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btw it's easy to show 'hidden' files from the file explorer in Ubuntu. Simply choose View -> Show hidden files, or hit Ctrl-h.
There's usually a way of doing what you want in any desktop, but they all have their differences/quirks, so it's a question of which one you become familiar with, or like best.

And for me, command line is often the quickest way to do things, rather than go through multiple clicks in a GUI tool.
 
AZgl1500 said:
you have missed my point, if it won't work from a GUI, I am done with it.
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I think you're missing my point, it was just a suggestion for a problem. Not a mandate, not an absolute rule. Just a suggestion. Not everybody runs into a problem and then just gives up because it's too challenging. In this instance whatever file/window manager failed to do a task, a CLI being an easy workaround. Opening a terminal and typing in a few characters only takes a few seconds. The fact that you're proud to rant on about being close-minded and unwilling to accept different approaches is the path you've chosen and there's nothing wrong with that. But you should accept that not everyone wants or should follow that same path. This being a Linux thread, diversity is always going to be a vital part of the mix. Microsoft and Apple both approach GUIs to be structured and curated, expecting their users to conform to their monocultural design.
 
AZgl1500 said:
enough, I am moving on with Mint Cinnamon, it works.
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That's the one I install for new "converts." It's very similar to the win7 classic shell, so navigation is easy. Even easier than the convoluted "tiles" and Metro apps introduced in win8. I have a lower end Mint computer in my man cave for guests to get online for whatever reason, and they aren't even aware that they're using Linux ;)
 
yes,
My Mint Cinnamon laptop if you just look at the screen, with all the icons pinned to the taskbar, looks exactly like my Win7 laptop.

it does what I need it to, going to leave it at that.
 
NOT for me, I'll use the regular desktop Ubuntu.

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So, apparently there's something in Mint that causes my battery to drain when I do a normal shutdown.

This does not happen with Windows 10 on the same machine. There does not seem to be many good answers for this yet, though Wake on LAN may be a contributing factor.
 
I have Wake on LAN turned OFF, that continually uses battery power to keep the network components alive. And I do NOT want anyone else having a chance to wake up my computers.

Wake on LAN is the same thing as using the Sleep function, the monitoring circuits are still running, and a week or two down the road, you will have a dead battery... and that pisses me off to no end.

I always, hit the Power Button and that brings up the Shutdown menu, and I hit enter or click the mouse on 'Yes".... that ensures that everything is OFF... well almost everything... there is still a tiny little cpu monitoring the power button.... very frugal of power, but it is there none the less. sort of like a clock battery in a clock... tick tock, waiting for the tick to turn it on.
 
Aha! This is where you've all been hiding!

Code: 
alias update='sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && reboot'
alias clean='sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt autoclean'

Just type one word. The problem is after reboot it's gone. I'm guessing I need to add to fstab:rolleyes: but not sure how.

Up next: Binding Directories?
 
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There's also the opposing view -- instead of dumbing down your boot process with some bland graphic, scan through some of the lines of text as they scroll by. There's a lot of info there -- device drivers and modules being loaded, processes starting up, and most importantly any error messages for some failed task.
And if you miss something that scrolls by too quickly, once the system is up and running, start up a terminal and type in
dmesg | less
to get a listing of the boot process.
 
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