switch to Linux distro...

[CosmicEmotion]

1 hour ago, Killjoy_NS said:

Well, I have encountered first problem.
I will try to redirect folders such as "Music, Videos, Downloads etc." to a hard drive (NTFS), drive created through Windows.

Also, qBittorrent does not allow me to save downloaded files to another drive except HOME or Computer (where you can browse between Music, Video, Downloads in HOME) also.

So...this is like "mediocre" function in Windows...why can't I do it in Mint?

 

P.S. Please, don't tell me that I have to format all HDDs to ext4 or something like that...
Cause I have 3TB HDD which is almost full and 1TB HDD which is half full.

 

Does the OS recognize the hard drives properly? Can you mount them? If not search for the

ntfs-3g

 package for Mint/Ubuntu. qBitTorrent should be able to save anywhere.

 

The main limitation of Linux is that you can't install programs outside of your main hard drive. Beyond that you should be able to do everything.

[Inception9269]

3 hours ago, Killjoy_NS said:

Well, I have encountered first problem.
I will try to redirect folders such as "Music, Videos, Downloads etc." to a hard drive (NTFS), drive created through Windows.

Also, qBittorrent does not allow me to save downloaded files to another drive except HOME or Computer (where you can browse between Music, Video, Downloads in HOME) also.

So...this is like "mediocre" function in Windows...why can't I do it in Mint?

 

P.S. Please, don't tell me that I have to format all HDDs to ext4 or something like that...
Cause I have 3TB HDD which is almost full and 1TB HDD which is half full.

As guy above just said (and like I said in my posts) you'll need to install ntfs-3g to properly utilize NTFS formatted drives. It can be installed simply with "sudo apt install ntfs-3g"

 

QBitTorrent and any download software for that matter can be downloaded to wherever you specify.

 

Redirecting home folders however isn't a simple matter, but it's really not a big deal at all. There's nothing stopping you from just pinning the locations of folders on the side bar of the file manager, and then clicking on them whenever you want to save a file to them.

 

Last year I used Linux (EndeavourOS) exclusively for like 6 months, and aside from the boot drive all my other drives (around 3 or 4) were formatted to work on Windows, and I never once had any problem with using them, assuming ntfs-3g was installed. I know sometimes when switching from Windows to Linux, certain issues can arise with ntfs drives, but those I've always been able to resolve by using the ntfsfix command.

[E-waste]

12 hours ago, Inception9269 said:

Not entirely sure if that's the case.

Phoronix wrote an article about Paragon releasing a higher quality ntfs driver since 5.15, but soon after release, there were only a few minor improvementd developed that were not yet released.  That was in september 2021, but it is again seeing development work.

 

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.5-NTFS

 

5 hours ago, Killjoy_NS said:

Well, I have encountered first problem.
I will try to redirect folders such as "Music, Videos, Downloads etc." to a hard drive (NTFS), drive created through Windows.

This can be done through "symbolic links".  I used this in Windows 7 heavily when I realized years after its release that I could do so.  Instead of screwing with symbolic links, I suggest dragging all pre-existing folders to the small sidebar on the left of your file manager.  It's not as integrated but it is a very quick solution.

 

For trying symbolic links:

 

https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/linking-linux-explained

 

5 hours ago, Killjoy_NS said:

Also, qBittorrent does not allow me to save downloaded files to another drive except HOME or Computer (where you can browse between Music, Video, Downloads in HOME) also.

You'll have the same issue with steam not allowing you to access your windows games folder directory because:

 

8 hours ago, Killjoy_NS said:

I didn't turn on Terminal not even once.

That's why.

 

Linux has some very commandline focused areas, and text files will probably forever, be the way you are always able to modify your system.  Maybe more gui programs will come along to make things easier, but so far developers haven't done so for the filesystem table file.

 

In Cinnamon desktop, using the Nemo file manager, you can use the menu to "open as root" which means open as the system admin.

 

Once you do that, you can browse to

 

/ etc / fstab

 

The file does not have an extension like .txt.

 

What you need to put in this file is explained in the video that was linked by 9269.  I have also tried to help explain this by posting a link to a redhat (slightly different than Linux Mint, but most of the comnands are the same) article who also recognize how achaic this must seem to Windows and Mac users.

 

Once you have the needed information in your filesystem table file, definitely do

 

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

 

Then reboot.

 

___

 

I also want to mention redshift.  I am not sure if Cinnamon desktop has the Gnone Night Light, or KDE night color, or the Windows night light color temperature adjustment software.

 

It would be nice to be able to know you could just add it from Gnome desktop, but I have no idea how to do that.  So instead, install

 

Redshift and (if it works) redshift-gui

 

It will need to be added as a startup program and use the command:

 

redshift -l lat:lon -t 6500:3200

 

6500 is no change, and 3200 is just a light yellow / gold shade, and I recommend using a dark theme at night.

