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What do you mean with "Deleted half of my storage"?
How did you do that? Did you just go into your file manager and deleted some photos, or did you remove partitions and stuff outside of /home/?
You know of the "linuxatemyram.com"-site, do you? Did you try to "optimize" the RAM consumption or other performance tweaks? It sounds like you "don't have enough RAM" and then Linux tries to use the swap space, pulling stuff from your SSD.
Did you install Mint freshly onto the new SSD? Did you use the recommended partioning-layout (regarding swap space)?
I hate to say it, but did you try to reinstall your OS? Maybe that might help...
i deleted half of the data on the ssd (no it's not in the trash folder.) i deleted timeshift files and unused apps. how do i optimize ram consumption and get 'other performancw tweaks'. i shouldnt be running out of ram if nothing is loaded and i just booted up? yeah i installed mint on to the ssd when i got it. i dont dual boot so do i need to partition? no i have not reinstalled linux but i might
Can you name a few examples? Apps usually don't need much data, and timeshift backups aren't accumulative, so only the first one is big, and the following ones are just a few MBs big.
Why not store them on an external drive? That would be the best method anyway, in case you can't access your PC.
Easy. You don't :) Linux is already very optimized ootb, and the only thing you can install for example is TLP, a battery life prolonger for better runtime on laptops.
Other than that, don't. And take a look at the link, everything gets explained very well and simple there.
If you have to ask this, it should be fine. The default layout on Mint is good as is.
Remember to backup your data!!!
If you haven't made many customisations, every file should be restored easily. Might help, but keep an eye on your actions.
Don't do stupid things and maybe consider immutable distros, like Fedora Silverblue, since you can't mess up anything on them.
read the edited post! apparently somethings wrong with the gtk3 module, im only having slow boots for flatpaks!!