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- Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:24 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: When do you call it quits on an older machine? And how do you take the next step?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 241
Re: When do you call it quits on an older machine? And how do you take the next step?
Probably when 32-bit support is unavailable anymore I'll finally throw away the old hand-me-down machine that shipped with WinXP (still the best OS Microsoft ever made). Or I'll keep just in case it's worth a zillion and twelve dollars in another few hundred years or something.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:33 am
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: Microsoft and Linux Foundation Announcement
- Replies: 3
- Views: 143
Re: Microsoft and Linux Foundation Announcement
You gotta watch the video to find out!
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:25 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: HP's new printer subscription service...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 628
Re: HP's new printer subscription service...
I still have my old scanner/copier/printer HP 380 all-in-one and it still mostly works. I'm glad I found this thread because I want to get a new printer soon.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:20 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Yes, about all that old Windows 10 hardware.....
- Replies: 93
- Views: 2153
Re: Yes, about all that old Windows 10 hardware.....
Switching to Linux was hardly a "gargantuan task" for me. That was years ago now and it's only gotten easier since then. Learning to use and maintain Linux was the harder part, but no more difficult than running "defrag" and all that when I was learning Windows. I think most ordi...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:05 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Yes, about all that old Windows 10 hardware.....
- Replies: 93
- Views: 2153
Re: Yes, about all that old Windows 10 hardware.....
I have been advocating for Linux many years now, and only one person I've spoken to about it actually uses it - and that's only because she had no computer of her own so I gave her my spare laptop (with MX-Linux on it). When she finally gets her own computer, I doubt she'll care if it's Linux or not...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:47 am
- Forum: Testimonials
- Topic: A year after creation date...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 467
Re: A year after creation date...
Before Ubuntu made Debian usable by us ordinary mortals ("Linux for Human Beings"®), Mepis had already been doing it quite successfully. But Ubuntu had the backing of a millionaire and so kind of cornered the newbie market. Now Ubuntu has gotten too big for it's britches, teamed up with Mi...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:46 am
- Forum: Software / Configuration
- Topic: Best Dock panel for KDE
- Replies: 7
- Views: 265
Re: Best Dock panel for KDE
A panel and a dock are just about the same thing, if you want them to be. I do the same thing in Xfce as @CatManDan does in KDE (very nice looking, CatMan). For eye candy, use Cairo Dock. For simplicity and low-demand functionality, use the good ol' Xfce panel!
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: MX Help
- Topic: [SOLVED] LibreOffice: Text on an Arc
- Replies: 10
- Views: 275
Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice: Text on an Arc
Success - using Inkscape, as shown in @Stevo 's link in Post #2
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:28 pm
- Forum: MX Help
- Topic: [SOLVED] LibreOffice: Text on an Arc
- Replies: 10
- Views: 275
Re: LibreOffice: Text on an Arc
Thanks everyone! I've followed the same directions in LibreOffice that you posted, Gabriel_M . But I either did it wrong multiple times or it just doesn't work. I've given up trying any more with LO. Tomorrow after school I will try Inkscape and maybe Scribus as well, and I'll mark it "solved&q...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:30 pm
- Forum: MX Help
- Topic: [SOLVED] LibreOffice: Text on an Arc
- Replies: 10
- Views: 275
[SOLVED] LibreOffice: Text on an Arc
I just spent the last two hours trying to type some text - in a specific font - along a curved line. I searched, read articles, watched videos, and tried every single step suggested in every single article and video. And I've concluded that it can't be done in Libreoffice without an advanced degree ...