thanks TXRon,i no one thing i tried to install on separate hard in my dell xps 8900 for days one error after another tried just about everything i could find online to install linux mint 22 i had no luck i think it has something to do with my bios setup that was installed by dell so you are unable to install linux on a dell xps 8900 kinda bummed because that is the pc i wanted to use if on you have any ideas how it could be installed on my system please let me know,i had no problem installing linux mint on a probable on a 20yr old acer lap top just to mess around with linux mint thanks for any advice
Most likely a bios setting…dig in
The more I use Linux Mint, the more I realize there aren’t nearly as many limitations versus Windows as I thought there were. This was one of the best recommendations I have ever received while being a TP member…thanks again @TXRon.
On my main computer I use mint on a arch linux system but on my laptop I use linuxmint and I always tell newbies to try linuxmint because its so well put together and user friendly. The first step is the hardest 
TXRon, This problem may interest you. Thanks in advance for any help. It may be a problem with a linux setting or a phone setting. I’ve spent hours looking for a solution and am now asking for help:
On linux my samsung phone gallery doesn’t show up with usb charge and data cable connected. The phone sees the gallery and a different Windows 11 PC also sees the gallery with a usb charge and data cable connected. I get these messages: "unable to open a folder…Object dpes mpt exost at “/org/gtk/vfs/mount/1” and “Could not display “mtp://SAMSUNG_SAMSUNG_Android_R5CTBOEZO0D”…The location is not a folder.”
Any suggestions???
sounds like a permission issue within linux