linuxmint-20.1-mate-64bit

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An edition featuring the MATE desktop What's new: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_ulyssa_mate_whatsnew.php Known issues Snap Store The Snap Store is disabled in Linux Mint 20. For more information on this or to re-enable it read https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/snap.html. Virtualbox Black screen If the screen is black when launching Linux Mint in Virtualbox, change the VirtualBox graphics controller to "VMSVGA". Do this by opening up the settings for your VM and select Display -> Graphics Controller. Garbled screen If the screen is garbled when launching Linux Mint in Virtualbox, switch to console with HOST+F1 (e.g. the RIGHT Ctrl key, no ALT) and back to tty7 with HOST+F7. Another workaround is to disable "nested paging" (in the System -> Acceleration settings) and to increase the video memory to 128MB (in the Display settings). Note: This issue only affects the live session. You don't need these workarounds post-installation. Guest Additions To add support for shared folders, drag and drop, proper acceleration and display resolution in Virtualbox, click on the "Devices" menu of Virtualbox and choose "Insert Guest Additions CD Image". Choose "download" when asked and follow the instructions. For more info, read Installing the VirtualBox Guest Additions. Home directory encryption Benchmarks have demonstrated that, in most cases, home directory encryption is slower than full disk encryption. The move to systemd caused a regression in ecrypts which is responsible for mounting/unmounting encrypted home directories when you login and logout. Because of this issue, please be aware that in Mint 20 and newer releases, your encrypted home directory is no longer unmounted on logout: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1734541. Guest sessions You can still enable guest sessions in the "Login Window" utility, but this option is now disabled by default. Touchpad drivers The default touchpad driver in this edition is "libinput" (provided by the xserver-xorg-input-libinput package). If you experience problems with it, you can switch to another driver called "synaptics" (provided by the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package). To know which driver is used by your input devices, run the following command: grep -i "Using input driver" /var/log/Xorg.0.log When both drivers are installed, "synaptics" takes priority. To switch to the "synaptics" driver, install it with the command: apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Then log out and log back in. To go back to using "libinput", simply remove the "synaptics" driver: apt remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Then log out and log back in. Note: You can also try installing the "evdev" driver (provided by the xserver-xorg-input-evdev). Wine To install the complete version of WINE, open a terminal and type: apt install wine-installer Among other things, this will install wine-desktop-files, which adds menu entries for regedit, your C:\ drive and other items which are missing from upstream WINE. Sound and microphone issues If you're facing issues with your microphone or your sound output, please install "pavucontrol". This will add "PulseAudio Volume Control" to your menu. This application has more configuration options than the default volume control. DVD Playback with VLC If VLC does not find your DVD player, click on Media->Open Disc, and specify '/dev/sr0' as the disc device. Other issues Linux Mint 20 is based on Ubuntu 20.04. Make sure to read the Ubuntu release notes. Tips Username and password in the live session In the live session, the username is "mint" and the password is empty (i.e. just press Enter if asked for a password). Moving windows which don't fit in the screen If your screen resolution is too low, some windows might not fit in the screen. While pressing the ALT key, you can grab any part of a window with the mouse and move it across the screen. Installing multimedia codecs offline To download the multimedia codecs into an installable archive: Boot from the Linux Mint ISO on a computer which is connected to the Internet Open a terminal and type "apt download mint-meta-codecs" (without the quotes) This creates a "mint-meta-codecs.tgz" archive On computers which do not have an Internet access, you can decompress this archive and run ./install.sh (or alternatively "sudo dpkg -i *.deb") to install the multimedia codecs. Solving freezes during the boot sequence Some graphics cards don't work well with the open-source driver present in Linux Mint. If Linux Mint freezes during boot time, use the "Compatibility Mode" boot option. In this mode you should be able to boot Linux Mint and install it on your computer. After the installation, reboot the computer and wait for the boot menu to appear. Add the "nomodeset" option as illustrated below: If your graphics card is from NVIDIA, once in Linux Mint, perform the following steps to install the NVIDIA drivers: Run the Driver Manager Choose the NVIDIA drivers and wait for them to be