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Linux

The Mystery Of GeckoLinux

February 24, 2021, 12:04(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

I saw this openSUSE based distro a few years ago but didn’t pay it much attention. For some reason it caught my eye again a few days back. I began to look at the sparse information available. My findings, or lack thereof are below. One wonders why all the secrecy. Until I know the who and where I’m no longer interested.
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Antivirus In Your Linux Mint VM

January 19, 2021, 09:50(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

I use my Linux Mint VM for most of my internet activity. Because of this I like to install an antivirus on that VM so that I can scan files before I transfer them to the Windows host.
To be clear, I do this to protect Windows, not Linux Mint.
I use ClamAV:
“Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is a free software, cross-platform and open-source antivirus software toolkit able to detect many types of malicious software, including viruses.”
ClamAV Manuals

Let’s Install It
We are going to install ClamTk:
“ClamTk is a graphical front-end for ClamAV using Perl and Gtk libraries. It is designed to be an easy-to-use, lightweight, on-demand antivirus scanner for Linux systems.”
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Tagged With: Linux, Security

Reader question about a Linux Mint VM

January 18, 2021, 11:47(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

“But what I want to do is have shortcut on my Win10 desktop to open VMW in full-screen mode, open Linux in full-screen mode, and then autostart Firefox maximized. I’ve been messing around with it for awhile and can get VMW to open full-screen and I can get Firefox to autostart. I can’t get Linux to start full-screen even though I’ve checked the box on the Virtual Machine Settings-Options page.”
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Tagged With: How-To's, Linux

Install And Configure A Linux Mint Virtual Machine

January 9, 2021, 13:05(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Just a quick how-I-do-it.
I do 80% of my internet activity in my Mint VM.
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Tagged With: How-To's, Linux, This Site

Linux Mint 20.1 Released

January 8, 2021, 09:28(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

“Linux Mint 20.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2025. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.”
Desktops: Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE
Release Announcement on Main Page
What’s New: Cinnamon | MATE | XFCE
Download
I use Linux Mint Cinnamon in a Virtual Machine (VMware) for my daily internet activities. I’ll be installing this soon.

Tagged With: Linux

Linux Mint 20

June 28, 2020, 10:09(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” Cinnamon released!
“Linux Mint 20 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2025. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.”
Download links at bottom of the above article.
I would not be in a hurry to use this version as there are major changes. As one person replied about upgrading, “No, the process will be completely different since this is a new major version and a new package base. We’ll make announcements in about 2 weeks.“

Tagged With: Linux

Linux Mint 19.3 Released

December 18, 2019, 15:21(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

“Linux Mint 19.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2023. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.”
Download & Info:
Linux Mint 19.3 “Tricia” Cinnamon released!
Linux Mint 19.3 “Tricia” MATE released!
Linux Mint 19.3 “Tricia” Xfce released!
How to upgrade to Linux Mint 19.3

Tagged With: Linux

How To – Linux Mint Virtual Machine

August 23, 2018, 08:45(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

How to install Linux Mint as a virtual machine.
I do my day-to-day web activities is a Linux Mint virtual machine. This means web surfing, downloading, YouTube watching, etc. This is a quick guide on how I install and setup Linux Mint.
FYI – one of the great things about VMs is you can copy them to other computers. After setup I will copy my Linux Mint VM to my laptop for use one the road.

The steps:
– Download and install VMWare Player
– Download Linux Mint
– Create a new folder on a fast partition
– Create your new VM
– Install Linux Mint
– Configure power options
– Install VMware Tools
– Update
– Install extra software
– Anti-virus
– Configure Linux Mint
– Backup
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Tagged With: How-To's, Linux, This Site

Linux: Question about AMD GPU Drivers

December 6, 2017, 13:31(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

tux

Linux guys,
Does anyone know of a non-rolling distro that will absolutely work with the AMDGPU-Pro Driver for Linux for my video card?
Video card: AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB
AFAIK openSuse Leap will not. Linux Mint is a no go (tried 3 times). Don’t know about Fedora but their KDE spin sucks. Ubuntu…LOL…NO.
I would prefer a KDE desktop but possibly could do another.
VMWare player also needs to work properly.

Tagged With: Linux

Linux Mint 18.3 Released

November 27, 2017, 14:02(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

“Linux Mint 18.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2021.”
“Linux Mint 18.3 features Cinnamon 3.6 (or MATE 1.18), a Linux kernel 4.10 and an Ubuntu 16.04 package base.”
Download & Info

Tagged With: Linux

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