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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Newbie Post: I have gone "all-in" with Linux Mint 22.1, wiping Windows completely. All good...with two nagging problems. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 7 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have NVIDIA Optimus and I haven't been able to get any method of installing NVIDIA drivers to work. I don't necessarily care about the full switching ability of the Optimus, although sure it would be nice. I also have been unsuccessful turning off the Intel UHD graphics (as an option). My computer is an MSI Sword 15 A11UD, with NVIDIA Corporation GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile] 3D graphics. I have installed using the Driver Manager in Mint, and also manually. I have checked and I am using the 550 driver, which I think is supposed to be the right one.
I am having trouble transitioning to Linux where I am not able to simply navigate to additional hard drives contained in my laptop or attached via usb. I have my torrents on an external drive, and it keeps getting renamed, easystore somehow became "owned" by root and inaccessible, and I had to switch to easystore1 which was created in the same folder. After I switched, easystore1 became owned by root, and I had to switch to easystore2, which had been created.

In addition to this, I can't browse to the external hard drive through plex media server or radarr/sonarr, it just doesn't show on the menu. I know it's a permission issue, but I don't understand how that works.

I was happy up to a point, but my Linux installation is becoming what I was afraid of, a test showing me how little I know, and a time-eater that causes my wife to wonder what happened to her husband.

Please, I want to be free, but I don't want to just say bye to my hard drives and my GPU. Help me, community. You're my only hope.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

1. I just installed Linux Mint myself, coming from Nobara and I also had some issues with my NVIDIA GPU, as I also have a laptop with an integrated GPU (AMD) and a dedicated GPU (GeForce 3070ti). The issue was "Secure boot" being enabled in BIOS. It would somehow block the NVIDIA driver from initiating correctly.

If you look in the "NVIDIA settings" app and it look like this:

It means the NVIDIA driver haven't initiated correctly. See if "Secure boot" is enabled. Disable it.

2. What about the app "Disks"? Doesn't that do what you need?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

I turned secure boot off a while ago but I did update the BIOS which involved resetting to default and I should check that, thanks.

I'll try disks, but I think the problem is NTFS formatting. Which sucks, but it's understandable.