The laptop does have Linux Mint Cinnamon.
Basic functions for general programs are okay and not much different from Windows.
I want to understand the file structure and ‘under the hood’ workings. I have used Windows for 25 years and DOS before that, so I am comfortable with them and can troubleshoot most problems.
The major problem I am having right now on Mint is getting videos to play in browsers. I have tried my cable company TV channels webpages, FoxSportsPro, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, ESPN and they return errors that I need the latest Flash. The computer info says I am already running the latest Flash. Some Youtube videos will run, but I think they rely on HTML5. I have tried Koqueror, Opera, Firefox, Firefox ESR, Sea Monkey, IE in Wine, Cromium, Chrome, and none of them will work. Some do have the video window come up, but the loading icon just spends.
oh ok- yeah- it’s much more involved diving under the hood- If i were younger, I’d study it myself, but nope- getting on in years and have better thigns to do at this point lol-
Ok- You’re tom from the other htread- didn’t recognize your screen name in htis one- we discussed this there too- so I won’t bother ya by repeating- My only suggestion woudl be to try the flash plugins from the firefox repository- try the html5 one first- see if that’ll work-
Not sure beyodn that what is goign on with your video issues- Can you give a link to one that doesn’t work? I’ll see if it works with mine- probably not- but I casn at least check