Peppermint OS

These are the list of packages that are installed in the "loaded" The idea is you would run in terminal for example sudo apt install xfce4 then run a similar command for the next package. Some of these packages you may already have installed, you may not need to install all of them. If you are curious what a package is you can see the information. Go to this link https://packages.debian.org/stable/allpackages once there do a find on page look for example gufw xfce4 xfce4-goodies xorg xserver-xorg...

Starting from sudo swapon --show that should be what is ran in the terminal (I Updated the wiki to reflect that) (And also that 'NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO /swapfile file 4G 0B -2' would be terminal output from 'sudo swapon --show' ) You are correct that is an example output of what should be shown in the terminal Hope that helps,

Swap File

Not related to your issue, but In terms of AI searching have you tried https://www.perplexity.ai/ It's a internet search AI, but it is not integrated with any google services.

I am not really sure what you are trying to say.... what you wrote is a little confusing... But if you are looking for how to dual boot, or install a dual booting system this video is a good walk through https://youtu.be/ZsP5t32MlU8

These are not exact answers but just some things I found that could be related..... Check USB and Drive Mounting make sure that the system is recognizing and mount USB drives. You may need to manually mount the drives using terminal commands to verify if they are detected by the system. Hmmm ... could t be that the GRUB bootloader is not configured properly, which can affect the detection of external drives. maybe check the /etc/default/grub file and ensure that the GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER is set...

Try this: You can use the gsettings command to modify specific settings. Here are the steps to follow: Open a Terminal: You can do this by searching for "Terminal" in your applications menu. Run the following commands: To hide the Home folder icon: gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-flashback.desktop.icons show-home false To hide the Trash icon: gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-flashback.desktop.icons show-trash false To ensure that all desktop icons are hidden, you may also want to set: gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-flashback.desktop.show-icons...

Which build are you running, And are you connected to the internet?