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Cornelius Flynn<p>So sick of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> Just wanted to grab a file from my OneDrive on my work system, but they had to authenticate it was me.</p><p>Off to the authenticator app.<br>Retrieve and Input the code.<br>“Welcome. You can now change your password.”<br>Didn’t ask to. No option to use my current (up to date) password. <br>Changing it would require changing it on 6 other systems (including consoles).</p><p>Just NO. Bugger off!</p><p>Moving everything off OneDrive to a different cloud and then I’m wiping it.<br>Had enough of their stupid unnecessary security shit when you just want to log in on a secure server with your secure password. <br>Already cancelled Office.</p><p>Installed Linux Mint on two systems so far, will do the others this week and keep one WinBlows system for dictation only.<br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/onedrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onedrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a></p>
George Ellenburg (he/him/his)<p>I've got the absolute CRAZIEST thing going on with my <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> workstation right now. (<a href="https://bofh.social/tags/LinuxMint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxMint</a><span> 22.1 Xia)<br><br>I am </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/hearing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hearing</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/WATER" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WATER</a> like waves crashing ashore every 10-15 minutes. It's a <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/short" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#short</a><span> clip, 3? Maybe 4 seconds long?<br><br>For the life of me I can't figure out what in the hell is generating this noise! I don't have THAT many apps running or windows open.<br><br>Nemo (file manager)<br>Terminal<br>Evolution (email)<br>Xed (text editor)<br>Signal Desktop<br>Firefox (all tabs are muted)<br>Zen Browser (1 tab, on </span><a href="https://old.reddit.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://old.reddit.com</a><span>)<br>Obsidian<br>LM Studio<br>Minder (mind maps)<br>Couple of Chromium PWA apps (my fedi accounts)<br>Screenshot applet<br>Alarm Clock applet<br>KDE Connect applet<br>NoMachine (remote desktop)<br>Joplin applet<br>Alarm Clock applet<br>KeePassXC applet<br>Nextcloud Desktop Sync applet<br>Notes applet (sticky notes)<br>Printers applet (network printer)<br>Removable Drives applet<br>Bluetooth applet<br>Networking applet<br>Sound Control applet<br>Clock &amp; Date applet<br><br>I seriously wonder if I've got malware (unlikely though - I only install software from reputable sources). Not to mention I've never heard of malware that plays an audio file every 10-15 minutes of fucking </span><i>water</i>.</p>
Andrew Wedlake<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>itsfoss</span></a></span> Linux Mint - and not because of any deficiency on its part. LM is a really great X11 based distro. I wanted GNOME, and to sink my teeth into Wayland.</p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a></p>
oldtux<p>Kann jemand in Meerbusch-Lank einer einzelnen Person (92) bei den 1. Schritten mit <a href="https://krefeld.life/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> helfen? Auf seinem Laptop läuft <a href="https://krefeld.life/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a>.</p>
Large Format Projectionist<p>Are you worried about your content if you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeApple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeApple</span></a> ? Think you need to move that first, then dump the hardware?</p><p>WRONG.</p><p>Dump the hardware IMMEDIATELY. Keep your iCloud subscription and move the content as you find solutions.</p><p>Hints:<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> on a used* Pixel 9 phone <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeGoogle</span></a> 'd <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> on a used* laptop.</p><p>*Craigslist, eBay, friends, or ask <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>.</p>
FibroJedi<p>Do any users of <a href="https://gamepad.club/tags/GIMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIMP</span></a> on <a href="https://gamepad.club/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> know how to install the in-development version of the Resynthesizer plugin, called the "resynthesizer3 branch"?</p><p>Despite being a Linux user, I've maybe "cloned, built and installed" two things since 2019...so I need instructions-for-dummies.</p><p>I'm just missing a couple of the healing functions from Resynthesizer as it was far better at it than I am doing it manually.</p><p>Thanks.</p><p><a href="https://gamepad.club/tags/GIMP3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIMP3</span></a> <a href="https://gamepad.club/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a></p>
Agenda du Libre<p>Chambery: Forum Alpinux, Le jeudi 3 avril 2025 de 20h00 à 22h00. <a href="https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/31222" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">agendadulibre.org/events/31222</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/forum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forum</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/libre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libre</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openSource</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/linuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxMint</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/alpinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alpinux</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/pr%C3%A9sentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>présentation</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/logicielsLibres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logicielsLibres</span></a></p>
Dirk Jan Lekkerkerker<p>Waarschijnlijk kennen jullie de blog van <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@mboelen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mboelen</span></a></span> al: <a href="https://linux.vooreenbeginner.nl/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">linux.vooreenbeginner.nl/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Hieraan ga ik een kleine bijdrage leveren, ik maak video's van de hoofdstukken / onderdelen die Michael behandelt, als ik ze tenminste ook begrijp, zelf ben ik geen ICT-er. Enkele video's zijn reeds gereed, zie: <a href="https://tube.spdns.org/c/uitleg_videos/videos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tube.spdns.org/c/uitleg_videos</span><span class="invisible">/videos</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/linuxvooreenbeginner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxvooreenbeginner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a></p>
