letsavagoo 957 Posted November 6, 2020 Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 My involvement with Linux started when I acquired an old military spec Panasonic laptop years ago. It had originally been supplied with Windows 95 and didn’t have the legs to run anything much newer so was very out of date so I discovered lightweight versions of Linux really out of necessity. I still have it and it still works and can fetch email and browse simple websites. It is a very capable word processor and I have used it a lot for this purpose as it is passively cooled so silent with a nice clunky keyboard with a decent feel. I now run all my computers on Linux I have about 8 of various vintage including a couple of high spec newer machines too but I only keep one of them on windows 10. When I do turn it on it is unusable for ages as it installs endless updates which sometimes change settings that I don’t want changing. Last windows update the sound and WiFi stopped working which took a while to sort out. I find Linux extremely reliable and I’ve hardly ever had an issue. Linux or a Mac for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted November 6, 2020 Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 Fair enough I suppose if you can be 'hands on' but access to the Strasbourg server is via SSH and a command line interface. Windows 10 can be irritating and annoying I grant but it's still way easier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted November 6, 2020 Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 Sorry you had a bad experience Brew. I suppose the issue of operating systems is a bit like politics. We all have our favorites and our issues with the others. To each his own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted November 6, 2020 Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 True enough LL but with a command line interface and my crap typing it makes things really frustrating for a not very patient man. Having spoken about it I've been playing with some old parts and I've built steampunk PC, basically a PC without a case. Using an old 500Gb drive I've installed Linux. I've not seen a Linux GUI so assuming you guys had one a bit of research and I found GNOME. Although it took three goes to install it's working now. I shall have a play and see how what happens, so far the desktop look a bit like a Mac... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted November 6, 2020 Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 Sorry to disappoint @jonab I’m an Apple man so I don’t get any computer problems, you get what you pay for. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted November 6, 2020 Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 Check out Linux Mint, Brew. I've used it for several years now. GUI interface very windows like. You can pull up a command line interface window. I've only ever used it once or twice. No real need. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted November 6, 2020 Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 They're only partially compatible so there's not really much point LL. I use my machines for all sorts of things from streaming to spreadsheets. to high end gaming and server management. I'd have to learn how to do all that again. One thing has surprised me, Linux(Centos) on an Intel i7 with 8Gb ram is quite a bit slower than I expected, then again that may be entriely down to me getting it wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted November 6, 2020 Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 Haven't had any slowness issues. It's faster than me anyway. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 Much of my older software didn't function in windows 10, hence, I gave the laptop to my daughter after 2 days.. should have persisted further maybe.. Tried a dual boot with windows 7 again failure, never had issues previously, Photoshop was unreadable, found a workaround but resolution was poor, tried external monitor dropped to 768 again useless. I came to the conclusion that it's not only the HD screen, but also the graphics cards inflexibility.. One program I did get to work was Cool Edit Pro! 2003, this didn't work in windows 7, it later became Adobe Audition at the time of windows 7. Has anybody else had backwards compatibility issues with windows 10? and HD screens? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 new one come this morning............set up impossible.......complete gobbledegook to me......it will shortly be flying thru the window.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 Ben, wait for one of your kids or grandkids to sort it for you. That’s what we do! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 whts router?...whos cntn?............thnks mrgie....ive messged grnddughter..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 10 minutes ago, benjamin1945 said: new one come this morning............set up impossible.......complete gobbledegook to me......it will shortly be flying thru the window.... Laptop or desktop Ben? and what are you trying to setup? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 thnks brew........cnt tlk too ngry............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 Pretty cool shorthand Ben, completely understandable (to me anyway, and I only learnt Pitman at college!) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 dint relise one word looked relly bd......kin thing..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 Understandable, our Ben. Slapped mine about a bit this morning. It's behaving itself now. Show it who's boss! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 if i ever meet this conton womn shes getting it,,,,,,,,,,,secure my crdentiols indeed.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 Ben you are now fluent in txt speak and can offcially communicate with teenagers! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 3 hours ago, HSR said: Much of my older software didn't function in windows 10, hence, I gave the laptop to my daughter after 2 days.. should have persisted further maybe.. Tried a dual boot with windows 7 again failure, never had issues previously, Photoshop was unreadable, found a workaround but resolution was poor, tried external monitor dropped to 768 again useless. I came to the conclusion that it's not only the HD screen, but also the graphics cards inflexibility.. One program I did get to work was Cool Edit Pro! 2003, this didn't work in windows 7, it later became Adobe Audition at the time of windows 7. Has anybody else had backwards compatibility issues with windows 10? and HD screens? We've had lots of issues from XP onwards. Each new OS will not cooperate with previous software versions. Mrs. L has had a lot of issues with her genealogy software which worked fine with the previous OS. We were quite happy with Win 7. Now that is no longer supported. I'm sick of putting money in Gate's pocket. Heaven help us now he's pushing vaccines. He finally drove me to Linux and I've never regretted it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 bone n roll some sides of bcon,,,weigh hundredweight of butter then deliver mrs pettegrew her posh toilet rolls,not problem,,but secure my credentils no wy.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 Apple doesn’t give these problems - except it’s more expensive. Such a pleasure to use though! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 It's only asking you for a password, I mean you don't want your credentials being interferred with now do you. .... or maybe you do......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 1 minute ago, philmayfield said: Apple doesn’t give these problems - except it’s more expensive. Such a pleasure to use though! You still have to secure your credentials even on posh PC's 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 Is it possible to use old software..roughly 2007 to 2012 on a windows 10 PC? Has anybody else had issues rolling back to 2007 after install, definitely messes with the Trad' bio's., Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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