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A while back someone on this forum was irritated that a new person did not explicitly follow the forum rules for asking a question and was a bit harsh. There was a bit of a disagreement about how OP should have been handled. I responded in a PM. I am not going to indulge in a flame war because we o...

From: How to Get Help [5] Details! Details! Details! Include the version and architecture (32-bit, 64-bit) of Linux Mint. List any relevant hardware or software specifications. 'inxi' is a useful terminal command for listing this. Use inxi -h for help. Generally it suffices to type the following in ...

We would see it all the time in Darwin (which has the highest number of Thunder days of any Capital in the world). I was in Telecommunications during the 70s and 80s. During the wet season we were flat out keeping up with lightning related faults. Even had techs hospitalised because lightning hit th...

If I can help, I will try. I am no Linux guru, so my assistance is very limited. All of the above comments regarding stupid questions and statements and the response notwithstanding.

Came across this article elsewhere. An interesting read. I can remember many of these from my youth. My first PC was in 1986 and first pocket calculator was in the early 70s.

Failsafe OOTB security is a pipe dream, it'll never happen in Linux or any other OS. In fact one of the best bits of advice I ever heard is that the WORST thing you can so re security is to install some app, or avenb OS, thinking it'll make you hack proof. Of course there can be a failsafe OOTB sec...

Fortunately I live nowhere near Sydney! It's a nice place to visit, but I DO NOT ever want to live there!

Two Mint users in this room, two new installations this week went out the door, one installation the week before. All our Shed users use Mint at the Shed and a dozen(?) use it at home. DarrenG, are you in the North Island? If so that's another country with someone. If it is counted as NZ (joke for ...

What about setting up Autocad in Virtualbox instead of Wine? That way it still thinks it is running in Wingewoes but cannot affect Linux. OR, you could dual boot,

Where's Lister and Rimmer when you need them? Even Holly was a little more sympathetic to your plight.

So, why did you use a sexist name for your username, peppermint Patty indeed!

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Tue Sep 01, 2020 9:48 am

What if all the folks who write software decide to just make up their own rules and typed up their code any way they felt like it?

Isn't that what Billy and his mates did? (I'm looking at you Mr Gates. )

I've found faceache useful for keeping up with friends and family all across the world. Like any other medium (forums included) it all depends upon the use you put it to and your discipline. I generally spend more time here, than I do on Facebook, so, to me, Linux Mint Forums are a huge "time waster...

Think of Linux like you do an unfamiliar motor car. You know it's capable of certain tasks it's just a matter of finding the right buttons to push. The problem with Windows "standards" is that they are not actually "standard". Even M$ Orifice has numerous "undocumented" features that the more "stand...

My printer is an Hp1312nfi which is connected to my network. I think I had it printing properly after the upgrade to mint 20 but cannot be certain of that (shows how often I print stuff). It was scanning properly, that I do know. I tried to print a two page report and ended up with pages of gibberis...

Could you possibly try setting the default to writer and then try setting it back to text editor again?

I THINK! Note this is only MY THOUGHTS! Journalism as a craft, and career, I'd venture, is going the way of the Dodo. Whether this is a good thing, or a bad thing, only time will tell. I'd suggest that, in future, the only "facts" in any news story will be those in the mind of the author. A journali...

I used to be tech support for my tribe, however, I taught them to learn for themselves. Time they hit high school, the teachers were asking them to support them. Now they are way ahead of anything I ever learnt. Heck one of them now works for the Uni that he attended and dropped out of because he wa...

Lovely doggie pics. We haven't had a pet pooch for about 16 years. Rusty was a stray that wandered into our yard one day, he looked like a nice animal but scrawny and riddled with ticks (i think he was probably a camp dog). Anyway we fed him, got rid of the ticks, and he made his home with us for th...

I think a lot of errors like that are a person's reliance on a spellchecker and not proofreading the final product. I catch little things like that all the time. Agreed. I detest poor spelling and grammar, especially those (whose native language is English) who cannot determine the difference betwe...