I love how Linux cares about our privacy, control over updates and just plain no bullshit. Of course it's not all rainbow and sunshine sailing but it surely gets the job done for me. ^..^

You're not alone. I don't need my desktop to showboat like some cyberpunk manga birthday cake. I just want something subtle and easy on the eyes.

Transparent panel, date/time/weather in the middle, trashcan in the system tray, no desktop shortcuts. Cinnamox for the menu. Adapto Nokto for the windows.

I had several apps loaded in my 64Gb of Ram. I'm running ComfyUI in --CPU mode as I only hav 8Gb of VRAM on my RX580. The swap file was still unused as I had load of memory spare. When I started running a text-to-picture generation Mint suddenly decided to load a whole load of stuff into the swap file on my hard drive when there was still so much free space in RAM. Why did it do that? Is there a flaw in the memory management module or something? I've noticed it doing similar things before when there was plenty of apparently free memory. It doesn't make any sense as I thought the swap file was strictly for overflow because it's slower. It made the whole system crawl to an almost stop. What can I do to encourage it to only load things into the swap file when the memory is actually full?

UPDATE: Thanks for the responses, I've adjusted the swappiness right down to 1, I'll see how it goes.

I'm in love already. Having a blast with the terminal. Still tinkering with it to get it set up exactly how I like. I'm having a blast with the learning process. I'll get around to doing some actual productive work.....eventually. I know people like to hate on AI, but it's been a total game changer for me in the learning process and figuring out terminal commands, etc.

Cinnamon Clipboard 1.2.0 released!

Hi everyone! 👋

I'm happy to announce Cinnamon Clipboard 1.2.0, a new release with a first-run welcome screen and a few small usability improvements.

What's new in 1.2.0?

• First-run welcome screen: New users can configure a couple of basic settings before the application starts. The welcome screen can also be skipped, in which case the application starts with its default settings.
• Clearer history settings: The Save history (privacy mode) option has been renamed to Record history, with an additional explanation to make its purpose clearer.
• Clearer history limit: The settings now clarify that pinned items do not count toward the history limit.

Welcome Screen

A note about privacy and security

I've been exploring database and image encryption for Cinnamon Clipboard. However, implementing encryption properly and maintaining it responsibly turned out to be more challenging than I expected. I wasn't comfortable shipping a security-sensitive feature that I might not be able to maintain to the standard it deserves, so I've decided to abandon that work for now.

Instead, I'd rather keep the application simple and focus on the privacy protections it already provides:

• Temporary history: Users can choose temporary history when they want clipboard history that isn't retained persistently.
• Secret filtering: By design, text copied from Bitwarden, KeePassXC, and other applications that mark clipboard contents with the standard secret hint is excluded from capture. This behavior is enforced by the application and cannot be disabled in the settings.

I believe it's better to be transparent about these limitations than to add a security feature I cannot confidently maintain.

What's next?

My next major goal is to investigate Wayland compatibility when the Linux Mint 27 beta becomes available.

For now, I don't see a need to add more features just for the sake of it. I'd rather keep the application stable, address bugs when necessary, and consider new features when users suggest something that genuinely improves the experience.

Availability

• GitHub release: https://github.com/Vaider13/cinnamon-clipboard/releases/tag/v1.2.0 — the .deb package is available for manual installation.
• Launchpad PPA: The 1.2.0 source package has been uploaded and should become available once Launchpad finishes processing and building it.

New to Cinnamon Clipboard?

If you're discovering the project for the first time, I'm sharing a screenshot so you can get an idea of what the application looks like.

Cinnamon Clipboard is a clipboard manager for the Cinnamon desktop environment, designed with one main goal in mind: keeping clipboard history simple and easy to use.

You can find more details, features, and installation instructions on the GitHub repository.

A note about AI-assisted development

I also want to be transparent about how this project was developed: Cinnamon Clipboard was created with extensive help from AI. I've explained in more detail how I used AI during development in the project's README.

If you prefer not to use applications developed with AI assistance, I understand, but this project may not be for you. I'd rather be upfront about it so everyone can make an informed decision.

