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by rc racer
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.
by rc racer
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...
by rc racer
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...
by rc racer
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
by rc racer
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). :rock:
by rc racer
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...
by rc racer
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

richb wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2019 7:37 am There currently are Linux Chrome based browsers. So why not.
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.
by rc racer
Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Librem 5 Phone
Replies: 4
Views: 2180

Re: Librem 5 Phone

mystic wrote: Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:01 pm Well if I would buy the librem 5, it would be mostly the after there is a Lineage OS implementation of it.

Would you mind telling me what you mean by a linage OS implementation of it? I think I know, but not for sure : :embarrassed:
by rc racer
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?
by rc racer
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...

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