New to linux, a thread

[buoyant thunder]

tux

@timid gorge

here you go homedog, away from the chaos

[lavish basin]

Can I also help or na?

Obviously you dont want like 5 people in here

[wind lotus]

I'll watch from the distance

[timid gorge]

bro it is not that bad.... i just will start installing it and i will come again ok...and thank you alot

[lavish basin]

Remember this

Try looking up the answer online, if that doesnt work come here and ask

[buoyant thunder]

To Answer your question The Software Manager is basicly like a Microsoft store for Mint, it has a bunch of prepacked applications in it that you can simply install with the click of a button

[timid gorge]

yeah i always do that but i said that better i ask first then i start

[timid gorge]

yeah i understood that thx

[lavish basin]

I say dual boot since you want to be careful

[wind lotus]

عربي؟

[timid gorge]

ايوه يباشا

[buoyant thunder]

though not all software can be found on it. you might have to use apt. which is the packagemanager (basically a glorified digital postal office) of Debian Based Installations while ones like Arch use Pacman

[timid gorge]

والله حلو اني لقيت عربي

[timid gorge]

nah dual boot is bad

[timid gorge]

yeah thx broo

[wind lotus]

على راسي

[timid gorge]

اتعرف عليك اكتر بقى بس لما انزله

[lavish basin]

I didnt dual boot when I started since I already had some terminal knowledge (for my MC server) and I live booted to see if my programs would work

[wind lotus]

ايش مواصفات كومبيوترك

[timid gorge]

سلام عليكم
good-bye

[lavish basin]

Ok bye

Wait why y'all speaking in another language?

[timid gorge]

ضعيف عشان كده هنزل لينكس
i5 2400
10 ram
no graphics card....it got burnt :(

[timid gorge]

he is arabic like me and i talk with him in arabic

ok bye

[lavish basin]

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Bye

[wind lotus]

حرامات كرت شاشة خرب مع سلامه تشرفت بمعرفتك

[timid gorge]

من ساعة ما خرب وانا زعلان اوي والله

[wind lotus]

الله يعوضك

بأذن لله

[buoyant thunder]

have fun! heres a little list for what to do when you first full boot

1. Change your Driver with the Preinstalled Driver Manager Tool to the lastest to date one
2. Update your system with the Preinstalled Update Mint Manager
   3.Open Terminal and get aquianted with it, theres hundreds of cheat sheets for Debian(Ubunut) Based Systems https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/244

[lavish basin]

https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/linux-commands

Commands list

[muted knoll]

(not that you exclusively need them) just learn for fun if u want

[buoyant thunder]

i honestly just winged it

Linux Mint is a VERY forgiving Distro.

[lavish basin]

Its basically "here you go, all you really need"

[torpid meadow]

XD
live video of the cat guy

[timid gorge]

guys

now i am on linux mint

please how to setup wine and what to do???

and isn't there any screenshot programs?

which one

[muted knoll]

search the start menu for screenshot. you may right-click the result, and add to Panel

[timid gorge]

yeah thanks

[torpid meadow]

none. playonlinux is no more. read the general chat.

[timid gorge]

now how to install wine

[torpid meadow]

flatpak install lutris

it's wine but with GUI

[timid gorge]

which

[timid gorge]

i can't understand

[torpid meadow]

open terminal and type the command
you could get it from software manager but you have to enable unverified flatpaks

[timid gorge]

i am doing flatpak command thanks

[torpid meadow]

sure. then, you can just open lutris from the application launcher and add your program (if not available natively)

[timid gorge]

it never gonna end

[torpid meadow]

ps. there are 3 main ways to get software

1. software manager (native packages and packages that say flatpak)
2. terminal (apt, flatpak commands)
3. websites (some apps will provide you with a .deb file to install, you just download it and double click, like on windows)

[timid gorge]

application launcher?

[torpid meadow]

it's installing all the dependencies, give it time 😛

[torpid meadow]

start menu, whatever you call it.

[timid gorge]

i did website one for discord 😆

[timid gorge]

oh nice

any other tips so i don't get lost?

[torpid meadow]

not really

[timid gorge]

:(

[torpid meadow]

you can setup timeshift

[timid gorge]

timeshift?

[torpid meadow]

it's in your start menu

[timid gorge]

oh yeah i saw it eariler

but what does it do

cause i see that it did alot of something like scaning so i canceled

[torpid meadow]

allows you to create snapshots of your system

[timid gorge]

snapshots?

[torpid meadow]

so in case something seriously breaks, you can just shift to when it was working

[timid gorge]

sorry for all these questions but this is my first time

[timid gorge]

oh makes sense now

[torpid meadow]

not sure what other word, but rollback your system?

[timid gorge]

i think nice one

[muted knoll]

type welcome in the start menu, and go over all the stuff slowly.

[timid gorge]

yeah i am doing it but still not enough

[torpid meadow]

@muted knoll how to enable unverified flatpaks?

[muted knoll]

not sure

[timid gorge]

"firewall"what is that program for?

[torpid meadow]

setting up your firewall. just check it to be enabled and youre good to go

[muted knoll]

that's to block unwanted and unsolicited network calls your LAN card or Wifi card

technically, it can block outgoing stuff as well if u really want to manage what programs are allowed to use the internet

[timid gorge]

oh nice

good?

bro is it installed now or still?

