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Linux Ubuntu question for my older windows laptop.
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Posted on 04/06/2014 1:04:45 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg

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To: zeugma

And make backups of the backups.


41 posted on 04/07/2014 7:04:19 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Mad Dawgg
Here's my current Ubuntu experience:
42 posted on 04/07/2014 8:30:49 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Mad Dawgg
20 other flavors of Ubuntu
43 posted on 04/07/2014 8:43:23 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Mad Dawgg
That is not that old a machine, nor OS. Why would you want to try Linux? You can, and Linux Mint would run on it, though Xubuntu would be faster.

But besides the learning curve sometimes needed even for some things you can easily do in Windows (despite hype to the contrary: spend some time reading Linux forums), know also that many multimedia codecs are proprietary, and thus are not included by default in some Linux distros, and are illegal to use in the USA and some other countries (even W/8 does not play DVDs natively except by buying the prop pack), though this is a contentious issue , with some holding that if you have a valid Windows copy on your PC then you are covered. Most just dismiss any concerns, as if writing code is not a profession fit for recompen$e.

You can but them and a DVD player from Fluendo .

44 posted on 04/07/2014 9:54:48 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: Mad Dawgg

No so fast .

45 posted on 04/07/2014 10:04:08 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: Mad Dawgg
Machine name: HAL

Model please.

46 posted on 04/07/2014 10:05:54 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: Mad Dawgg

At least that’s what I heard


47 posted on 04/07/2014 10:15:47 AM PDT by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period. PALIN/CRUZ 2016)
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To: daniel1212
So goggle is a bunch of libtard leftists who want to discriminate against conservatives?

Now I want their money even more so I can use it against them! (Guerrilla warfare 101!)

48 posted on 04/07/2014 10:22:45 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg
I've got a REALLY OLD Acer 730TXV(PIII450/512mb mem.)running XP(slow).

Thinking of either trying Linux(just to mess with it)...

...or just take it to Best Buy for their current recycle promotion($100 towards a new 'puter for turning in a working XP/laptop...looking at a $99+tax Chromebook/after promo discount).

49 posted on 04/07/2014 10:25:17 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Shall Not Be Infringed)
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To: daniel1212
I will be buying another Laptop in the near future. I want to use this one for research and writing. All I need is open office and a decent web browser. If I can get it to work with a printer great, but I have 5 other computers in the house hooked to my network that can do the printing if need be.

The idea is to have a bare bones laptop that is lean with no extra programs other than what is needed to get my work done AND if it gets stolen or damaged beyond repair it is no great loss. My research job takes me into some fairly bizarre situations like going down in a coal mine or crawling inside a cement mixer truck once (I'm never doding that one again!), or into a sewer system etc...

I never worried so much about it in the past because I had strong legs and good balance and rarely had problems getting about but Arthritis is getting the better of me and I finally had to admit I was headed for a heartbreak if I kept dragging an expensive laptop around in those situations.

This one I have now is slowing down a bit and I don't want to buy a new one just to get more speed if I can instead put Linux on it and get the job done.

50 posted on 04/07/2014 10:46:32 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: daniel1212
"Model please."

Sure, no problem...


51 posted on 04/07/2014 11:54:14 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: RckyRaCoCo
I've got a REALLY OLD Acer 730TXV(PIII450/512mb mem.)running XP(slow).

Dang -- for a system like that you might try Puppy Linux or DSL

52 posted on 04/07/2014 1:11:01 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Mad Dawgg
While a breathtaking testament to special creation, and a blessing for her husband to behold and no other man else, that is not what God meant by "modest apparel."
53 posted on 04/07/2014 1:20:52 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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And can post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3141470/posts?page=51#51 be removed from pings to me? She may be Eve but i am a man born after the Fall.


54 posted on 04/07/2014 4:34:28 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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