 

It is based on the work of

 

https://justgetflux.com

 

And is finally getting indirect recognition of its importance.  F.lux was released in 2008, so it took nearly 7 years after its launch for apple to incorporate it into their software.

 

Apple even called the f.lux developers and their program was ripped off, and no large company has given them the acknowledgement of the great work they have done, and just rip off their work, with no credit.

 

I just find that rude.

 

A software from 2008, and it is as it never existed, and everyone just "magically" thought of it themselves.

 

Apple did use D50, 5000K color temperature on their computers for a long time though, so they probably had a little bit of a head start on how to make that change.  But to call the f.lux developers and give zero credit.  That's how business works I guess.

[Killjoy_NS]

7 hours ago, CosmicEmotion said:

 

Does the OS recognize the hard drives properly? Can you mount them? If not search for the

ntfs-3g

 package for Mint/Ubuntu. qBitTorrent should be able to save anywhere.

 

The main limitation of Linux is that you can't install programs outside of your main hard drive. Beyond that you should be able to do everything.

All drives are mounted. I only have option to "unmount" them.

As for ntfs-3g....take a look at the picture.
It doesn't look like I have to do anything..."looks like"...

 

As for qBit....it allows me to save only to HOME or one of folders created by system: Pictures, Videos....etc.
It doesn't let me to choose one of my hard drives.
 

[CosmicEmotion]

1 minute ago, Killjoy_NS said:

All drives are mounted. I only have option to "unmount" them.

As for ntfs-3g....take a look at the picture.
It doesn't look like I have to do anything..."looks like"...
 

Interesting. What error does qBitTorrent give? Is it a Flatpak?

[Killjoy_NS]

2 minutes ago, CosmicEmotion said:

Interesting. What error does qBitTorrent give? Is it a Flatpak?

Nope. It doesn't give me an error.
Everything works fine except it doesn't let me to choose "save downloaded files" directory (HDD) only HOME.

 

[CosmicEmotion]

1 minute ago, Killjoy_NS said:

Nope.

 

That's so peculiar then. What's the error it's giving you?

[Killjoy_NS]

1 minute ago, CosmicEmotion said:

That's so peculiar then. What's the error it's giving you?

I want to "redirect" downloads to my HDD which contains "Torrent Downloads" folder.
Also....on Windows, I have all folders (Music, Video etc.) created on HDD, NOT boot drive.
So when I choose "MUSIC" from This PC it jumps to my HDD folder, not MUSIC created by Windows on "C" partition.

I want to do the same thing here, except....I don't see any options regarded my intentions.

[CosmicEmotion]

1 minute ago, Killjoy_NS said:

I want to "redirect" downloads to my HDD which contains "Torrent Downloads" folder.
Also....on Windows, I have all folders (Music, Video etc.) created on HDD, NOT boot drive.
So when I choose "MUSIC" from This PC it jumps to my HDD folder, not MUSIC created by Windows on "C" partition.

I want to do the same thing here, except....I don't see any options regarded my intentions.

Ohhhh you want to symlink the folders of your HDD to Mint's default folders. Yeah I don't know if Mint has a GUI option for it and I'm not sure it works with folders but try this in a terminal:

 

ln -s /mnt/<MY HDD NAME or UUID>/Music ~/Music
or
ln -s /run/media/<MY USERNAME>/<MY HDD NAME or UUID>/Music ~/Music

 

[Killjoy_NS]

9 minutes ago, CosmicEmotion said:

Ohhhh you want to symlink the folders of your HDD to Mint's default folders. Yeah I don't know if Mint has a GUI option for it and I'm not sure it works with folders but try this in a terminal:

 

ln -s /mnt/<MY HDD NAME or UUID>/Music ~/Music
or
ln -s /run/media/<MY USERNAME>/<MY HDD NAME or UUID>/Music ~/Music

 

EXACTLY. Well, I probably type something wrong.
Cause it is not working.
It says that "the link to the Pictures (I've done it for different folder) IS BROKEN.
So I messed something up...

[CosmicEmotion]

1 minute ago, Killjoy_NS said:

EXACTLY. Well, I probably type something wrong.
Cause it is not working.
It says that "the link to the Pictures (I've done it for different folder) IS BROKEN.
So I messed something up...

Can you post the exact message it's giving you? You can copy from terminal with Ctrl+Shift+C.

[Killjoy_NS]

3 minutes ago, CosmicEmotion said:

Can you post the exact message it's giving you? You can copy from terminal with Ctrl+Shift+C.

 

[Killjoy_NS]

I guess THAT is the name of my HDD...

 

 

[CosmicEmotion]

Ok delete your Pictures folder from your home folder. It should work then. If not you can always recreate the folder.

