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bucolic_frolic

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13. I reset my linux because Menu disappeared and icons scrambled

Sat May 30, 2020, 07:38 PM

May 2020

Today when I boot it's not Linux Mint anymore, it's calling itself Ubuntu. I think this system is a Debian based.

Then it wouldn't boot once. So tonight I reset it as Linux Mint Cinnamon. Hoping that solves things for good, but one never knows if it will boot in the morning. And CPU powersave has vanished. And online the site that list the 10 things you should do with Linux when you first install it? Specific to Mint 18.1? Gone. Vanished.

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After 30 years of computers I'm finding them scary again [View all] bucolic_frolic May 2020 OP

I bought a new laptop about two weeks ago. lpbk2713 May 2020 #1

Apple, Microsoft and Linux all need to stop with the operating systems. cos dem May 2020 #2

HD gave me many months of warnings bucolic_frolic May 2020 #3

I have a Toshiba 8.1 and I am so afraid it may crash and I will be forced to buy a windows 10 katmondoo May 2020 #4

Yeah computers are a pain Midnightwalk May 2020 #5

Are you saying you have a separate USB DVD for each pc, or do you mean SSD backups bucolic_frolic May 2020 #6

Just the backup. Midnightwalk May 2020 #7

I'm done with Microsoft and Apple, that's for sure. hunter May 2020 #8

Thanks for the perspective bucolic_frolic May 2020 #9

I use a 128 gigabyte micro SD on my Chromebook to store my files... hunter May 2020 #10

Nothing as complicated as what you do ThingsGottaChange May 2020 #11

Procrastination is my thing too bucolic_frolic May 2020 #12

I reset my linux because Menu disappeared and icons scrambled bucolic_frolic May 2020 #13