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  • Anyone know if there s a PI version of Mint Cinnimon.

    From GrailKing@3:770/3 to All on Tue Aug 2 15:04:26 2022
    I've tried Mate twice and for some reason the Pi 400 just doesn't like Mate, two different high
    spec sd cards ; I turn on power, the light blinks and shuts OFF.

    Ubuntu 22.04, Pi 64, Manjaro, Twister All worked fine, but so far can't get Mate or maybe Mint in
    general to work.

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  • From Theo@3:770/3 to GrailKing on Tue Aug 2 16:36:32 2022
    GrailKing <grailking@invalid.net> wrote:
    I've tried Mate twice and for some reason the Pi 400 just doesn't like Mate, two different high
    spec sd cards ; I turn on power, the light blinks and shuts OFF.

    Ubuntu 22.04, Pi 64, Manjaro, Twister All worked fine, but so far can't get Mate or maybe Mint in
    general to work.

    If you can install Ubuntu, you should be able to install the mate-desktop package and it'll install Mate in Ubuntu. You can then select it when you login.

    I haven't tried it, but your symptoms suggest your Pi is not booting your
    Mate image at all - where did you get it from? I wonder if it's an image
    for Intel rather than Arm CPUs?

    I don't think Linux Mate has an Arm version, so you can't run it on a Pi.
    There are various guides about hacking up an Ubuntu install to look similar
    to Mint, but most people install Mint for its simplicity when coming from a Windows background. I think the level of hacking up is not really suitable
    for those ex-Windows folks.

    Theo

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  • From GrailKing@3:770/3 to Theo on Tue Aug 2 16:12:02 2022
    On Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:42:13 +0100, Theo wrote:

    Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
    I don't think Linux Mate has an Arm version, so you can't run it on a
    Pi.

    Typo, should be 'I don't think Linux Mint has an Arm version'.
    Mint is a distro, Mate is a desktop.
    You can install the Mate desktop on other distros such as Ubuntu.

    If you wanted the Cinnamon desktop rather than the Mate desktop, on
    Ubuntu the package to install is called 'cinnamon'.

    Theo

    OKay, I may be wrong, I got Ubuntu-Mate 20.04 desktop - Arm 64-pi image.

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  • From Theo@3:770/3 to Theo on Tue Aug 2 16:42:12 2022
    Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
    I don't think Linux Mate has an Arm version, so you can't run it on a Pi.

    Typo, should be 'I don't think Linux Mint has an Arm version'.
    Mint is a distro, Mate is a desktop.
    You can install the Mate desktop on other distros such as Ubuntu.

    If you wanted the Cinnamon desktop rather than the Mate desktop, on Ubuntu
    the package to install is called 'cinnamon'.

    Theo

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  • From GrailKing@3:770/3 to Theo on Tue Aug 2 15:44:16 2022
    On Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:36:32 +0100, Theo wrote:

    I haven't tried it, but your symptoms suggest your Pi is not booting
    your Mate image at all - where did you get it from? I wonder if it's an image for Intel rather than Arm CPUs?

    One image came from Mint web page downloads, the other came from the Pi image app, both
    said for Raspberry pi 64 bit, both refused to load, both said for ARM cpu.

    I am a bit bummed;But the Pi. 64 OS is quite good, even if some of the software is a bit behind.

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