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That looks great but I'm also thinking that monitor could star in it's own big screen movie, aka Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!

Now which half is which

Aztaroth wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:26 pm

Mick-Cork wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:17 pm I'll definitely create the script you've provided. Glad I posted my own now, and thanks for the pointers

Then I've a double reward : preventing a possible security issue and giving you a little tool.

Done, up and running, nice and slick!

For anyone using the hosts file, I modified a script I found online that downloads hosts files from different sources and combines them into one. The script removes duplicates and comments, and also allows for incorporation of user whitelists and blacklists. My resultant hosts file has roughly 6500...

For anyone using the hosts file, I modified a script I found online that downloads hosts files from different sources and combines them into one. The script removes duplicates and comments, and also allows for incorporation of user whitelists and blacklists. My resultant hosts file has roughly 65000...

rene wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:35 pm Well, certainly they "pass" IP info of course in the sense of a login originating from some given IP address.

Foggy brain here tonight forgetting all about those TCP/IP courses I had many years ago!

Will G-mail still give those blasted security alerts if I set up Thunderbird for G-mail? I don't what it is but I use the same couple of devices to check email and at least once a week I have to reply to a "security alert' that a new device has logged into my account even though I've used that...

My question here is whether to keep it charged as much as possible, or should I let it run down some before recharging? Hi BoDill, Assuming it has a lithium-ion battery (pretty much guaranteed) it seems the consensus these days is to let it get down to approx 20-30% and then charge it up to 80-90% ...

Does anyone know what versions of mint this picture is from? I would like to get the image for my background. I'm not sure if that was an official LM background or not, but it seems to appear on the net around the same time LM18 was released. Either way, it's available as a free 2880x1800 download ...

Sometime during a recent FF update the browser default homepage was changed to : https://linuxmint.com/start/tricia/ which has an embedded Google search box. It's easy to change the homepage back to whatever you want in the settings. The probable reason for it, assuming LM has a Google Adsense accou...

A lot of socializing going on here, Anyway I swapped out to a 2TB hard drive and closed a couple thousand tabs, but the problem of system taking over on its own, to defrag, or load updates remains, and when this happens I can just as well abandon everything I've been working on for a couple hours, ...

Using Windows with VM, does it not prompt for additional license key as it considers the VM install to be a separate machine? I have three genuine Win 10 Pro installs but moving them (especially onto a VM install) has in the past been problematic. Thanks It was quite a while ago that I set it up, b...

Hi _tab, I have a Nationwide current acc that I occasionally login to using FF on Linux. I don't do much on there as it's not my main account but it seems to work fine when I do. I'm guessing when they say they don't support it they mean they won't troubleshoot any access problems. It's an interesti...

Something like 65% of social interaction/communication is based on body language and tone of voice. Any of us can write a sentence and deliver it in person in such a variety of ways that it can be interpreted differently each time. Back in my corporate days when email was being introduced we were gi...

I have mixed thoughts about this. I have W10 in a VM for occasional needs but would probably prefer to dual boot for Windows performance benefits. However I opted for the VM as there were too many anecdotal stories of woe. The new LM website has a statement on the home page in answer to the question...

Here is another link that is just all screenshots Setup a Wifi hotspot in Linux Mint/Ubuntu . Maybe something there will help. One small difference in that one is that the author is selecting the WiFi as the Internet connection, so it's shared for both the hotspot and the net. I think the only diff...

I was starting to wonder how I could see it and dappermuis could not. Had me thinking maybe I imaged it. :lol: Conversely I was thinking I must be going blind! I started hunting for it until thinking about another browser :) @ dappermuis : maybe too simple a thought, but if you click on the WiFi ic...

Whether the wifi is toggled on in the software or not, it does the same thing. As for a Video. There's a Video? Saw no links to anything like that, I've looked up and down the post since you stated that and I still can't find a link to a video. In the link Mick-Cork posted, How to Create a WiFi Hot...

Hi everywhere I look there are how to use your phone as the hotspot. But I want to do the opposite and use my laptop as the hot spot. How does one do that? Never tried it myself, but wondering if this article would take you down the right path: https://linuxhint.com/create-wifi-hotspot-linux-mint/

2014, had a problem on a Windows laptop. Could possibly have resolved it but was aware of Ubuntu and thought I'd try it first. Was good enough to convince me about Linux, but after a month or so decided Ubuntu itself and me didn't gel. Googled other Linux OS's and read about LM 17.1, installed it, a...

I'd agree with JoeFootball's suggestion of a clean install, but before doing so it might be worth posting up some info about the laptop here first. If it's really old and has a limited spec (RAM, CPU etc) you might need a light weight OS to suit. Do you know what Linux OS is installed at the moment?...