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by Gordon Cooper
Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:12 am
Forum: Package Requests - MX-21
Topic: External floppy drive. [Solved]
Replies: 27
Views: 2167

Re: External floppy drive. [Solved]

Fully aqgree with figueroa. Am running an ASUS external floppy from a powered USB hub. The floppy has the advantage of an extra USB connector
wired to parallel the power feed. No problems at all.
by Gordon Cooper
Thu Jul 28, 2022 1:12 am
Forum: Community Fun
Topic: Is anybody trying the wonderful Tuner for internet music radio?
Replies: 27
Views: 3840

Re: Is anybody trying the wonderful Tuner for internet music radio?

Yes, installed it on my old desktop running MX 19. No problems - except my deafness, but that is easily overcome with the audio gain control and a pair of headphones..

Thanks Jerry.
by Gordon Cooper
Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:45 pm
Forum: Testimonials
Topic: What old beast are you proudly running MX Linux on ?
Replies: 36
Views: 7888

Re: What old beast are you proudly running MX Linux on ?

Answering the original question: A Toshiba Portege Tablet M700, about 14 years old, or the desktop is a Dell Optiplex, age uncertain but has been updated with an SSD.
by Gordon Cooper
Mon Jul 18, 2022 5:05 am
Forum: MX KDE Official Release
Topic: Fan keeps spinning [Solved]
Replies: 12
Views: 1186

Re: Fan keeps spinning [Solved]

We're in winter here down under but i hear that Europe, including Greece are having very high ambient temperatures, So, whqat is your room
temperature like Sparky ?

Gordon.
by Gordon Cooper
Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:26 am
Forum: Community Fun
Topic: What would your perfect OS UI look like?
Replies: 22
Views: 4284

Re: What would your perfect OS UI look like?

@ JayM. A lot of sense in your post. One phrase in particular " ease of use as a higher priority than looking swell".

Personally, I don't really care how the screen looks, as long as it, and the system, does not waste my time.
by Gordon Cooper
Wed Mar 23, 2022 12:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: Interesting obituary - Mary Coombs
Replies: 5
Views: 1990

Re: Interesting obituary - Mary Coombs

The Guardian also published an interesting obituary for Clive Sinclair. Can be accessed through Gaer Boy's link for Mary Coombs.
by Gordon Cooper
Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:43 am
Forum: Hardware /Configuration
Topic: What's that down-pointing arrow light on my keyboards
Replies: 11
Views: 1521

Re: What's that down-pointing arrow light on my keyboards

It will vary with the keyboard maker. The Dell KB has the Scroll Lock Key in a group of three immediately above the numeric keys. There is no indicator. Two HP keyboards have their Scroll Lock key in a group of three spaced above the Insert, Home and Page Up Keys. One of these boards has an indicato...
by Gordon Cooper
Mon Jan 03, 2022 4:44 am
Forum: Testimonials
Topic: After many years with Ubuntu - impressed by MX
Replies: 8
Views: 1132

Re: After many years with Ubuntu - impressed by MX

Hello cos-squared,
You are not the first to have come to MX. I came from Kubuntu when MX was just version 14, and I have never
considered going back.

Welcome.
Gordon.
by Gordon Cooper
Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:11 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Installing MX-21 over an existing MX-19 installation [Solved]
Replies: 17
Views: 1657

Re: Installing MX-21 over an existing MX-19 installation [Solved]

Had a similar experience. I had forgotten to tell the installer where to pu Gtub. Ran the installer again and told it to put Grub at the end of the Boot
Record and all went well.
by Gordon Cooper
Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:04 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: software : merging JPEGs into PDF - something in MX package installer? [Solved]
Replies: 9
Views: 1002

Re: software : merging JPEGs into PDF - something in MX package installer? [Solved]

GIMP can resize, crop and otherwise modify image files, then export to pdf.

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