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by Artim
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: HP's new printer subscription service...
Replies: 24
Views: 619

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.
by Artim
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Yes, about all that old Windows 10 hardware.....
Replies: 93
Views: 2122

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...
by Artim
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: Yes, about all that old Windows 10 hardware.....
Replies: 93
Views: 2122

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...
by Artim
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:47 am
Forum: Testimonials
Topic: A year after creation date...
Replies: 10
Views: 462

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...
by Artim
Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Best Dock panel for KDE
Replies: 7
Views: 263

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!
by Artim
Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: [SOLVED] LibreOffice: Text on an Arc
Replies: 10
Views: 271

Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice: Text on an Arc

Success - using Inkscape, as shown in @Stevo 's link in Post #2
by Artim
Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: [SOLVED] LibreOffice: Text on an Arc
Replies: 10
Views: 271

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...
by Artim
Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: [SOLVED] LibreOffice: Text on an Arc
Replies: 10
Views: 271

[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 ...
by Artim
Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Unleash the power of PDF4QT (open source PDF editor)
Replies: 19
Views: 916

Re: Unleash the power of PDF4QT (open source PDF editor)

I still use Xournal for annotating pdfs. The only annoyance is that Xournal wants to save it as a "xdj" file... so I use the print-to-file feature to save the output to a new pdf.
by Artim
Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Proton VPn Mx Linux Xfce Problems [Solved]
Replies: 6
Views: 145

Re: Proton VPn Mx Linux Xfce Problems [Solved]

It probably depends on systemd. It may work on MX-Linux with systemd enabled.

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