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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Fortunately I updated my BIOS from windows before switching to Linux and as of recently, I still have the latest version.

    I added amdgpu.runpm=0 and that did increase stability considerably. My system froze up way less often which was great.

    I also found that adding processor.max_cstate=1 has made my system even more stable and I haven’t had a freeze up in days now. This page gives a nice run down of what it does.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a freeze up in the future but overall my system has been a lot more stable making everything far more enjoyable.



  • I have an AMD + AMD setup but apparently the Dell G5 series has issues with linux so it’s been an uphill challenge.

    I did see that LMDE 6 makes it easy to boot different kernels at startup which is handy. I tried looking at Liquorix Kernel but I don’t think it’s ready for LMDE 6 just yet. I can’t recall exactly why but I got a big nope when trying to download it. I think I tried looking at the Zen Kernel as well but couldn’t figure out if it’s just for Arch or if it’s compatible with Debian.

    Too much to learn and now enough hours or attention span. Slow progress but I guess it’s a thing to do besides watching my plants grow.



  • I’ve spoken to another user who has the same issue as me and they made a couple suggestions including disabling certain options in BIOS or trying a distribution with a newer kernel.

    At first I thought it was issues with iGPU and dGPU switching but I’m beginning to suspect that’s not the case.

    Reproducing when it freezes is a challenge because it’s very inconsistent and does not leave and crash reports.

    The only improvement I’ve seen yet is switching from Linux Mint 21.2 to LMDE 6 but the kernel is still older compared to the versions that I was suggested for my hardware.

    I would like to try a newer kernel just for the sake of trying.





  • I tried the beta and liked it. The only issue I ran into was that the MozillaVPN app wasn’t working on debian.

    I also had not seen much progress on the Debian version of the app from what I found. I could be wrong as that was my first dip into Debian.

    Mullvad is available and I might switch to that at a later time when the motivation strikes me.

    I prefer the idea of community driven projects though.


  • I don’t think I’ve heard one good user view on snaps, which is what I’m assuming you are refering to when talking about containers. I don’t have much experience with it but the view on them is overwhelmingly negative.

    I do like the concept of cutting out the middle man in this case. However, I’ll probably stick with cinnamon for a while as I’m still learning about the linux environment and distribution hopping will add lots of unnecessary frustration for me.

    Thanks for the write up.


  • I’ve used linux sporadically throughout my life and only started using it daily in the last couple months. I’ve used ubuntu in the past but I can understand the reason to move away from commercial distributions. Since my knowledge of Linux is quite shallow, I have a ton of questions and a need to understand everything.

    What is Debian and what makes it an appropriate choice for Linux Mint to switch over to this base?

    Also, what values does the development of Debian have compared to Ubuntu?

    I get the feeling that moving away from Ubuntu is a step in the direction of a more open source space away from corporate forced standards, is that accurate? If so, what development direction could this take for a project like Linux Mint?