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- Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:15 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: What Notes App Do you use ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1078
Re: What Notes App Do you use ?
Thanks Ben
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:23 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: What Notes App Do you use ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1078
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:06 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: What Notes App Do you use ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1078
Re: What Notes App Do you use ?
Text Editor (xed) :) I would like something akin to OneNote so I can keep things organised but haven't gotten round to looking to see what's out there that's good yet. Gnote Sticky and Vivaldi will let you organise notes into folders. I have often wondered about using Calc as suggested by someone e...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: What Notes App Do you use ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1078
Re: What Notes App Do you use ?
I use the wonderful browser Vivaldi , which also has an integrated notes app among many other features. There is also a calendar, email client, contacts, tasks and web panels, all neatly organized in a sidebar and syncable with android or other desktops. YES !! Vivaldi is brilliant - Today I learne...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:56 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: What Notes App Do you use ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1078
Re: What Notes App Do you use ?
I use cherrytree. The default tool bar is a tad busy so I remove all items from it that I won't use a lot if at all. But overkill is better than underkill sometimes. I have seen posts where people say Cherrytree is very useful. I have tried using Cherrytree a couple of times - it just seems so comp...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:12 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: What Notes App Do you use ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1078
What Notes App Do you use ?
I like the following Apps for different purposes Sticky - comes pre installed with Linux, The idea of folders for sticky notes is fabulous !, I don't like the way that all notes in a folder automatically jump onto the screen, but that is what sticky notes were first designed to do Gnote - I like how...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 11:53 pm
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: passwords and keys - two preinstalled passwords
- Replies: 2
- Views: 124
Re: passwords and keys - two preinstalled passwords
Hi Bill, can you also share something about your machine: Pierre, Thanks for the reminder. Done. See below. System: Kernel: 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria base: Ubuntu 22.04 ja...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: passwords and keys - two preinstalled passwords
- Replies: 2
- Views: 124
passwords and keys - two preinstalled passwords
I just updated to Mint 21.2 a few days ago and changed my login password today. Opened up passwords and keys for the first time ever and saw two "default" passwords called Chrome Safe Storage . Didnt understand what they were for .........[ I read the help file, followed some links, then f...
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:59 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade tool to avoid Legacy UEFI Boot issues ? [SOLVED WITH RUFUS]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1023
Re: Upgrade tool to avoid Legacy UEFI Boot issues ? [SOLVED WITH RUFUS]
When choosing an auto-partitioning option as in your case Erase and install... , disk is formatted with GPT partitioning scheme by default. There is no partition left behind on that disk, all partitions are created on installing. Mint 21 installer will (try) install on both UEFI and BIOS mode so cr...
- Tue Nov 01, 2022 3:30 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade tool to avoid Legacy UEFI Boot issues ? [SOLVED WITH RUFUS]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1023
Re: Upgrade tool to avoid Legacy UEFI Boot issues ? [SOLVED WITH RUFUS]
SOLVED made another Installation USB using RUFUS the first one was made with Balena Would you, please, tell us the choice you have made on creating Live USB with Rufus? Sure you chose MBR partitioning scheme for BIOS or UEFI system. I mean, did you check any Advanced drives priorities as add fixed ...
- Mon Oct 31, 2022 5:00 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade tool to avoid Legacy UEFI Boot issues ? [SOLVED WITH RUFUS]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1023
ŔUFUS vs BALENA Legacy UEFI Boot issues ?
Hello, Thankyou for all of the suggestions above. Problem solved by making another Installation USB First one was made on Linux using Balena. Although it worked on my wifes modern laptop it wasnt going to install on my old Dell desktop, but it was happy to install on another old windows laptop. On t...
- Sun Oct 30, 2022 6:20 pm
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade tool to avoid Legacy UEFI Boot issues ? [SOLVED WITH RUFUS]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1023
Re: Upgrade tool to avoid Legacy UEFI Boot issues ?
Hey Raycoupe, Thanks for the reply. I cannot remember the details of the previous problems, I only remember gritting my teeth and wading through them. The main reason fo asking the question was to find out if the new upgrade tool in 20.3 would uprade my machine to 21 as easily as it did going from 2...
- Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:28 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Upgrade tool to avoid Legacy UEFI Boot issues ? [SOLVED WITH RUFUS]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1023
Upgrade tool to avoid Legacy UEFI Boot issues ? [SOLVED WITH RUFUS]
Hello, I installed MInt on this old Dell several years ago, and after a few updates it is now running Mint 20.3. Had all sorts of Legacy BIOS UEFI Bootup Disc Partition things to think about in the previous installations, horribly complicated stuff for a newbie but character building. I have just re...
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 6:23 am
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: File metadata - Edit/Add Tags Keywords [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1603
Re: File metadata ? Edit & Add Tags Keywords
Donalduck,
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
- Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:45 am
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: File metadata - Edit/Add Tags Keywords [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1603
Re: File metadata ? Edit & Add Tags Keywords
Hello Donalduck, I have a heap of subdirectories in my GymExercises directory. One subfolder for each Author could be a Person or an Organisation So if I want to find the various explanations I have for "Pushups" I have to look in each folder. Or I could do a search hoping that Pushup and ...
- Mon Dec 06, 2021 4:23 am
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: File metadata - Edit/Add Tags Keywords [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1603
Re: File metadata ? Edit & Add Tags Keywords
Found a thing called Tagspaces - seems promising it has allowed me to Tag an XLSX file and then succesfully found the Tag in a search.
Any other programs out there like this ?
Bill
Any other programs out there like this ?
Bill
- Mon Dec 06, 2021 4:03 am
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: File metadata - Edit/Add Tags Keywords [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1603
Re: File metadata ? Edit & Add Tags Keywords
I just found exiftool ..... is there a GUI for exiftool ?
Yes !! https://github.com/hvdwolf/jExifToolGUI
anybody out there using this ? this github stuff is right at the far edge of my knowledge/experience.
Bill
Yes !! https://github.com/hvdwolf/jExifToolGUI
anybody out there using this ? this github stuff is right at the far edge of my knowledge/experience.
Bill
- Mon Dec 06, 2021 3:43 am
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: File metadata - Edit/Add Tags Keywords [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1603
File metadata - Edit/Add Tags Keywords [SOLVED]
Hello, When I was working and using windows computers (12 years ago now) we could access the attributes of most files and add/edit various keywords and tags. This was useful in finding files that shared the same keywords in their attributes. I have done some googling and it seems that with Linux thi...
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:41 pm
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: Resources to Help Novices With Error messages
- Replies: 2
- Views: 353
Resources to Help Novices With Error messages
Hello, Any guidance available to help novices understand how serious various warning are ? For example I got heaps of warnings during my uma install but I got the screen with the cartoon winked face and a message saying install succesful. I tried the install process 3 times and got the error message...
- Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:04 am
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: saving a file, initiates a search screen [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 393
Re: saving a file - initiates a search screen - annoying
Thanks for the responses.
So type the filename before selecting the folder - YES that works - Thankyou Vanadium
and I will remember the Alt n trick for the Focus as well - thankyou AZgl1500
Bill
So type the filename before selecting the folder - YES that works - Thankyou Vanadium
and I will remember the Alt n trick for the Focus as well - thankyou AZgl1500
Bill