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Stuck between distros right now. (kbin.social)
submitted 11 months ago by mihnt@kbin.social to c/linux@kbin.social
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So, this sucks. On Mint, Firefox was running super sluggish to the point of being unusable. I reinstalled Ubuntucinnamon because I enjoyed using it when I had it installed, but between me last having it installed and now there seems to have been an update that has broken cinnamon's system tray. Which, for me, is a major functionality.

I really don't want to twiddle my thumbs waiting and trying to figure out why shit isn't working right, but I really do like the cinnamon de. ugh

ideas?

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[-] style99@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I haven't noticed anything different.

$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 116.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~mt1
  Candidate: 116.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~mt1
  Version table:
     1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
 *** 116.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~mt1 1001
       1001 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 0 points 11 months ago

You might see this suggestion twice - do a clean install, not just the OS. Back up your home directory and start fresh, move over what you need from the backup piecemeal so you can tell if something is causing issues.

[-] mihnt@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

Well, the Mint install was doing that from Fresh. More concerned with ubuntu cinnamon though as I prefer it. Both times I attempted an install on that were from freshly formatted drives and the only things I had installed was steam and discord. Still the only things I have installed really. First install was from a 22.04 iso image and then upgraded from the desktop to 23. Second attempt was with an actual 23 image. It was broken right out of the box.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 11 months ago

Could you share the exact problem with mint?

[-] mihnt@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

Between a 1-5 second delay before anything internet related would start loading. So, I'd wait the 1-5 seconds and then it would actually start loading content.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 11 months ago

Content as in within the web-browser? So maybe it's a Firefox issue? Or are you talking about something else?

[-] mihnt@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

It was computer wide, but most pronounced on Firefox.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 11 months ago

Uhm. Still a strange issue. Could be a DNS resolve problem.

[-] mihnt@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, I think I'm throwing in the towel with ubuntu cinnamon. There are more and more bugs popping up now. I don't know how in the world it was so stable before and now it's a fucking mess.

So if that issue is still there on Mint I guess we're about to find out.

EDIT: And I'm back and the Mint issue persists. sigh

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