Did all these myself, to fix it from the horrible defaults to pretty much similar to yours but with solid black background.
I can't find where to change the Window decoration sizes like the close X box in the title bar, it stays too small...
I found where I could turn off the bloody thumbnail previews when applications are grouped together, but the list once it goes off the top of the screen (like with 30 open Firefox windows) there's no way to scroll up and down it. Also, there is no way to set a window border color, so black dark themed windows get lost on other dark themed windows. It's like they just never tested it with the public, with visually challenged people, or old people. The defaults are so obviously flawed... the first thing you have to do is hunt everywhere to fix this. It's not about customizing it to your preferences, it's about making it just plain friggin usable.
I tried using Cinnamon for 30 minutes after tweaking it out as best as I could, then fled back to Windows 10. It's just too uncomfortable and awkward to use once you get more than 10 windows open. It's not a particular good Windows manager.
@pascalphase2556 Says:
A very useful vidéo ! you did a real good job...Thank you !
@adorablecat9589 Says:
Sir, how about linux mint xfce is the way to adjust the same as cinnamon?
@shenidan2023 Says:
Another excellent video describing some key features in a super quick and digestible format
@jackfrost-lh7tn Says:
One of the most important things in my opinion is zswap.
ZSwap pool is full or RAM is exhausted, the least recently used page is decompressed and written to the swap file or partition on the hard disk. This process is also known as "pageout" or "swapping out".
After the page has been dumped into the swap file or partition, the compressed version in the ZSwap pool will be freed, making room for other pages that need to be compressed.
This mechanism helps to reclaim memory by swapping out infrequently used pages and freeing up RAM for more critical system processes. By compressing pages before they're written to disk, ZSwap can reduce the amount of physical memory required, which can help improve overall system performance and responsiveness.
This can be extremely useful to those that have little memory, Those that have lots will see a 75 percent increase in speed and here is a look at mine.
:~$ dmesg | grep zswap
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-28-generic root=UUID= ro quiet splash zswap.enabled=1 zswap.zpool=z3fold zswap.compressor=lz4
[ 0.021402] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-28-generic root=UUID= ro quiet splash zswap.enabled=1 zswap.zpool=z3fold zswap.compressor=lz4
[ 0.971765] zswap: loaded using pool lz4/z3fold
Here's a breakdown of the output:
1. The first two lines show the kernel command line options that were used to boot my system. Specifically:
* `zswap.enabled=1` enables ZSwap.
* `zswap.zpool=z3fold` specifies the zpool (ZRAM) compression pool type as "z3fold", which is a fast and efficient compression algorithm.
* `zswap.compressor=lz4` specifies the compressor algorithm used for page compression, in this case LZ4.
2. The third line shows that ZSwap was successfully loaded using the specified pool (lz4/z3fold) and compressor (LZ4).
I removed the code for the UUID binary code. I can tell you straight up you will see and feel a huge benefit.
@practicalplinking6133 Says:
I believe you have been switching between partitions on your device. I had problems w/win10 and installed Mint20.3 and ended up partioning this device. Which video have you posted that instructs me to be able to do the switching !! I have an app I just cannot get installed correctly useing the "Wine" app in Linux. I have the original installation disc.I installed it in win10 but, it's now partitioned, where I can't access it.
@kuwintinkeristie532 Says:
Maybe you can answer this; why does the latest upgrade disable our laptop sound cards, and why does Mint not address this with a fix or a rollback, or even a setting tab in the system settings? It's very irritating having to use a Bluetooth speaker, instead of our previously fine sound apps. Not all users are tech whizzes.
@randyvanheusden732 Says:
I am a IT person and have been working with computers for 50 years. I have worked with nearly every OS that you can imagine even before DOS, OS/2, and Windows. I am a Linux Mint MATE user, and appreciate the video here. I will be looking at many more like it.
@alanCalhoun2 Says:
Thanks or the Auto Scroll Tip
@fbushphone Says:
Really useful to me as I've just installed the 32bit version on an old Dell machine to replace MS Vista to show my grandchildren Python programming. Thank you for sharing.