[torpid meadow]

yez xd

[muted knoll]

what are all those text characters???

[timid gorge]

now what?

[torpid meadow]

what do you want to do?

[timid gorge]

this is the terminal

[muted knoll]

never seen that output

[torpid meadow]

he just smashed his keyboard it seems

[timid gorge]

game ranger, roblox, minecraft, etc...
can you just teach me how to use?

[muted knoll]

anyway carry on with Lot's help

[timid gorge]

i didn't do that

[torpid meadow]

okay. so you use wine/lutris for non-steam games and games that aren't supported on Linux. Minecraft is, Roblox is, game ranger idk what is, so look it up online.

[timid gorge]

now it is normal

[timid gorge]

ok then.... can you teach me on roblox?

[torpid meadow]

for Minecraft, you can download an unofficial launcher from flatpak or the Mojang one, I use SKlauncher (from their website)

[timid gorge]

isn't there bedrock edition so i play with my friends?

[torpid meadow]

for Roblox, look up "vinegar sober Roblox" and install. then download the Roblox .apk from the apkmirror and add it to sober when it asks you for it. mind you, this is an unofficial client and Roblox may block it in some future, so windows is the only reliable way

[torpid meadow]

not sure as I don't use it, but just look it up on the internet

[timid gorge]

overhelmed so.....
how can i open task manager?
and this is the last question

[muted knoll]

i think bedrok one is in software manager?

[torpid meadow]

it's in the start menu

system monitor I believe

[muted knoll]

"system monitor" in cinnamon

"task manager" in xfce

[timid gorge]

and how to see my computer specs like ram and this?

[muted knoll]

same app

[torpid meadow]

there's a dedicated app, Its called I believe system info

[muted knoll]

as well as Info app

[timid gorge]

nah

[muted knoll]

and if u want very deep details, install hardinfo

[torpid meadow]

it's right there

[muted knoll]

aka "system profiler and benchmark"

[timid gorge]

oh yeah

[torpid meadow]

for steam games, just use steam
native games are .. native

you only really use lutris for non-steam games that aren't on Linux

[timid gorge]

just java

[muted knoll]

minecraft bedrock launcher

[timid gorge]

yeah understood

[torpid meadow]

2nd line 3rd position

[timid gorge]

1.18?

[muted knoll]

always get in habit of reading te details, size, and dependencies

[torpid meadow]

it's just a showcase screenshot

[timid gorge]

then i am gonna try it out

thank you guys very much

[torpid meadow]

night

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[timid gorge]

good night

[buoyant thunder]

The journey of a new Linux user

Beings a tear to my eye

[lavish basin]

Yo

What did I miss? How much did they learn?

[timid gorge]

nah not alot but now i started to know how to add games

@buoyant thunderbro you said you could teach me things about linux....can you please teach me now

[torpid meadow]

firstly, what do you want to know?

[timid gorge]

is there smth like updates or smth important i have to do?

[torpid meadow]

it's all in the update manager

in your taskbar

[timid gorge]

then....should i install ALL OF THAT?

internet is crying

[torpid meadow]

you didn't read the welcome screen

[timid gorge]

i did and saw all of that but i didn't care for it

[torpid meadow]

well, the first time updating always like this. next time you update, it'll be a few mb

[timid gorge]

oh

when i start (Resident evil 4 original 2005)
it opens but the game is very slow that i can't even walk or see the things in it

how to fix that?

[torpid meadow]

you can try to run it thru steam

but I doubt thatll change anything

[timid gorge]

and yesterday i tried to open a game called SWAT 4
it sends me an error...
but when i tried again today it opens and black screen forever

[timid gorge]

bro the remake one won't work on my pc.... i mean the old one that released on 2005

[torpid meadow]

1. press add a non-steam game
2. select the .exe like you did with lutris
3. right click, game options and enable compatibility
4. run

[timid gorge]

great idea

but i will wait for updates to end first then i download steam 🥲

[torpid meadow]

👍

steam is on steam website btw

[timid gorge]

bro i was like a king on my chair when i was on windows :(
why did i change?

[timid gorge]

i know and it is on the software manager i think

[torpid meadow]

it's old

from website it'll work better

[timid gorge]

oh thanks for the advice

sorry but another question....
how can i do more customization on my linux?

and isn't there a way to put "my computer" on the desktop?

[torpid meadow]

uhh settings>desktop

[timid gorge]

oh let's gooo

[torpid meadow]

you can add desklets (like they were on windows 7)

[timid gorge]

thanks alot

[torpid meadow]

extensions, themes

it's all in the settings

[timid gorge]

do you recommend me anything?

[torpid meadow]

I use transparent panel and watermark

[timid gorge]

oh thank you very much

[summer notch]

It's up to you really.
I'd just recommend you to look at everything there is and choose what you would find useful.

Applets are cool a well btw, I use a bunch of them myself

[timid gorge]

Thanks pal

[summer notch]

No problem

[muted knoll]

see this link. save and read that PDF. pg 21 and up. good for newbs. #1272611699341660241 message

[torpid meadow]

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