Thanks to everyone who has tried Cinnamon Clipboard, provided feedback, or contributed to the project! ❤️

Feedback and suggestions are always welcome.

I play only mobile games . lately I wanna try PC games I am complete beginner at playing PC games , also I migrated to Linux very recently .

Can someone help me ? and suggest games for my hardware ?

Hey Minters!

I ported NFS Most Wanted Black Edition (2005) to run natively on Linux Mint as a real Linux binary (Vulkan + SDL3), no Wine / Emulator needed.

Tested on my ThinkPad X270 (i7-7600U, Intel HD 620, Mint 22.3 XFCE) and it locks at 60 FPS.

It's a .deb package - just install and select your own original Xbox ISO. No pirated files included, it's an open-source preservation project.

No terminal needed:
1. Download .deb from Releases
2. Double-click to install
3. Launch from Games menu

Was at the DMV for my license and realized all their stuff runs on Mint! Thought that was kinda silly

I tried seeing if could save my old Win10 gaming PC that was semi-bricked by a windows update around a week ago with Linux. It worked and I liked it, this is my first time running any flavor of Linux on my own machine.

Since already had the USB started checking if was able to get any of the older PCs I had kept around for minor parts if needed to run from USB. In total managed to bring 3 of my 5 'nonfunctional' PCs back to life, being gaming machines for their era even the oldest is still powerful enough to comfortably do generic office use today.

I am kind of shocked how responsive the two most recent ones seem with Mint. So now one is my primary Linux PC, and the other recent one am using to test out various things might do as home server (I technically already have a home server, but it is running Win10, so would be good to get that to a supported OS).

The oldest one has such absurd amount of space for HDDs (4x by default, and 3x 5.25" bays that can be converted to 5x) may turn into a NAS when get around to picking up some more disks.

I let this kernel version install today, just like I've done many times before. This is the first time an update did something weird. Watching videos on YouTube, Reddit, and Facebook all showed this kind of green discoloration in various places. I went back to 7.0.0-38 and problem solved. I hope the next kernel update fixes the issue.

I am an old Linux mint user and i am willing to help anyone in his problem on the comments

Write me your problem and i am here to help

My buddy says I'm getting the classic Linux experience in my switch to Mint. At first it was issues with my WiFi card which apparently just happened to be one that didn't play well with Linux so I grabbed a new card no big deal. Now it seems like I'm having driver issues and from what I can tell, it sounds like Linux driver support for the 1080ti. Would my best bet just be to grab a newer card that should have longer support? All of the games I play currently are on Steam and play well with Linux (per protondb) so I'm thinking the only issue can be my graphics drivers? No matter what I'm playing I'm getting like 10FPS max.

TLDR; Should I just get a newer GPU or is there an option for 1080ti that I haven't been able to find or understand yet? 😅😅

I installed Linux Mint Xfce. This laptop was running Windows 10 which was eating the resources of this laptop. The specs are pretty bad [1] but it was still usable up until recently where everything took forever and browsing the internet was not comfortable.

Linux made it usable again and the resource usage drop substantially.

This was my second time installing linux. I'm still a beginner so any tips would be appreciated and let me know your thoughts on this.

If anyone is browsing reddit considering installing Linux on an old machine, do it. it really makes a difference compared windows.

[1] Specs
CPU: Intel Celereon N3350 2.4ghz
GPU: Intel Hd Graphics 500 0.65ghz Integrated
Memory: 3.66GB
HDD

Because i really like the effect kf this and I want to get it onto my windows/pages (its not for the nostalgia factor because ive never used windows 7 before)

Like it happens every time even when I have the ethernet cable in it still says thjs

I recently set up a dual-boot system on my Acer Predator with Windows 11 and Linux. Secure Boot is currently enabled.
However, with SB enabled, GRUB (or the Linux EFI bootloader) fails to boot. Windows also failed to boot after I restored the default SB settings in the BIOS. I managed to fix the windows boot issue by using a usb drive to boot SecureBootRecovery.efi.
I’d prefer not to add a trusted EFI file manually through the BIOS unless I have to.
Is there any way to fix this issue and get both Windows and Linux to boot with Secure Boot enabled without manually adding a trusted EFI file?

