I have an HP T620 Thin Client PC - the type you see in a lot of Doctor's offices. Completely silent, with a 64-bit quad core AMD processor. I upgraded the sodimm memory in it from 4GB to 16GB recently. Also upgraded the 16GB sata ssd inside it to 128GB, for a possible eventual Windows install for dual booting.
I installed Linux Mint 21 (Cinnamon), Ubuntu based on it, using a 480GB USB PNY SSD that I bought on clearance a year or more ago. While it isn't the quickest thing, it seems to run well.
One of the reasons why I want this thing is because my workplace started requiring "2 factor" security when checking email. Previously, we had 3 Windows PC's with large monitors and full size keyboards. Instead, they gave us 3 tiny chromebooks. I HATE the keyboards and tiny screens, which are much lower than the old monitors were. So, I upgraded a Chromebox and used that on my desktop.
It worked ok, but I decided I'd like something a bit faster, and I'd like to try Linux. I was told that Linux Mint was probably closest to the Windows I was used to using.
The really strange thing is that Firefox works just fine, but none of the other browsers I've installed will launch. They all seem to install ok, but when I try to launch any of them, the circle just spins, and then nothing at all happens. I've tried uninstalling, then reinstalling, but nothing changes. This is the case with Chrome, Brave Browser, and Microsoft Edge - when I double click, I get a spinny thing that seems to be showing that something is happening for maybe 7 seconds, then nothing. I need to be able to launch Google Voice in a different browser while Logging in to work email on the first browser. Google voice will let me check the text for a Google Code, which will let me log in to my work email in the first browser. If I can't get another browser to work, then it won't work for the primary thing I put this together for.
Anyone have any thoughts on why the browser that Linux came with (firefox) would launch and run just fine, but no other browsers on the same machine will? I've tried launching half a dozen other programs that I've installed the same way, (games, word processors, handbrake), and they all seem to launch just fine.
I installed Linux Mint 21 (Cinnamon), Ubuntu based on it, using a 480GB USB PNY SSD that I bought on clearance a year or more ago. While it isn't the quickest thing, it seems to run well.
One of the reasons why I want this thing is because my workplace started requiring "2 factor" security when checking email. Previously, we had 3 Windows PC's with large monitors and full size keyboards. Instead, they gave us 3 tiny chromebooks. I HATE the keyboards and tiny screens, which are much lower than the old monitors were. So, I upgraded a Chromebox and used that on my desktop.
It worked ok, but I decided I'd like something a bit faster, and I'd like to try Linux. I was told that Linux Mint was probably closest to the Windows I was used to using.
The really strange thing is that Firefox works just fine, but none of the other browsers I've installed will launch. They all seem to install ok, but when I try to launch any of them, the circle just spins, and then nothing at all happens. I've tried uninstalling, then reinstalling, but nothing changes. This is the case with Chrome, Brave Browser, and Microsoft Edge - when I double click, I get a spinny thing that seems to be showing that something is happening for maybe 7 seconds, then nothing. I need to be able to launch Google Voice in a different browser while Logging in to work email on the first browser. Google voice will let me check the text for a Google Code, which will let me log in to my work email in the first browser. If I can't get another browser to work, then it won't work for the primary thing I put this together for.
Anyone have any thoughts on why the browser that Linux came with (firefox) would launch and run just fine, but no other browsers on the same machine will? I've tried launching half a dozen other programs that I've installed the same way, (games, word processors, handbrake), and they all seem to launch just fine.
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