For some reason unknown to me TOR browser is no longer launching. Last time I used it it worked flawlessly so why isn't it working now, and how do I fix it? Install Windows?
Restored from an image backup I created from Macrium reflect recovery media. Security updates failed to install and TOR still refused to launch. It was fun while it lasted.
Krusty, quite frankly, nobody can help you if you don't provide any details. How did you install/update the Tor browser? Are there any errors when starting it in the console? Are there error messages in the logs/journalctl? Without such details it's impossible to do any tele-diagnosis. And you really restored your whole distro from a backup just because one application refused to launch?
Fair enough. reinstalling Windows is obviously an overreaction. I still have that image so not all is lost. With guidance I could probably provide any logs, however I would have to restore again. I opened Software Manager and searched for TOR. That found a TOR installer. I update TOR from within TOR (Help > About). Yes! After uninstalling / reinstalling TOR multiple times with the same result + both Chrome and Firefox seemed also to be crawling too for some reason, I thought restoring to a known working state a reasonable solution. That's what images are for, aren't they? I was not impressed to see that "Security updates failed to install" either.
Sure. I restore an image if an icon is out of place. Two minutes duration on my main computer. Less than 30 seconds on my test computer.
I hardly ever waste time troubleshooting / fixing unless it's really simple. Just undo (like Ctrl +Z), and do over. Edit: Sorry, not really Linux, but principle applies.
Well, as mentioned it's difficult to tell what could have gone wrong without any logs and without exact steps what you did. That said, I haven't tried the Tor browser in years. But I cannot imagine how simply updating it could trash your whole systems. So something else must have happened. Also. I'm not familiar with Macrium. Does it reliably support Linux systems?
Yep, that was the one. Step to reproduce - click the TOR icon and TOR did not launch. That's it. MR is not installed. I boot to MR recovery media to image. It has worked for me in the past on Linux.
My memory is shot! Am I at take 4, 5, or 6 now?? In any case, I've just installed Mate 19.2. Linux Community, I'm back!
To install Brave browser in Mint Mate 19.2, do I need to run each of these commands separately? Code: sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add - source /etc/os-release echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ $UBUNTU_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release-${UBUNTU_CODENAME}.list sudo apt update sudo apt install brave-browser https://brave-browser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-brave.html#linux Thanks.
Not even approaching beginner-hood but....I have a 64 GB USB drive and have been trying to install latest Ubuntu on it for a portable OS. So, following several online tutorials and using Rufus to format the USB, it's not happening. The fields in Rufus are not reflecting what the tutorials say should be showing in them. Also, when I thought I had it right, the computer boots into Windows. Ordinarily, the machine automatically boots to the USB when it's plugged in, so I don't have to change the boot order in BIOS every time I want to run Ubuntu, do I? I think I'm missing something called "Grub" but is that part of the Ubuntu ISO? Can anyone point me to a decent guide?
plat1098, Forget using the Boot Order, forever. Use the Boot Menu. Use the UEFI or non UEFI choice as appropriate for the UFD.
That's a relief, Brian K. Now to find me that definitive guide. It's gotta be around somewhere. A 64 GB USB is a terrible thing to waste.
yes, but the first 4 commands only once to add the Brave repository. Later on, only the apt commands are needed.
UEFI, it's almost four years old so it's fairly modern. I think I will have to reformat the USB and start over. I'll also have a look at some of the Ubuntu forums, maybe there is a formal tutorial to install Ubuntu on a stick there for beginners.
OK. So you want to use Rufus to make a bootable UFD from the Ubuntu ISO? You shouldn't have to format your current UFD. Rufus will do that. In Rufus ... drag the ISO into the Boot selection field Partition scheme.. make it GPT Leave everything else alone Click Start Write in ISO image mode (Recommended) Boot the UFD in UEFI mode. In the Boot Menu the flash drive item will be preceded by UEFI. If you have CSM enabled you will probably also see a UFD entry not preceded by UEFI. Don't select it. If that doesn't work, try a smaller UFD. There can be boot problems with 64 GB UFDs. My Linux UFDs are 8 GB. (I used to use 4 GB) They never fail to boot and install Linux.
I always had issues trying to install anything Ubuntu or Debian based onto an external drive whereas .rpm distros succeeded every time. I read so many 'tutorials' online some needing degrees in computer science to understand that now I just use ROSA for my external testing drives and be done with it. There is a .rpm version of Brave so maybe this is an alternative direction you would like to consider.
