'linux' Tag

• Linux Mint 20/Xfce boots with no desktop icons or background

  September 21, 2020

  Symptom: Occasionally Linux Mint 20 with Xfce boots up with no desktop icons and no background. The operating system works, but you have to use means other than the usual desktop icons to invoke programs. Solution: On this computer, we can correct the problem if we invoke a terminal (with ctrl-alt-T or ctrl-alt-F2), delete the […]

  posted in Linux, Linux Mint by Dave

• Installing Xubuntu 14.04 on a Sager NP8268-S laptop (Clevo P150SM-A)

  October 5, 2014

  Here are some notes for anyone else attempting to install Xubuntu 14.04 on a Sager NP8268-S laptop (Clevo P150SM-A).

  posted in Linux by Dave