On Thu, 03 Sep 2020 09:19:42 -0600 joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote: > So I ran: sudo apt dist-upgrade again and got this result: > > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > 197 additional updates are available with UA Infrastructure ESM. > To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable > See https://ubuntu.com/advantage or run: sudo ua status > > Then I ran sudo apt list --upgradable > and got the long list of options that one sees when > running sudo apt full-upgrade > > But I don't know which of those options I should try to use > or how to use them (in what sequence). Hi Joe, If I were in your situation, I'd first try Chromium instead of Chrome, and if the symptom remains, I'd just wait a couple months until Chrome/Chromium fixes itself. This stuff happens all the time with browsers: Several are always broken. What I'd avoid right now is these extreme package manager maneuvers that might bork a lot of stuff. Here are some alternatives to Chromium and Firefox: dillo edbrowse eolie epiphany falkon flinks icecat links luakit midori netsurf otter-browser qutebrowser surf vimb One other observation. Earlier in the thread you expressed concerns about speed, number of processes running, and resources in general. You seem quite proficient at Linux. Maybe it's time you move away from coddling type distros like Mint, Ubuntu, and to a lesser extent Debian. If you were to switch to the Void Linux distro (https://voidlinux.org/), there would be far fewer levels of abstraction on your machine. If you switch to Void, I think all your resource problems would go away or at least have obvious root causes. This isn't to say you wouldn't have other problems with Void. A few marginal programs aren't packaged in Void: You'd use a Mint VM to run those. And Void's not going to have the "we work with all hardware" kind of capability that Mint and Ubuntu have, but if your hardware is more than a year old, that shouldn't be a problem on any distro. I've been using Void Linux since early 2015 (switched from Debian in 2014 and Ubuntu 2008-2013) and I still love using Void. You might want to consider it. SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss