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Is Windows / Linux Dual Boot a scam? [closed]
I have searched for this topic a bit on the web without any success.
Is Windows Dual boot + Linux way worse than it is imagined ?
Installaed a dual bot linux mint on a windows 11 computer. THe main ...
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How do I enable the GRUB menu on a dual boot startup, without admin rights?
I set the grub timer to 0 from Linux, to make it automatically go to the selected OS without displaying the menu, but it was accidentally set to Windows. I do not have admin privileges in Windows or ...
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I accidentally delete UEFI partition and now I can't boot Linux Mint
I wanted to add more space for my disk partition, however, I didn't read carefully, and I accidentally deleted the UEFI partition. I still didn't notice how seriously it cause and after I rebooted, ...
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Bind command not found in Linux Mint/Ubuntu terminal
I need to use this "bind" command described in articles like:
https://www.computerhope.com/unix/bash/bind.htm
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-Builtins.html#Bash-...
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Unable to run apt update: At least one invalid signature was encountered
My Linux Mint 20 installation suddenly stopped updating. Update Manger says "Your APT configuration is corrupt". Running apt update produces the following messages:
Get:1 http://security....
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Strange HDD noise on Linux but not Windows
I have Windows 11 and Linux Mint dual boot on my notebook. When I use Windows, HDD (WDC WD10JPVX-22JC3T0) works without much noise (almost silently). However, when I use Linux Mint and Ubuntu, HDD ...
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Is it safe to migrate a NVMe SSD to a new computer?
I'm running Linux Mint 20 from a Samsung NVMe SSD on a Intel system (Broadwell CPU, H97 mainboard).
My plan is to make the switch to a AMD Ryzen system.
I checked the kernel compatibility with the new ...
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Possible to show or access the full menu in Firefox 82 on Ubuntu 20?
I just came from Linux Mint 18 where there was an extensive menu in Firefox at the top of the screen. Ubuntu seems to have hidden this. Is it possible to show or access the full Firefox menu? In ...
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How can I solve Linux Installer not showing partitions correctly?
I have a 120 GB SSD and a 500 GB HDD on my computer. I wanted to install Linux (Zorin OS) on my machine. Windows 10 is installed on the SSD while the HDD has 3 partitions. I have one partition empty ...
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Linux Mint - unable to boot from Live USB
I made a multi boot usb using Xboot. I've added Linux Mint and some Windows PE's. Bootloader is using syslinux.
Usb drive boots, menu appears, with Windows iso's there is no issue. But at Linux Mint, ...
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Troublesome Dell Precision 3530 Laptop - won't accept Mint 20 or Ubuntu 18.04
What I really want is to put Mint 20 on my dell-precision-3530, which came preinstalled with Ubuntu.
I installed Mint 19.3 Cinnamon on it without a problem a while back, but not anymore.
The problem ...
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Customize icons in a grub theme
First of all, I don't know if this is the right place to post, so I'm sorry if it isn't.
I have installed a theme (tela) to the grub bootloader, and it adds icons to OS entries. Is there any way I ...
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failed to install ubuntu or mint on DELL XPS 8900: ACPI region does not cover the entire command/response buffer
When I tried to install ubuntu 19.10 on my DELL XPS desktop it shows at the console:
ACPI region does not cover the entire command/response buffer
after looking up online I did these:
upgrade my ...
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How can I restrict xfce or mate setting read-only for some users (on linux mint)?
We have some PC with accounts that are shared by several users (in this case pupils). I'd like to restrict the things they can configure on the desktop environment. E.g. they should not be able to ...
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Putty closing after username on one
something very strange puzzles me... I am trying to login on a server with Putty but as soon as I press enter after the username it closes.
It doesn't matter if the username exists on the server or ...
