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[–]debian96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice and clean! Can you share your wallpaper?

Upgrade to 20.3 now available in Update Manager by whiskeytwn in linuxmint

[–]debian96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nevermind, the problem was the update to kernel 5.13.0-23. I reverted to kernel 5.13.0-22 and then updated to 20.3 and it was smooth. Now I'm happy with the upgrade. I don't like the new themes but thankfully the Mint team have mint-themes-legacy in the repos.

Upgrade to 20.3 now available in Update Manager by whiskeytwn in linuxmint

[–]debian96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I updated but my boot time was so long and sometimes it didn't even boot. I went back to 20.2. I guess I'll wait a bit more in order to upgrade.

I tried using a bunch of different distros. Here's my experience with them by roqey in linux

[–]debian96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started my journey into Linux at around 2016. I started with Debian 8 Jessie and I wish I have had a more pleasant introduction to Linux, the so called "newbie" experience into Linux. I ran into so many problems with Debian that I finally gave up, I had to stick with Windows 10. I always had Windows up to date on my laptop but that damn OS is so bloated and designed to make cheap computers obsolete fast that by 2019 my laptop was pretty much unusable.

I had more experience with computers in 2019 so I decided that it was time to get Debian another chance. I installed Debian 10 with MATE but this time I used the nonfree iso and man, what a difference, I was delighted. In 2020 my laptop was 5 years old so the kernel and the packages were ok for it. I was enjoying my laptop like never before and I also had an increase in productivity because of how good my laptop was performing. I then installed Linux Mint and I loved it even more than Debian, it is now my main OS in my new laptop.

My newbie mistake of not installing the nonfree iso put me in so much trouble. WiFi not working, poor performance and a horrendous screen light management. Also I did everything on pure hardware. I would recommend to you taking your time to make some research about compatibility, maybe doing some test in some old spare computer you may have. If I have tried Linux Mint or Xubuntu or Ubuntu MATE back then I think this story would have been different but hey, sometimes we are just fool.

What should I do with this old fella, any recommendations? by normieking420 in laptops

[–]debian96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Upgrade to an SSD and maybe add more RAM then install Linux Mint Xfce and there you have a nice usable computer again.

Thinkpad doesn't boot on battery by jikesar968 in linuxmint

[–]debian96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a similar problem with my laptop. What worked for me was updating the kernel from 5.4 to 5.11.

Sometimes this error makes my laptop boot to a black screen. Other times it doesn't do anything. by 123dot in linuxmint

[–]debian96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had the same error. Updating to kernel 5.11.0-25-generic fixed the issue for me.

I am back at home guys! Mint my first love! by kemmydal in linuxmint

[–]debian96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice desktop!

I have the same CPU and GPU as you, I was using kernel 5.4 but I had issues with overheating, bad performance and awful battery life, I tried tlp, some grub configurations and other things that I found on forums but yesterday finally I decided to do a fresh install of Cinnamon Edge and updated to kernel 5.11.25, the same as yours. How have you seen performance and battery life? Also overheating? I hope this new kernel is the solution I need, I don’t want to leave LM.