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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 8 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] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for the info and the feeling of not being alone 😄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Had the same issue and then went with popos

The issue is that they are current in transition into their own Cosmic DE which is very badass but it is still alpha. Although, it is possible to daily drive it with some bugs obviously but it will game etc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You can install other DEs on Pop OS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

correct. but i have hard time suggesting that to a noobie.

with that being said, if OP is interested in Cosmic DE, which is very much an interesting DE.

OP could install PopOS based on Ubuntu 24, throw KDE on it until Cosmic is baking