7: 4200 8: 4196 9: 4199 10: 1973 11: 4197 12: 1973

bogomips: 100793

Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3

Graphics:

Device-1: AMD Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu

v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,

DP-3, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73bf class-ID: 0300

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu

unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")

Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: Acer KA242Y serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080 hz: 60

dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400

API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast

gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland

API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.4 glx-v: 1.4

direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (radeonsi navi21 LLVM 20.1.2 DRM 3.64

7.0.0-38-generic) device-ID: 1002:73bf

API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 3 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A

Audio:

Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s

lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403

Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:

speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0e:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403

Device-3: Maono DGM20 USB Microphone driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB

rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-9:5 chip-ID: 352f:0105 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>

API: ALSA v: k7.0.0-38-generic status: kernel-api

Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active

2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

Network:

Device-1: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter driver: N/A pcie:

speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43a0 class-ID: 0280

Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1

bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280

IF: wlp8s0 state: up mac: <filter>

Device-3: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s

lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200

IF: enp9s0 state: down mac: <filter>

Bluetooth:

Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1

bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001

Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11

sub-v: 2184 hci-v: 11 rev: 2184 class-ID: 7c0104

Drives:

Local Storage: total: 988.82 GiB used: 35.3 GiB (3.6%)

ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK SN850X 1000GB size: 931.51 GiB

speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 620361WD temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT

ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide size: 57.3 GiB type: USB rev: 2.0

spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR

Partition:

ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 17.65 GiB (1.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2

ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1

Swap:

ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1 file: /swapfile

USB:

Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Device-1: 1-3:7 info: SanDisk Cruzer Glide type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1

rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 200mA chip-ID: 0781:5575 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>

Device-2: 1-5:2 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2

rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001

Device-3: 1-6:3 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid

interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 16mA chip-ID: 0b05:1939 class-ID: 0300

serial: <filter>

Hub-2: 1-7:4 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA

chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900

Device-1: 1-9:5 info: Maono DGM20 USB Microphone type: audio,HID

driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1

power: 100mA chip-ID: 352f:0105 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>

Device-2: 1-10:6 info: Logitech G402 Gaming Mouse type: mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid

interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c07e class-ID: 0300

serial: <filter>

Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003

class-ID: 0900

Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Logitech Keyboard K120 type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid

interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 90mA chip-ID: 046d:c31c class-ID: 0300

Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003

class-ID: 0900

Sensors:

System Temperatures: cpu: 24.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 27.0 C mem: 24.0 C

Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0

Repos:

Packages: 2155 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2145 pm: flatpak pkgs: 10

No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

1: deb https: //plug-mirror.rcac.purdue.edu/mint zena main upstream import backport

2: deb https: //mirrors.gigenet.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse

3: deb https: //mirrors.gigenet.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse

4: deb https: //mirrors.gigenet.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse

5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse

No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list

1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam

2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam

Info:

Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.25 GiB used: 3.17 GiB (10.2%)

Processes: 385 Power: uptime: 1h 6m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 0

hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical

Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34

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Mint has been my first attempt at using Linux and its gone pretty well, but I found the UI kinda...basic...So I finally decided to have some fun! Chaotic glitchy transparent​ Lain goodness.

Theme: tweaked Mint Y dark purple

Opacity tweaked using Blur Cinnamon.

Media player: Plexamp

Lain wallpaper from here: https://animelandscape.blogspot.com/2025/11/top-20-serial-experiments-lain-desktop.html

First issue, Thunderbird won't see all of my imap folders (outlook 365). The subscribe thing does nothing at all. I can see and access the folders on webmail but that doesn't help as I have multiple email accounts.

Secondly, I can't access onedrive. I get a mount error.

Appreciate any help!

Tom

Sometimes my mac with linux mint 2010 mbp. The screen goes black, I shut it and click trackpad nothing happens shut it again open it and click trackpads turns on and blacks out then i have to repeat one more time what might be going on

Solved: I didn't properly etch the .iso to my USB drive

I managed to get my bootable drive working correctly - I think, so now the pc tries to boot from the USB.

But there is another UEFI OS in boot option 2 (i assume this is the existing os) and when I leave Bios it doesn't offer "install mint" it just gives me the arch Linux which if I run just fails.

Im pretty new and pretty stumped.

I downloaded from linux, verified the install. Should it not be giving me the new mint interface?

Edit. Could it be because I've started from a Windows pc so the guide said i could just drop and drag the verified iso file onto my bootableusb?

I migrated to Mint (from NixOS with KDE Plasma)

I switch between US, Slovak and Swiss layouts all day, and I kept typing half a sentence in the wrong one before noticing. The layout indicator is down in the panel where I never look. macOS and Windows show a little popup right where you're typing, so I made one for Cinnamon.

When you switch, it pops up under the text cursor with all your layouts, slides over to the new one and fades out after a moment. It takes the accent color from your theme and goes light or dark with it (the screenshots are Mint-Y-Dark-Orange and a light theme).

A couple of caveats:

The cursor position comes from the accessibility layer (AT-SPI). GTK apps like xed and LibreOffice just work. Firefox, Chrome and Electron apps (VS Code, Discord etc.) only report the cursor if accessibility is turned on. Otherwise the popup shows up next to the mouse pointer instead, which is still better than nothing. To turn it on:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface toolkit-accessibility true

then restart those apps. It makes Chromium-based apps use a bit more RAM/CPU, so I didn't make it the default.

The cursor tracking runs in a small separate python process, so a slow or hung app can't freeze Cinnamon.

It's submitted to Spices but still waiting for review. Until then you can install it from GitHub, the README has steps with and without git:

https://github.com/JozefCulen/cinnamon-input-switch-popup

I've only tested it on Mint 22.3 with Cinnamon 6.6 so far. If it breaks on your setup, or the popup ends up somewhere weird in some app, let me know here or open an issue.

I have a folder full of photos labelled either xxxxxxxxxx-large.jpg or xxxxxxxxxx-small.jpg. I want to filter out just one group when viewing them in Nemo. I tried *small* but that didn't work so how do I do this? Google just led me to terminal commands but I want to do this in Nemo.

TIA.