[CosmicEmotion]

Actually dlete the Picture folder from your Home folder and type this:

 

ln -s /media/killjoy/<UUID NUMBE HERE>/Picture ~/

 

[Killjoy_NS]

31 minutes ago, CosmicEmotion said:

Ok delete your Pictures folder from your home folder. It should work then. If not you can always recreate the folder.

It doesn't.....but I make it differently.
I jumped on my HDD, create a LINK of the desired folder and drag and drop bellow My Computer and HOME folder. I "deleted" original ones.

So, in my HOME folder are actually LINKS to folders I want to have when i open My Computer.

[Killjoy_NS]

27 minutes ago, CosmicEmotion said:

Actually dlete the Picture folder from your Home folder and type this:

 

ln -s /media/killjoy/<UUID NUMBE HERE>/Picture ~/

 

Thank you for your help and patience btw.

[CosmicEmotion]

Noice! I'm glad you figured it out! Does i work?

[Killjoy_NS]

1 minute ago, CosmicEmotion said:

Noice! I'm glad you figured it out! Does i work?

Yeah, it works.
Even in qBit I set default location...and in HOME it shows me "Torrent Downloads" LINK which redirects to my HDD where actual folder is located.
That is all I need.
Same thing goes for Firefox.
Default location was home/downloads....and I just set "Link to Downloads" and it did the same thing as for qBit.

Thanks a lot man for your help.
I can make a recording of desktop if u like...just recommend something for recording.

[Killjoy_NS]

15 minutes ago, CosmicEmotion said:

Noice! I'm glad you figured it out! Does i work?

Well.....and to find equivalent programs for those on Windows and I "won the war".

[Biohazard777]

18 minutes ago, Killjoy_NS said:

just recommend something for recording.

I typically use SimpleScreenRecorder:
https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/simplescreenrecorder
Gets most stuff done for me quickly.

Sometimes I use OBS:
https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/obs-studio

[Killjoy_NS]

8 minutes ago, Biohazard777 said:

I typically use SimpleScreenRecorder:
https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/simplescreenrecorder
Gets most stuff done for me quickly.

Sometimes I use OBS:
https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/obs-studio

Nice one bro. Thanks.

[Inception9269]

Honestly this all plays more so into dislike of Mint, and just about all distros based on Ubuntu.

 

I don't know what it is about Mint, but it's honestly been real hit or miss with me. I've messed around with Linux back in '15 or '16 (with Mint and Ubuntu being the two I played with then), but the beginning of 2022 was when I finally set out to learn how to use it. Mint was one of the first distros I tried out at that time, and for whatever reason I could not get it to work right. I use my PC for gaming (with Nvidia gpu), and for whatever reason Mint wouldn't detect my video card even after I manually downloaded and installed the Nvidia drivers. Also whenever I was able to get things working (I think a reinstall of Mint fixed the gpu problem), no matter what I tried I could not get Steam games to run. Editing the fstab folder like in that video guide I linked for whatever reason broke my Mint install.

 

When I switched to other Ubuntu based distros such as PopOS or even Ubuntu itself I was able to get things to work just fine (though ran into other issues that really left a bad taste in my mouth).

 

Since then I've only ever ran Mint on a basic non-gaming laptop of mine (that uses Intel hardware). On that laptop I've played around with quite a few distros, with me consistently hopping around to try out new ones. Not too long ago I installed Mint on that laptop once more, the only things extra I installed on it was Wine & winetricks, a PDF editor, and an SNES emulator. I pretty much only used that laptop as a web browser during the time Mint was installed on it. During that time I only used that PC a couple of times, with me not doing anything with the terminal at all aside from updating the system.

 

There was one time when I was at a friend of mines house, and I was on that laptop and decided to check for updates, but I got some error message about how none of the repositories could be found, reached, or something along those lines. I tried the update command again, but still it wouldn't let me download or install any updates. I passed it off as possibly the internet being really bad there (which it was). But about a week or so later when I was home I decided to break out my laptop and try updating it, and got the same error. I then opened the Software Manager and the driver manager, with that displaying a list of updates. When I tried updating the system with the GUI only half of them would go through with the other half failing. For whatever reason even the flathub repository wasn't working right. I remember rebooting the laptop, to see if that would allow me to go through with updating the system, and that's when I ended up on a black screen with the command line present, similar to GRUB recovery mode, but literally no command would work.

 

So basically I had an install of Mint that I hardly even did anything on legit kill itself just by trying to download and install updates on it. I switched that machine over to MX Linux, and have had no trouble since. I've never liked Ubuntu (which has been a buggy broken mess nearly every time I've ever used it or attempted to use it), and with what happened to that install of Mint, I have sworn off Ubuntu based distros entirely. So for me, I'll always go with something based on Debian, Fedora, or Arch. Hell, I've had better luck with Arch linux than I have with Ubuntu and those based on it. Even one time when I went 4 months without updating an Arch partition, and was able to update it with no problems, the system working just fine after.