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This netbook (D260) used to be able to watch videos, even play some small games just fine! What happened? I'm not sure about games. However, when video sites like YouTube changed video codecs from H.264 to the CPU-intensive VP8/VP9, the Atom-based netbooks just choked. In order to get my Atom-based...

Ah, Qiana and the rest, we loved you so... Mint 17 was my first serious foray into the world of Linux. Although most of my Mint machines have since been upgraded to 18 or 19, I had maintained 17.3 on my Optiplex 760 for its stability as a Dropbox client and local network server, as well as my primar...

A few months ago, I replaced the hard drive in my Dell Inspiron N4110 with an SSD. My boot times went from ~35-40 seconds to less than 15. It's like I jumped from a second-gen i3 (the laptop's actual processor) to a 5th or 6th gen. The dots on the Linux Mint splash screen barely cycle colors once-- ...

I don't know the typical age demographic of this message board, but I know in certain circles "older" music means stuff from the 70s and 80s. In fact, of late I regularly hear people talk about some contemporary piece of Pop music that "they grew up with" or that "came out a while ago" (etc.) in th...

JerryF, I was wondering if you've noticed any performance boost or improved battery life with the SSD upgrade. I had just finished doing the same type of upgrade for my Dell Inspiron laptop earlier this afternoon. (I didn't have anywhere near the problems you had with Clonezilla, but I attribute tha...

Way back when this thread started, I would have wished for a native version of Cakewalk Sonar (the music software). I don't need that now, thanks to Bitwig Studio; it's not free, but for me it's worth the money, is developed by some former Ableton Live programmers, and it runs on Mint 18 (or almost ...

In addition to the aforementioned Joe Collins, Spatry, Nixie Pixel, Chris Were and Linux Gamer (and watching Lunduke's "Linux Sucks..." presentations for a candid view on the state of the platform over the past few years), I have also watched some videos from these fellows: Switched to Linux Chase D...

I'd like to thank two people whose recent helping hints in the Networking forum to another user (see this thread ) just resolved a similar and very pesky situation for me. This morning, suddenly none of my Linux clients at home could connect to my network router, even though they worked fine yesterd...

Well, according to data I just made up five minutes ago, OS usage in my household is 50% Android-Linux, 25% Mac OS X, and 25% GNU+Linux. And that of my household, with the same anecdotal accuracy: 30% OS X 35% iOS 25% GNU+Linux (pretty much all me, except when my child and I play a round of Open Ar...

For older machines : Lubuntu . It almost went on my Lenovo Ideapad, to be honest, but Mint Xfce's richer feature set won out ever so slightly. For newer machines : I might play with Manjaro XFCE . I've become somewhat fond of XFCE these past couple of years, thanks to my experience with Mint Xfce; ...

I've always had OEM systems, but one day I want to build my own computer. Fred ... I imagine this for you If I had something like that, I wouldn't know whether I should be looking at the screen or the case window. :) I'll admit that I had fun spec'ing out and building a PC from scratch once upon a ...

Hello all 32 Bit-System users just wanted to start something similar. Fortunately I found this already existing topic. Many thanks also to the system and kernel developers. I enjoy repairing old computers and reuse so-called electrical and electronic waste. And such parts sometimes need 32-bit syst...

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Fri Feb 16, 2018 6:58 pm

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Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:10 pm

I bet the final setup will be quite nice. Are you thinking about keeping it on the desk for port accessibility, or mounting it to the back of the monitor to reduce clutter? ...

I prefer port accessibility.

Funny thing is, so do I. I'm like Gary Numan. I dream of wires.

I bet the final setup will be quite nice. Are you thinking about keeping it on the desk for port accessibility, or mounting it to the back of the monitor to reduce clutter? There are some NUC vendors that sell VESA mounts for that purpose; System76's Meerkat includes a matching VESA mount for free.

I voted "rarely." That's from a personal-usage standpoint. At work, though, the workstations and most of the servers are Windows-based. I do tend to one Linux server at work-- a Fedora Core 14 VM, running MySQL. At home, except for one old self-built XP machine that I keep around for occasional gigg...

It's since bounced back slighly to approximately $8000 USD, which is where it was when the roller coaster ride started late last year. It's an interesting concept from a programming standpoint, and DLT/blockchain could have much wider use, but Bitcoin itself has become way too volatile for use as ei...

Try Unixstickers.com . They ship globally, and feature plenty of Linux and BSD distros, including Mint, as well as some dev/programming logos and the occasional Rage Comic meme. If you want to see their Mint badge, click here . There's also a Linux Mint logo T-shirt, although I admit that the ones a...

Although I had toyed with a Live DVD of Ubuntu 10.04 way back when, I didn't start using Linux regularly until the summer/fall of 2014. I had acquired a small handful of used desktops and laptops from my wife's boss when that business shut down. Those computers were all running Enterprise or Profess...

As Drygar_2016 said earlier, I hope 2018 turns out better for all. By the way, I must say that Sydney and Moscow know how to put on a New Years' show. The Sydney Harbor Bridge is a great backdrop for a fireworks exhibition. And the colorful domes of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow look even neater w...

I have only one 32-bit Mint 17.3 install, and that's with Xfce. My Lenovo Ideapad is too low-spec'd to run Cinnamon smoothly. It runs better with Mint Xfce than with its original Windows XP, though. Among my various Mint installs, I've found that if the machine can run Cinnamon smoothly, it's most l...