@Georgy_47 Says:
I used everything. Under the sun and got tiered of windows 11 slowness and Mac OS changes that made me feel like I’m running iPad os and so I went back to Linux I used mint thru university until my masters degree and was able to get most out of my old thinkpad laptop I got a new thinkpad now and with Linux mint on it again feels at home I don’t customize anything except fonts scaling in fonts and that’s about … everything else I keep it as vanilla as possible .. simplifying things makes me focus on my task and work rather than endless tweaks and changes. I distro hopped a lot but now mint wins everytime
@JessicaFEREM Says:
one way to make sure your documents run with the correct fonts when sharing, make sure to enable "store fonts in the file" or "embedded fonts" something along those lines.
In libreoffice, you go to File > properties > fonts > Embed Fonts in the document
You have to do this per-document in libreoffice
there is a way to do it in MSWord as well but I forgot how to do it.
@raymarckorga8431 Says:
how do i get back yo windows 11? my os right now is linux mint
@Azureskies01 Says:
The fact that there is no AMD driver GUI and my mouse and peripherals either don't have an open source alternative or you need multiple programs to do what is bundled in with the windows drivers.
Now that gaming is fixed for the most part on linux (thanks Valve) they are like... 85%-90% there. They just have to get all of the odds and ends put in there to make it a smooth transition from windows.
@lyiusapangolin Says:
As someone planning to move to LMDE soon and away from windows, this video is extremely helpful. I am so happy that installing fonts on LM is as easy as it is shown in this video, because it means installing all the fonts I already use will be very straight forward! I love the customisation options shown, though I would likely have to look through them myself to see what I would use in specific.
I also like how you showed both the terminal and package manager ways to install specific programs, it helps show that the terminal isn't nearly as complex as it seems.
Snapshots are incredible, and will help tons for ensuring that there's always a restore point.
@hariegomoji Says:
After installing Linux Mint , I cant see the WiFi connection on my Lenovo AMZ 5500U. Please help me to get connected to net on WiFi in Mint.
@maxquartermain8941 Says:
10:46 if I click on a font file, nothing happens. If I double-click, I get Unknown File Type. Also there is no item called Fonts in the Preferences menu, only Font Selection.
@davidwayne9982 Says:
The only thing I miss from KDE is the AUTO-TILING---- are you aware of any way to do that auto-tiling on LMDE6? (and I don't mean manually moving things-- AUTO- means it does it all for you - similar to pop os or bismuth style...????
@davidwayne9982 Says:
I just came back to MINT after "distro-hopping" for a LONG time.. (years) and switched to LMDE6 and just LOVE it.. so much nicer than the original mint I started on LONG time ago.. THANK YOU- needed this.. I lost an eye recently- haven't fully adjusted yet-- so MISSED some of the things you pointed out.. THANKS AGAIN... your videos are always PERFECT-- simple- straight forward- NOT wordy or full of fluff and chatter.. just precise instructions said simply and directly... GREAT VIDEOS..
@LinuxWorld. Says:
So nice work. Tnx a lot 👍🔥
@VinylRescue Says:
Thank you for the Font installation!! In the past couple of weeks I've made Linux Mint my main OS and Windows 11 my secondary.
@OldAussieAds Says:
I don't use Mint because some years ago it had the reputation (maybe even their official stance) that you shouldn't upgrade but rather do complete re-installs for each new major version. Was this the case at one stage and is it still the case now? I've never had a problem upgrading Ubuntu every 6 months, but then again, I never actually tried upgrading Mint when I last used it years ago.
@nileswright8915 Says:
why soooooooo many of the same videos by everyone/anyone with a dream?!? strange and really bad juju :(
@agrisimfarming Says:
This video has been very helpful since fractional scaling on linux is still a mess.
@cstuartcook9390 Says:
I'm watching this on a Dell laptop that Ive had for 5 years. Its been useless taking forever to load up and constantly running updates slowly. Loaded Mint Cinammon and have done more in the last week on it than Ive managed in the last five years. It does everything I want it to do brilliantly. So easy to modify and personalise. Still like my Mac as well but this is just fantastic.
@tazo1jd Says:
hi I have linux mint installed on a older pc, it runs good. How do i upgrade to LMDE 6?
