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Hi AZgl1500, I just created a lengthy reply to your Private Message (PM)... - When you updated the "openVPN" software, did you follow the instructions for Linux Mint 18.x? It should be showing "OpenVPN 2.4.5" - Using your PureVPN login information that you gave me, I downloaded their "openVPN" Linu...

My cousin have a new assignment now to build a community and he has to target linux audience too. Don't know where to start. I am watching and following simple machine forums. Is it a good platform? I want to build a community for free. What other options do I have? Linux, I can get some examples an...

Well, not only wives but my cousin is also complaining about Linux complexities. He's been using Linux for almost a year now. I think it's just that some people take to Linux like a duck to water (I certainly did, I made the jump happily, not because someone pushed me) and others... don't. I don't ...

When you hit 25 or 30, it starts to decline and you tend to judge others on your experience rather than setting a new lens for the view. But when you're younger than 25 or 30, you tend to judge others on your in experience. :P Learning goes away real quick after 30s. I don't know about that. I've k...

Learning capabilities in children are far more than elders. When you hit 25 or 30, it starts to decline and you tend to judge others on your experience rather than setting a new lens for the view. This is true. Learning goes away real quick after 30s. Problem is, they are using machines to do their...

Is a newbie really going to read 645 posts in this thread? I switched off after reading a few pages and didn't really find any tips but only some dead links. I have opened a discussion about this thread here: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=245526 What do you want to know? Reading...

It is a difficult thing to make your wife get used to some new thing be it anything. In this case, my brother got his wife a linux laptop before that she was using a windows one. It has been 6 months now and she is still complaining. Well, not only wives but my cousin is also complaining about Linu...

Well, after the WanaCry experience, I am thinking the same and I really wanted to shift my other 2 pcs on linux Ubuntu.

vladtepes wrote:

Pierre wrote: - anything MS related - - is an disaster waiting to happen.

Rubbish ! It's a disaster in progress !

MS is a disaster really?

And sad news for me is, Battlefront 2 is coming, saw it on E3. So I better gear up my wallet for more expense.

I like star wars so much, I have spent entire $100 on the merchandise and the game Battlefront this weekend.

mariad_10 wrote:Urggh Star wars

What is wrong with Star Wars?!?!!?

But I would agree with the post, saying children learns faster. I have my nephew example in front of me in this regard. He's operating the freaking iPad himself, he is 4 only. he knows how to get the apps, where to get them and how to use them. He'd only give iPad away to me or someone elder to put ...

Citizen229 wrote:When I was young we got sent outside. Forcibly. We usually played with sticks, and beat the crap out of each other.

That is what I and my brother would do all the time when were asked to go out and play and leave our video games paused on a Dx4 pc.

mariad_10 wrote:Definitely it was, and what i heard the attackers from the wannacry ransomware used these tools from NSA to hack, don't know how far is it true.

Yes they used NASA's broken tool for the spread of infection. This is true. Read the complete research and article on The Guardian and NewYork times.

When you use a VPN there's a risk that the VPN will disconnect, theoretically leaving your app still connected to wherever, but now with your details visible.. A good VPN kill switch will watch for that and close those apps in that case, leaving you safe. So after looking and experimenting all day,...

mariad_10 wrote:How does a Kill switch help, What is the utility?

Which VPN provider is giving a Killswitch? I haven't seen one. I use Buffered.

Hi "mariad_10", "fala2n", Yes, depending upon your VPN Provider it is a possibility that the servers themselves are not working properly, or maybe overloaded. Need to know what VPN providers each of you use, or are trying to use??? "vpnbook" is a free VPN provider and is usually very reliable, exce...

I can relate to it, how irritating it is getting your emai filled with spam spam spam. Yes it is very annoying. I have marked many mails as spam, so they directly goes to spam folder. But I have to clear them weekly and that is my friend the real pain. There should be something like Mailwasher for ...

The recent, highly publicized (at least in the UK) ransomware infections are resulting in a lot more people considering switching to Linux, which can only be a good thing. It may be what encouraged her to ask. The more this sort of thing appears in the headlines, the more people will discover the b...