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- Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: What distro do you favour? Beside MX/Antix of course...
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6920
Re: What distro do you favour? Beside MX/Antix of course...
I have Linux Mint on an old Laptop with the cinnamon desktop; But I have MX on my newer laptop and on my desktop all in one.
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 7:04 am
- Forum: Installation
- Topic: (solved)Future failure warning in the Installer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 692
Re: Future failure warning in the Installer
The default root password when running the live USB is root. The default user password is demo. Found in section 2.4 of the manual by searching it for password . I should have looked for it there. GS smart control indicated that an update for the drive may be available and I have internal errors on...
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 6:07 am
- Forum: Installation
- Topic: (solved)Future failure warning in the Installer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 692
(solved)Future failure warning in the Installer
I have recently installed MX 19 on my laptop and everything appears to have gone smoothly. However when I went to install this on my Desk top I received this warning in the installer. "The disks with the partitions you selected for installation pass the SMART monitor test (smartct) but have a h...
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:31 pm
- Forum: XFCE Desktop Environment
- Topic: Do you use a conky - Y or N and Why?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 7616
Re: Do you use a conky - Y or N and Why?
Yes, mainly to check CPU usage, hard disk space, and memory. I also like a big bold clock with the date of the month on it
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:52 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Do you play a musical instrument, if so: which?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 8016
Re: Do you play a musical instrument, if so: which?
I play the Guitar, mainly rhythm, but I don't Rock ( unless I do it in a rocking chair).
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:43 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: New Convert
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2890
Re: New Convert
Perhaps worth bearing in mind that if you are like me you want know as much as you can about anything you use, but Linux is such a big subject that the best approach might be to just learn what you need to enjoy your OS. After all, how many car drivers nowadays have any understanding of what goes o...
- Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:40 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Microsoft would like to bring Edge to Linux
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8032
Re: Microsoft would like to bring Edge to Linux
That is true and it is a good question but from what I hear Edge has not been a good web browser. I wouldn't know because I quit using windows before it came out. Most likely having a Linux version of Edge could only improve it.
- Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Librem 5 Phone
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2180
- Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:07 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Someone thinks firefox is better than Chrome now...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2669
Re: Someone thinks firefox is better than Chrome now...
From the bit and pieces of what I've been hearing; Firefox might be headed in that direction as well. I've be thinking about the Brave browser but it seems like they have a few thing to work out yet but their getting there. I noticed you said you use palemoon at home. How do you like it?
- Sat Jun 22, 2019 1:51 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Librem 5 Phone
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2180
Librem 5 Phone
I have been becoming increasingly aware of how insecure using an android or i- phone can be for the common user. So when I came across some information about the Librem 5 phone I was interested. I did some reading about this phone on the purism web site and I thought the basic concept for this phone...