Adrian Dymorz<p><span>Ich kann mich (noch) nicht entscheiden, womit ich ein Notebook für mich neu aufsetzen möchte.<br><br>Auf der Shortlist stehen<br>- GhostBSD<br>- Linux Mint<br>- Void Linux<br>- Windows 11<br><br>Ich hätte am liebsten ein System ohne systemd, mit aktuellen Paketen, einigermassen schnell und einfach aufgesetzt, mit Festplattenverschlüsselung und mit einem stabilen Update Prozess.<br><br>Was würdest Du nehmen?<br><br></span><a href="https://sharkey.peaceful.social/tags/OS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OS</a> <a href="https://sharkey.peaceful.social/tags/Linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://sharkey.peaceful.social/tags/Unix" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unix</a> <a href="https://sharkey.peaceful.social/tags/BSD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BSD</a> <a href="https://sharkey.peaceful.social/tags/GhostBSD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GhostBSD</a> <a href="https://sharkey.peaceful.social/tags/LinuxMint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxMint</a> <a href="https://sharkey.peaceful.social/tags/VoidLinux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoidLinux</a> <a href="https://sharkey.peaceful.social/tags/Windows11" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows11</a></p>
Large Format Projectionist<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TomTom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomTom</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> has a very interesting zoom. I think it's speed-dependent/logarithmic. Once I remember that, it's really precise.</p><p>Overall, some tricks need to be learned. But I haven't been swearing at it as much as I did with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Garmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garmin</span></a> </p><p>(Talkin' 'bout route-planning on a laptop. TT is web-based, Garmin uses an application.)</p>
Soheb<p>Switching my old laptop from Zorin OS to Linux Mint.</p><p>Linux Mint just *flies* on this laptop, and no weird issues such as the trackpad slowly not working and other nonsense like that.</p><p><a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/ZorinOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZorinOS</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a></p>
chef 😎<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hessen.social/@ralpho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ralpho</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rheinneckar.social/@cameo007" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cameo007</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://swiss.social/@phippu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>phippu</span></a></span> <br>Jetzt geht es.</p><p>Musste im Boot-Manager den ganzen Block "Legacy boot" deaktivieren, im UEFI-Bootmenü steht Ubuntu oben.</p><p>Jetzt kommt beim Hochfahren ohne USB-Stick direkt das Grub-Menü:</p><p>Linux Mint<br>Linux Mint (recovery?)<br>Win<br>(...)</p><p>Das Fenster mit der Eingabeaufforderung grub&gt; kommt nicht mehr.</p><p>Wichtig jetzt noch: Software für Angebote, Rechnungen, Produkte, Kunden etc. auf Linux umstellen.</p><p>Taugt Fakturama?</p><p><a href="https://social.cologne/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/betriebssystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betriebssystem</span></a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/fakturama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakturama</span></a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/rechnungen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rechnungen</span></a></p>
Tobias Laabs :mastodon:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@schenklklopfer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>schenklklopfer</span></a></span> </p><p>Für den eingefleischten Windoofs User kann ich <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Mint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mint</span></a> absolut empfehlen. Habe meine gesamte Familie inzwischen mit <a href="https://norden.social/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> versorgt.</p>
Johnny Bigoude<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@john" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>john</span></a></span> Linux Mint, because it's easy to use for me who is coming from Window$. <br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a></p>
Joa<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@john" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>john</span></a></span> </p><p>Linux Mint because it is user friendly and works out of the box. The graphical desktop environment "Cinnamon" is quite similar to windows, but much better. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a></p>
Tülsa<p>Yo, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> what is a fast &amp; simple image editing software u can use other than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNUImagingSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNUImagingSoftware</span></a> aka G*MP?</p><p>I'm thinking along the lines of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irfanview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irfanview</span></a> from back in the day with tons of keyboard shortcuts for quickly resizing photos.<br>I use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>image</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
Natsura :cyberverified_pink:<p>I just scheduled a note to be published on April 20th at 10:00 AM EST in regards to my thoughts on switching from <a href="https://catgirl.center/tags/Windows" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> to <a href="https://catgirl.center/tags/LinuxMint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxMint</a>. April 20th marks the one year anniversary of me making the big switch in operating systems.</p>
Jiří Fiala Total Landscaping<p>Trying out <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cinnamon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinnamon</span></a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a>. There is no way to add or change keyboard layout 🤷‍♂️ it should be there but it's missing. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/bugmagnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugmagnet</span></a></p>
pgcd<p>I've been using Mint (Cinnamon) exclusively for the last four years or so, and I'm generally completely happy and satisfied and I don't miss Windows at all.</p><p>Except for one thing: Windows terminal.</p><p>And actually just one part of Windows terminal: being able to give different names to tabs.</p><p>I don't want to use a different terminal with AI bullshit or anything, I just want to have different names in tabs.</p><p>Anybody?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a></p>
Dan Keck<p>Could anyone spare a "Like" for these kids who are trying to plant some seeds of Open Source in the USA Midwest?</p><p><a href="https://metapixl.com/p/osc_osu/812302341370206284" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">metapixl.com/p/osc_osu/8123023</span><span class="invisible">41370206284</span></a></p><p><a href="https://a11y.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a></p>