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Not strictly a Mint issue, but it’s still sotfware from them.

The development of Cinnamon began by the Linux Mint team following the April 2011 release of GNOME 3…

I don’t want to spam multiple links with examples, but you can look this up on your favourite search engine to find multiple current problems with Cinnamon’s screensaver. It seems pretty common and that’s why I’m asking.

Here’s a link that’s from a month ago listing all the possible causes.

Here’s another one from a few months ago.

And now you have started the game of experimentation until you find your favourite recipe.

Does Mint have screensaver and locking issues with Cinnamon?

I install Mint on computers of people that don’t want Windows and that I have to help, but I personally use Debian and MATE. Recently I tried to use Cinnamon on Debian but the screensaver was not always working. Sometimes I was away for days and when I was coming back, my monitor was still on. And sometimes the screensaver got stuck, impossible to remove without restarting my session.

I have a friend that tried Mint too, and he basically told me the same thibg was happening to him.

I have not heard about this from other folks to whom I installed Mint, but since they’re all very basic users that turn off their computer every time they are done, it never came up.

It would be my only issue with Mint for beginners. If they leave their computer running and come back later, there’s a slight chance that the screensaver will either not be started, or very difficult to exit.

I thought about Ethernet but apparently the run is too long, even with repeaters. It will probably not have enough power. It’s also a few hundred dollars for 400 meters of direct burial Ethernet cable, without counting the injectors and repeaters.

And most importantly, I wonder how the equipment would fare during winter when the ground is frozen solid for several months.

But maybe my fear of a few -25°C days is not justified, as I already left a Raspberry Pi in a barn with those temperatures, and it did fine. I’d have to check the temperature operating range for the equipment I use.

That’s why in the end, if I have to use a cable, I was leaning towards direct burial fibre, as it can easily cover that distance without messing with PoE on long runs, would “only” cost a few hundred dollars more, and avoid the need to try to protect the repeaters/switches.

I’m still curious though, so I guess I could just try it for fun with a cheap Ethernet cable run for a summer, then see if it’s really worth investing a bit more for the future.

It depends on the conditions Cables are always the winner, but I have an off grid cabin that has very poor cell reception. I usually end up getting less than 2 Mbps.

But my parents live about 400 meters away and have FTTH, in the countryside, because of a local cooperative.

I looked for using a fibre but it would cost several hundred dollars to have one that resists outdoor conditions in Quebec for a few years. So I settled for Wi-Fi. I get 10 Mbps with the two repeaters and very basic antenna alignment, which is better than 2.

I’d really like to use a cable but I’m only there a few weeks a year, so this works ok.

I’m Québécois and grew up in a small town near Drummondville. Volunteer work is not a requirement nor expected.

Some people just do “bénévolat” and offer their time for causes they support, and it’s very important for some organizations, but there’s no expectations that everyone should.

For example, the famous “Tour de l’ile de Montréal” needs a few hundred bénévoles/volunteers every year for the multiple events. They come from individuals wanting to help at those those events, but also from organizations and schools that are encouraging it.

So we have a lot of local festivals and events staffed by bénévoles, but it doesn’t really come from an expectation. Just from kind or social people that want to help their community.

Retirees also do a lot of bénévolat here. In fact, it might be one of the slices of society here that does have some expectations about doing bénévolat, as they have lots of free time.

In short, people working full time jobs are not expected to volunteer. Others, like seniors and students, maybe a bit.

Unfortunately if nothing slowly starts to change, it’s gonna the same thing in several years. Other countries and region will have transitioned and liberated themselves of that dependency while others will still rely, depend, and hope cheap gas.

If someone is a smoker, it’s still better to encourage them to try to stop continuously or multiple times, even if not successful, rather than hoping the person will just stop in the future.

The Babylon 5 series is such a masterpiece. I watched it several times before finding out more of something said in the first season that’s referred and having an impact later. There’s still holes and threads that are not going anywhere, but the overall is very coherent and well pieced together.

