Hi everyone.
I am new to Linux. Tired of all the probs that windows 10 causes for all my programs.
I opted for mint 19.2 (wondering if zorin would be a better option) and using the cinnamon desktop for now.
I also, for now, have a duel boot w my windows 10 and planning to use wine and I think it is called virtual box to run windows inside Linux during this time.

Anyway, as you may have guessed, I have no sound. I see nothing equivalent to a device manager or anything for sound properties as windows has. So, I am kinda lost on what to do.

On a side note, I am also often prompted to use a local mirror (because it is quicker and, boy, do programs load slowly) and I know not what do to get that

Try the arecord -l command to see your sound hardware. Or lspci. Then make sure the correct drivers are installed.

You using Alsa? Try reloading it or removing and reinstalling. Execute alsamixer and see what’s happening.

My Mint 19.0 uses pulseaudio. It loands you in X, right? Type sudo pavucontrol and see if pulse audio comes in; that's important, because pulse tramples on alsa.

The Realtek hi-def audio is common as muck unless it's a Realtek soundcard. They sell their codecs to anyone. I've an intel soundcard

If pavucontrol is not installed, it's in the Mint repos.

It's often not included by default.

I'm surprised to hear that. They use pulse. Anyhow, let's hear from the OP.

Some of the words you guys use, don't look like English to me.
I forget the name of what it was, but I noticed some files That along with Linux on my USB drive After I first installed it. I deleted them. I appreciate you guys replies. Right now I got so much other stuff going on, that this must go on the back burner for a while. But, when I am ready I will come back to this thread and try what you recommended.I did read somewhere about typing pulseaudio -D In the terminal After posting this. Does that sound familiar to anyone. Anyway, thanks again guys and have a great weekend.
Wolfman

Oh, and yes, I have a realtek Sound card. I have an HP omen gaming laptop and it's Built pretty well. 2 TB of SSD and 32 gig memory, yada yada, but I still hate Windows. Windows 10 has some cool features, but it's just not dependable, much like most their operating systems. I have had to throw away perfectly good hardware such as the Photo-smart Printer and 6100 scanner, simply because Windows would not support them anymore. Even after leaving Windows 98, the software was rendered useless, so I could not use all the neat tools on the software. After HP, they stop making drivers.
That's just two of many Toys. Even simple things are a problem with Windows. When I switch from Linux back to Windows, my clock is off by about five hours. Even though it set on automatic I have to click that Off and back on To get the time Correct again. I wish I switched years ago To Linux, I'm getting too old for this Learnin stuff. I would've been all over this kind of Tech If it came out when I was younger. Now I just learn what I need to as I go along. I think my next PC project is learning to use this Koolertron gaming keypad. Macros and such. Ho Boy!! :-(

OK. I think we got a bit lost on tangents fropm your problem. Going back to #Post 1, which I think we've lost. I happen to have a 'save_my_A**' distro here, which just happens to be Mint-19.0, and I've no sound there either. I never cared, as I don't live in it, but I'll have a look why and come back.

Have a look into alsamixer and make sure sounds are properly adjusted and nothing is muted that should not be. The same goes for pavucontrol as someone mentioned. Alsamixer can also show you the active soundcard.

OK: Been in Linux Mint here. Followed these steps & have sound

1. In a X terminal, run 'pgrep pulse'. If it returns any numbers, pulse is running.
2. Run 'alsamixer' and an ncurses type display comes up.Watch out for 'MM' at the bottom of columns. You navigaate with left & right arrows. Press 'M' on eachy column with the 'MM' and it should change to a number - any number. Just make sure the one on the left(Mester) isn't zero. It's Alt-q to finish in alsamixer.
3. IMMEDIATELY, run sudo alsactl store'.
4. Test your sound.

I'd install pavucontrol if it's not there. Pulse is the boss there, and it's pulse's way of adjusting the volume.
Tell if you have pavucontrol by running 'which pavucontrol'. Thar should give the path, e.g. /usr/bin. Mine is in /usr/bin, and I have the default dvd install.