@equious8413 Says:
Great video, but my mans, I think your eyes might just be bad. lol
@aspiring_millionaire Says:
This is fantastic, thanks for the video :)
@yitspaerl7255 Says:
Thanks again for this excellent video. One thing about timeshift: One day or another, if you set it up to work scheduled, it will fill your disk completeley because there is no retention policy. So be aware ;)
@ShookD Says:
My Timeshift is not working while loading the create snapshot it starts to but quits and shut down the Timeshift app? I don't know what to do? Love the video BTW, very informative.
@johnhoog Says:
Dear Chris, thanks for this Linux Mint tutorial, I am a big fan of Linux Mint..
Today I found out about LMDE 6, I installed it on my Lenove 2in1and was blown away by its performance and silky smooth appearance..
My next step is to install LMDE6 on my Apple Mac mini, the test drive went very well today..
No reason for anybody to stay with Windoze or Apple OS..
Looking forward to your review of LMDE 6..
@albin2232 Says:
I've been with Windows since Windows 95 and am now using Windows 10, but this is where I get off. I will NOT buy into Windows 11. I've had enough of their spyware, bugs and glitches. Switching to Mint this week.
@fredwupkensoppel8949 Says:
I'm a sysadmin. I've done my fair share of distro-hopping when I first started using Linux (way before my career) and now together with my professional training, I can in theory use whatever Unix-like, Unix-based or whatever OS to do my job BUT I use Mint on my work laptop because I need something that just works without hassle.
@signplusbranding3865 Says:
how to hide windows title bar in linux mint 21.XX
@joelee24 Says:
I've been using Mint, the Debian edition in particular for few years, and I enjoy using it, I am looking forward to the support on ARM someday soon.
@Rangerman9404 Says:
I have Linux Mint Victoria (21.2), but I don't seem to have a lot of the features you show in this video
@MiBaTech107 Says:
Great tutorial again. Thank you!
@alphaomega154 Says:
applying the resolution setting systemwide cause problems to application? like wine? how do i undo that systemwide applied setting then? since im using a custom resolution that isnt supported by the AMD iGPU which is aspect ratio 16:10.
@JohnMatthew1 Says:
Thank you for this video. I've always been a fan of Mint, but never really used it all the time. This video really helps.
@firstlast5350 Says:
An uninstaller program for linux would be nice. Everything with linux is such a potch.
@thewatcher5271 Says:
Hey Man, Somehow This One Slipped Through The Cracks. I Have A Computer Running It Through Our Old TV (To Make It Smarter) & It's Never Missed A Beat. Thank You.
@cerescop Says:
Good information, thanks for making this video. I went to Linux Mint on one of my computers and have been enjoying the time I spend there.
@thesilentgeneration Says:
The problem I have had is sending a screen video to my ssd ext drive. It always gets corrupted no matter how I try to move it, copy or drag. How to do that?
@Bankniftysurgeon Says:
My windows 10 lag i3 processor 8 gb ram and hard disk can mint helfull to reduce lag...
@some--how Says:
i have been trying to install this for 3 days now, still im not able to
my laptop goes into bootloop
tried most of the solution that internet had to offer still is on boot loop
tried too dual boot the laptop with win11 and linux mint still the same problem but was able to boot into windows after pressing f12 key
but theres no option to select any other OS other than the win11
installed easy BCD to do a checkup even that didnt show any option for linux as if the pc has no partition
please if anyone reading this need some help with this
@hec07 Says:
Most of problems with Linux is drivers for wi-Fi !!!!
@isaactitus5014 Says:
Thanks for this vidoe you just showed me so very valuble tips I didnot know about.
@krystynahaywood1968 Says:
Thank you, this is very helpful with some good ideas. I have been slowly 'desensitising' under windows 10 and 11 using open source, and finally stopped my MS subscription. I was too tired into Microsoft products to make the switch so took my time. I'm enjoying mainly using Linuix Mint now, occasionally booting in Win11.... A hints and tips video to desensitise from win10/11 and move into Linux would be really helpful if you haven't already done something like this. Now, I learn about Linux LMDE6 and I'm sorely tempted to try :-) Thank you again.
@2u263 Says:
What's the difference between Debian Cinamon Mint and Ubuntu Mint?
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