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Linux Mint 20 Text Disappears
2/8/26 | RetiredTexasVet

Posted on 02/08/2026 1:38:18 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet

Used my Linux Mint 20 Pc to post some text the other day and it disappeared. That supports the theory that it was not just a Windows 11 problem. Rather than wasting any more time with disappearing text, I'm going to retire from Free Republic. RIP.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; areyouloggedin; bye; includingthisone; linux; mint; troll; weird; windows11

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To: Williams

Sounds like he made some postings to Free Republic that disappeared somehow or was perhaps removed without explanation nor notice.


21 posted on 02/08/2026 2:18:13 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: fireman15

I can’t log in!

Help!


22 posted on 02/08/2026 2:18:35 PM PST by Ken Regis (I concur )
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Disappeared as in taken down by moderators?
Had nothing at all to do with using Linux.


23 posted on 02/08/2026 2:21:28 PM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Bit locker-upper?
Empty the trash. Resweat the els.
Check for carbon deposits.
Nds more NaCl liquor.

I’ve tried all the usual stuff.


24 posted on 02/08/2026 2:23:32 PM PST by Ken Regis (I concur )
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To: dfwgator
Tell me every time you type "sudo" your brain doesn't earworm straight to Phil.


25 posted on 02/08/2026 2:25:21 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Trump II)
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To: dfwgator
Tex is writing an opus citing Linux.

Linux's mascot is a penguin.

The old "Bloom County" comic strip had a penguin.

Whose name happened to be Opus.

OpusThePenguin

Conspiracy! Conspiracy!

26 posted on 02/08/2026 2:28:42 PM PST by MikelTackNailer (There's a lesson there if I were smart enough to learn it.)
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To: Ken Regis

Check North bus for spot-weld dingles.


27 posted on 02/08/2026 2:28:59 PM PST by Ken Regis (I concur )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Disappearing text is the exact same excuse I use when I forget something important. “Sorry boss, I sent it in email. It must have been disappearing text...”


28 posted on 02/08/2026 2:33:15 PM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: Organic Panic
Up the Down Staircase

“My dog peed on it. “

29 posted on 02/08/2026 2:36:06 PM PST by Ken Regis (I concur )
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Writing Disappears — https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4363215/posts

Created thread and didn’t respond to anyone who replied.


30 posted on 02/08/2026 2:37:24 PM PST by Pollard
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To: RetiredTexasVet

If it’s a laptop there’s a good chance you’re accidently skimming the touch pad with your thumb while typing. Depending on what you’re doing it may be highlighting all the text and then when you start typing it erases it. Try disabling the touch pad.


31 posted on 02/08/2026 2:38:08 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: RetiredTexasVet

No! Wait! Don’t go! Come back! This is fun


32 posted on 02/08/2026 2:43:05 PM PST by j_guru
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To: RetiredTexasVet

These are your threads:

https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:retiredtexasvet/index?tab=articles


33 posted on 02/08/2026 2:53:49 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

I get it:

Text disappears, so
Tex disappears.

Very funny. Now go to your room, and don’t come out until we’re ready.


34 posted on 02/08/2026 2:54:32 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (“…all who were appointed for eternal life believed.” Acts 13:48)
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To: Ken Regis
I can't log in! Help!

What is it that you can't log in to?

35 posted on 02/08/2026 2:54:44 PM PST by fireman15
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To: AppyPappy

I never thought he really knew.


36 posted on 02/08/2026 2:59:19 PM PST by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: fireman15
KEN REGIS has left the room

Click here for more information.

37 posted on 02/08/2026 3:18:44 PM PST by Ken Regis (I concur )
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Wait! Come back! I was gonna make espresso!


38 posted on 02/08/2026 3:34:53 PM PST by jerseyman
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To: dfwgator

(Mint)

Wafer thin?


39 posted on 02/08/2026 4:06:06 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Hebrews 11:6
Groan! That and the penguin Opus! A riddle opus! I believe you are correct!

(The Linux penguin mascot is Tux!)

40 posted on 02/08/2026 6:22:08 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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