I did look at changing the DE, but apparently KDE doesn’t work well with Mint. I want to change distros anyway though, as some of the problems I’m having are from the outdated repos. I’ve only been on Mint properly for a few months, but have had to manually install a few programs already

Thanks for replying, it looks like I’ve got some homework to do :D

I did look at the fstab page, but I didn’t understand enough to get an answer. I’ll look at the mount page tonight, thank you :)

I thought that might be the case, but do you know if changing the group would help at all?

That could work really well then, especially as I’m looking to change distros. Mint is great, but it’s got a few issues that are getting in my way now.

Thank you :)

That could work then. I tend to have to use the same sites for the various sites, like Facebook for example, but it’s rare that I need to use the same site for different accounts on the same site. Most of the sites use Gmail for now, but that does work well with multiple accounts.

I’ll have a proper look when I get home later. Thank you :)

No worries 🙂

Unfortunately that won’t work for me, I need them to be completely separate. I’ve got physical and mental issues that mean I get brain fog, and then get things muddled up. If the tab groups share things like bookmarks or saved logins, there’s a chance that I’ll open the wrong link, or log in to the wrong email.

That’s interesting. I knew that Firefox had options for different profiles, but last time I tried I couldn’t get it working the way I wanted. I’ll have another look, thanks :)

Thanks for replying :)

I think there’s some confusion though, none of the sites are hosted locally, PortableApps just lets me use a separate browser and email client for each website, effectively sandboxed from each other so that there’s no chance of accidentally editing the wrong site or posting from the wrong account. Each PortableApps instance has its own set of logins and bookmarks etc. to manage one website and the associated emails.

I essentially just want to run a program in a Windows 10 VM that’s stored on the Linux host but on an NTFS drive. As far as I can tell, the permissions on the NTFS drive are interfering with that, as the files are in the root group on Mint, whereas I’m in the tippon and vboxuser groups. I’m not sure how to change that without risking breaking something, but the way the NTFS drive is mounted through fstab seems to be the answer.

I think that changing fstab so that the drive is mounted under my user and group will fix it, but I don’t know how that will affect anything else on the drive, or any Linux programs that access those files. I’m stuck with NTFS for now as I occasionally need to dual boot, and need these programs available while I’m in Windows too.

Ideally I’m going to move away from using PortableApps to manage the sites, but I haven’t found a better way yet.

I’m using Mint too, and have tried installing Notepadqq and Kate. Notepadqq just crashes immediately even with the fixes I found online.

Kate is really good, just be aware that the version in the Mint repo doesn’t save the session automatically. It can save it, but only manually, and only for saved files. It doesn’t recover files that haven’t been saved yet like Notepad++ does.

Is it just me or is Tom’s Hardware getting really shit lately? This is the third article I’ve seen where one person has been ripped off and their story is ‘The state of the industry! Scams everywhere! 😱’

One of the others was someone who bought memory that had been swapped for metal weights, and Tom’s Hardware tried to claim that it was a new industry scam because of the price increases, and not a one off

The latest DeDRM uses a key from the installed version of the Kindle program, which is for Windows. I think you can use a key from the Android or Amazon tablet versions too, but I’ve never been able to get it to accept those keys

I just used Swift Backup with Shizuku to move an app from my old phone to the new one. It had an apk, but had some other files with it too. I don’t know enough about it to know whether the app can be used without those files, or if they’re linked to me at all, but the app works on the new phone :)

I’ve had to post to Instagram for a music festival that I’m involved with, so I used Bluestacks on Windows to run the mobile app, or the Meta Business Suite in either a separate portable browser, or in a VM. I found that I rarely used the app, as I was posting information as opposed to proper photos, and just answering the occasional questions.

As much as it pains me to say it, Meta Business Suite is pretty good for this, and allows you to post to Instagram and Facebook at the same time, or schedule a post to one or both of them from the same interface. e.g. if it turns out that you get more views at 12 on Facebook and 1 on Instagram, you can schedule the same post to go to each service at separate times.

I mainly use it from the desktop, but it’s available on mobile too with at least the same basic features. I don’t tend to use anything more advanced than scheduling, so I don’t know what that’s like in the app.

Another reason I prefer the desktop over a separate phone is the data collection. I can set up ad blockers and VPNs more easily than on mobile, and there’s no location data other than where I keep my desktop, I’m not carrying my desktop with me when I’m out and about :)

Ah, that’s a shame. Thanks for letting me know :)

Maybe a daft question, but have you tried a factory reset? I’ve got a Xiaomi Mi 10t Lite 5g that’s having a lot of the same sort of problems, but a reboot tends to fix them temporarily. I’m hoping that once I get my new phone at Christmas, I can completely wipe this one, including the cache, and see if that helps.

Ah, that’s a shame. It’s great that you’ve ruled it out, but it would have been nice to find something.

Just to double check, are you putting the sticks back in their original slots, or are you trying them in the same slot?

Yep, that’s it. The only difference with mine is that I’ve got the software running on my media server and the display on a tablet, rather than the traditional Pi with a screen setup.

You need some sort of computer to run the back end, and it serves up a web page that can be displayed anywhere within your home network. I think there’s a tweak to the config to allow that, but it was really simple. The website is here:

https://magicmirror.builders/

I do this, but also run a magic mirror that displays on an old tablet in the kitchen, right by the kettle. I make several cups of tea every day (Bri’ish innit?), so I can’t miss it :)