David's Computer Blog

Sometime in the past I was able to install Icaros Hostbridge on Linux Mint 19.3. Since Linux Mint 20.3 was recently released, and I had installed it on a Dell Latitude laptop, I decided to try the newest version of Icaros 2.3 on it.  My effort was not successful. Icaros is an Aros distribution that is based upon the Amiga 3.1 operating system. I have used AmigaOS in the past, and I wanted to try Aros hosted in modern Linux environment.  I had downloaded Icaros Desktop light as it was the smallest-sized download that could be run hosted in Linux. After downloading Icaros Desktop light, I burned the iso file to a 32GB Sandisk memory stick, and then mounted it in Linux. I set the script to install Icaros on Linux to executable, then ran the install script.  The Linux install script installed additional packages for Linux Mint, and then attempt to install the Icaros files into the ~/IcarosDesktop folder. While copying the files over to the ~/IcarosDesktop folder, this is wher...

I decided to try installing the current version of Linux Mint (v. 20.3) onto a Dell Latitude E5570 laptop . I was curious to see how well Linux would function and perform on a somewhat recent laptop. The laptop has an Intel i7 processor and 32GB of RAM and was running Windows 10. During the Linux install, I simply had the installer wipe the SSD and use the entire drive. Goodbye, Windows! I created a bootable 32GB USB jumpdrive with the Linux Mint 20.3 installer. To create this, I used the balenaEtcher utility on Windows 10 to create the bootable jumpdrive. Once created, I inserted the 32GB USB memory stick into the laptop, rebooted the computer, then, using F12 after reboot, selected the USB device as the boot option. The laptop booted flawlessly into the Linux Mint 20.3 installer. Following the reboot after installation, Linux Mint booted with no problems to the login screen. I logged into Linux, then was greeted by the Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop as well as the login sound. So the ...