The following is written to add a background image to GRUB2 in Linux Mint. This will work with Mint 22.1, it will also work with Ubuntu, and Debian. Your mileage may vary with other distros. Make a copy of your GRUB. sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.bak Edit your GRUB as sudo. sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
Month: August 2025
Firestorm Viewer install for linux Mint
First update your environment: Open a terminal and type the following:sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade; sudo apt autoremove Then Download Firestorm from their web site. https://www.firestormviewer.org/choose-your-platform/ Pick the Penguin, and the 64 bit download. Extract the file by either tar -xvf Phoenix-Firestorm-Releasex64-6-6-8-68380.tar.xzor with the file viewer using Archive Manager. Now install. I install to … Continue reading Firestorm Viewer install for linux Mint
Sometimes it’s nice to disable EXT4’s journaling.
I find that when I run Linux natively on a USB drive, disabling the journaling of the EXT4 filesystem improves performance significantly. tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/sdf1