Even the unpredicted events about production have been worked around.

I thoroughly enjoy watching reactions of people watching the show for the first time. The faces they make when they realize something from multiple episodes ago is having an impact, or is being revealed, is priceless.

Unfortunately, aside from the pilot, which is admittedly a bit different, but still mostly explained, I never really got interested in Crusades, and the other movies, so I can’t say for them. But the pilot and the series, mmm, chef’s kiss.

No need to be new. It doesn’t even need to be an EV. Just a car that’s more efficient. It can be used, and/or smaller than a SUV/pickup truck.

Or, there may be other options like public transit or cycling. Or maybe even moving to a place where a car is not really a necessity most of the time. Some cities have car sharing companies to bridge the gap and only use a car when necessary.

In some other countries, they have accelerated their transition to renewable energy.

https://asianinsiders.com/2026/03/31/asia-energy-transition-plans-oil-crisis/

The priority for governments is getting through the current crisis, but many have also turned an eye to the future. Reducing dependence on oil imports is the only way to ensure a similar situation doesn’t happen again.

In nearly every Asian country, greater energy security starts with a successful energy transition. This is creating opportunities for overseas firms boasting tools, technology and knowledge in a wide range of areas.

Meanwhile other countries are just hoping for cheap gas, and some are even slowing down or are actively working against alternatives. Some presidents even go as far as pay more to cancel renewable energy contracts.

And I wasn’t there but apparently there’s been an oil crisis in 1970 that led to more efficient cars and reshaped the industry.

https://enginestories.com/history/oil-crisis-to-electric-revolution-how-fuel-shaped-car-design/

But I guess that no, of course there is simply no alternative to cheap gas.

Oh I understand that. And that’s whybwe should work really hard to get rid of gas powered vehicles and find alternatives. But no, the only solution is to burn cheap gas.

God forbid people use less gas, or even switch to electric. All that’s needed to be happy and fulfilled is cheap gas. Fuck the environment, fuck other people killed for this, as long as we have cheap gas, everything goes.

Don’t try anything else. Just keep expecting cheap gas.

Ask me how I know we won’t do fuck all about climate change.

When I went on twitter and reddit a few years ago, there was the hashtag #carryshitolympics and a subreddit with the same name.

This belongs in that category.

And then get in a car without thinking about it.

Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5–29 years.

Then if we exclude the million of deaths and additional millions injured every year, those things contribute to air pollution, noise pollution, microplastics, heat islands, and stress.

People will gladly stop smoking ‘for their children’, but then jump in their oversized pickup truck or SUV to move them around, while complaining about gas prices.

EDIT: I guess what I’m trying to say is that eating better and exercice more is one thing, but if we continue to consume, pollute, and trash the planet at this pace, we will all live longer just to see a planet that slowly becomes uninhabitable because of droughts and floods.

This is me trying to find a nice place to watch the fireworks in Montreal then realize 10 minutes before it starts that I’ll have to go through that crowd when it’s over, so I just turn around and go back home pre-emptively.

For all the bad rep French gets about not pronouncing letters in words, at least the t in tsunami is clearly pronounced. As is the p in psychologie, pseudo and pneumonie.

I was curious about who that cartouche is talking about, and it might be Cleopatra VII (or 𓈎𓃭𓇋𓍯𓊪𓄿𓂧𓂋𓏏𓄿𓆇), but I’m not sure.

Sadly my knowledge of Egyptian is limited to spotting proper names.

Poutine is indeed comfort food that is most tasty when you are shitfaced (or hangover). However a poutine will never contain cottage cheese. The original ingredients are fries/chips, poutine gravy, and cheddar curds. I repeat, cheddar curds. They have to be fresh and make a skweek skweek sound when you bite them, and be a bit melted by the hot gravy. Pieces of mild cheddar are also acceptable if no curds are available.

I would also stop buying olive oil if Italy was attacking the sovereignty of my nation.