I want a nice full icon theme compatible with Linux mint 22.3 Zena cinnamon that has a bit of depth but still keeps a bit of simplicity and doesn't change much of the original icon logo. I am currently using Papirus as my icon theme and i would prefer dark theme if it is there. If you have recommendations then please send with link. Thanks!

I work at a company that provides Windows laptops with a ton of extensions and software installed. I don't even know why so much is necessary, but the experience has been terrible.

My laptop becomes extremely slow just trying to do basic development work. Opening VS Code, asking an AI agent to make changes, running a server through Command Prompt, opening Chrome to check the server, and keeping Jira, SSO, and email open can make the entire computer crash.

And even after closing everything, sometimes I can't get back to work immediately. I open just the agent and try to continue making changes, but the system remains unresponsive for a while.

The frustrating part? I barely have any files on that laptop. Just two cloned repositories for my projects.

After dealing with this frustration, I came home to my personal laptop, which was also running Windows, and realised I was fed up with seeing Windows altogether.

So, I completely removed Windows and installed Linux Mint. I've even done some personal styling with themes, icons, and other customisations.

And honestly, I'm enjoying Linux so far. 😌

Edit: Used AI to format this post, but the thoughts are entirely my own.

Edit : Original Prompt : I work at a company that gives windows os and they install a ton lot of extensions there i don't know why but my windows works very very slow like for just opening vscode and making an agent do my changes and running a sever from command prompt and opening a chrome to see the server and sowm jira qand sso mail my computer crashes and once it crashes eveb of I close all and just open agent and do my cahvwa ot won't work for aa while and my laptop has noo. Larwg fields or any files at all except twh clones one repo of project so after this frustration I came home my laptop personal is also windows and I am fed up of seeing windows any more so I completely uninstalled windows and installed linux mint and did some personal styling like themea icons etc living linux so far 😌 Edit: used ai to format but thoughts are my own format it

It's been 9 days since I posted about giving Linux Mint a try on my old laptop, so I thought I'd share a little update with 4 screenshots of what I've been up to.

1. Ricing and music

I've been messing around with ricing, and while there's still not much going on, I've managed to get pretty close to the overall theme I had in mind. I also switched from cmus to rmpc for music and added cava to the mix. You have no idea how much of a pain that was to set up! But honestly, as someone who's never really been into the technical side of computers, I've learned SO much throughout this process.

The Linux community has also been amazing. Almost every specific question I've had so far has been answered with a clear and helpful explanation. It's been a great experience.

2. Comics

Another one of my hobbies is reading comics, and I've been using MComix for that. There are terminal-based alternatives too, but I find this one much more convenient.

3 & 4. GOG and Hypnospace Outlaw

Thanks to Linux, I've also gotten back to my GOG backlog and discovered a bunch of great games I'd been meaning to play. Hypnospace Outlaw is one of them, and I've included a screenshot in the fourth image.

Heroic Games Launcher is also a great alternative for GOG games, but since I don't have an Epic Games account, I didn't really feel the need to install it just for my GOG library. Installing GOG games is actually super easy anyway: you just download the game file, double-click it, and you're good to go!

A couple of extra details:

The wallpaper art is from Darth Vader (2017) #1, illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli. You can find it here.

The TIE fighter ASCII art in Fastfetch is from ASCII Art Archive.

I've also been learning a bit about X11 and Wayland. I'd like to stick with X11 on this laptop for as long as it's supported, since I don't want to spend money upgrading this machine. I'm hoping to switch my desktop PC to Linux around December, though, and give Wayland a try there with the newer updates.

I'm trying to get a little more comfortable with Linux every day before making the full switch, but even these first 9 days have already changed the way I use my computer for the better.

Linux didn't just give my old laptop a second life. It also gave me a new hobby. And I'm having a great time with it!

Thanks again to everyone, and thanks for this community!