king1 wrote:

insidious huh? maybe promoting their own wares over that of the competition, that's about it... Plenty of other companies do the same, but not exactly the huge data/privacy breach you initially accused MS of...

How many people have called you because they cannot login anymore, as "somehow" they must now use their MS account instead of "the computer" password ?

bitsnpieces2020 - 2021-05-27 19:11:00

muppet_slayer wrote:

But presumably there will be a windows 10 driver for it which fixes the problem. Still not really a problem is it unless it is very old in which case it's just a compatibility issue, the device is too old for 10.

I don't care about "the problem" because it works fine.

bitsnpieces2020 - 2021-05-27 19:13:00

Well.....after many hours and many linux distros later I have settled with Ubuntu 20.04.2, 64bit, gnome ver 3.36.8. The best part is I am running it in virtualbox inside windows 10. Had a job getting it to go to full screen which I thank 'programmingknowledge2'-
; on youtube for the great tutorial on how to fix it.

I am stoked. It has internet which is tethered to the wifi in windows 10, shows up as an ethernet connection in virtualbox. Funny that running it through virtualbox took away all the compatibility and graphics issues when installing.

All in all I have had a great time playing around with linux and I take back what I said about it. It is a great Operating system, all this playing around with it has restored my faith in it as a great universal peoples Operating system and I have great experience with it now, used the terminal a few times, still a lot more to learn.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-29 01:35:00

Once you get used to the terminal it is quite handy. I love being able to install new software with a few keystrokes, or find out system info etc easily and quickly.

tygertung - 2021-05-29 08:53:00

Today I shall try to install Linux Mint!

trade4us2 - 2021-05-29 08:59:00

trade4us2 wrote:

Today I shall try to install Linux Mint!

I am doing that right now. Got to love virtualbox! I always knew it was there but was too scared to try it lol No problems so far.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-29 11:51:00

tygertung wrote:

Once you get used to the terminal it is quite handy. I love being able to install new software with a few keystrokes, or find out system info etc easily and quickly.

Yes. I love watching it do it's magic. When I was playing around with linux years ago I used it quite often too, Thank goodness for you tube tutorials huh.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-29 11:54:00

Does the virtual machine run slower than the real machine, or is there no difference? I suppose it only runs slower if emulating different hardware? Like an IBM compatible x86 machine emulating Amiga hardware?

tygertung - 2021-05-29 12:12:00

tygertung wrote:

Does the virtual machine run slower than the real machine, or is there no difference? I suppose it only runs slower if emulating different hardware? Like an IBM compatible x86 machine emulating Amiga hardware?

It has settings that you set like no. of cores the virtual cpu will use, ram etc, so if you have those set correctly it runs as fast as the host system

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-29 12:33:00

I have just installed linuxmint and it had a video hardware acceleration problem. A tutorial in you tube had it fixed in seconds. I had to install the guest additions update and then in VM settings had to tick the 'allow 3d acceleration' and it was fixed.

That's two linux distros I can run now. Such an awesome tool VM is.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-29 12:38:00

tygertung wrote:

Does the virtual machine run slower than the real machine, or is there no difference? I suppose it only runs slower if emulating different hardware? Like an IBM compatible x86 machine emulating Amiga hardware?

By default the settings are set low, 1 core, 512 mb ram, 16mb video ram. But they can be set by using the sliders so because I have 16 cores I can set the VM cores to 6 cores safely. It really depends on how good your machine is initially. If it has 2 cores than you can really only set it to 1 core, 2gb ram you can only set it to 1gb ram etc. The VM video ram has a total of 128mb allocated to it but that seems to be enough for flawless video playback.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-29 12:51:00

I am now on Linux Mint. It seems very fast.

trade4us2 - 2021-05-29 12:52:00

So this computer has a duel core atom running at 1.6 GHz with hyperthreading, so I could run a single core at 1.6 GHz with hyperthreading and 1 GB or ram then?

tygertung - 2021-05-29 12:57:00

tygertung wrote:

Does the virtual machine run slower than the real machine, or is there no difference? I suppose it only runs slower if emulating different hardware? Like an IBM compatible x86 machine emulating Amiga hardware?

there is a little overhead but it is negligible, it doesn't really emulate hardware like your old school emulators, moreso it facilitates and passes through direct access to the host hardware components... the CPU in the VM shows as the host CPU etc

I have three running on a couple of different machines for different purposes, one of the more important performance aspects is having plenty of available RAM

king1 - 2021-05-29 12:59:00

tygertung wrote:

So this computer has a duel core atom running at 1.6 GHz with hyperthreading, so I could run a single core at 1.6 GHz with hyperthreading and 1 GB or ram then?

The CPU is probably a bit light but worth a try...

king1 - 2021-05-29 13:02:00

The CPU is outrageously slow by today's standards, but is just fast enough for general browsing the internet, emails, word processing etc. Running Lubuntu mainly, but can duel boot to W7.

I have done a bit of sound studio work on it too.

tygertung - 2021-05-29 13:08:00

tygertung wrote:

So this computer has a duel core atom running at 1.6 GHz with hyperthreading, so I could run a single core at 1.6 GHz with hyperthreading and 1 GB or ram then?

It runs ok at the default settings. I just noticed jumpy and jittery video playback in youtube until I found the tutorial to fix it.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-29 13:11:00

I'm off to install my third linux version. It is addictive lol

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-29 13:15:00

I now have 4 times as much memory as I used to have on Ubuntu 18

trade4us2 - 2021-05-29 13:35:00

I had a lot of trouble getting rid of Windows 10. It was flat out trying to do updates.
And could PC manufacturers decide what button to press to reach the bios and standardise on that?
And why can't I type an "@" sign using English (UK)?
And why does English (Australia) use US spelling?

trade4us2 - 2021-05-29 13:40:00

trade4us2 wrote:

I had a lot of trouble getting rid of Windows 10. It was flat out trying to do updates.
And could PC manufacturers decide what button to press to reach the bios and standardise on that?
And why can't I type an "@" sign using English (UK)?
And why does English (Australia) use US spelling?

1. That would be too sensible
2. for UK keyboard layout it is the double quote key, but we usually use US keyboard layout
3. can't help with that, probably need examples

Edited by king1 at 2:11 pm, Sat 29 May

king1 - 2021-05-29 14:09:00

So, where is the screenshot facility in Linux Mint? That was the best thing about Ubuntu.

In Mint there is a Screenshot program, how do I access that without having to search for it each time? In Ubuntu it is just there on the left all the time.

Edited by trade4us2 at 4:32 pm, Sat 29 May

trade4us2 - 2021-05-29 16:22:00

Just Installed and running kubuntu 20.04 now. Just did a long tutorial to get that to full screen and it worked. Another great OS.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-29 16:36:00

trade4us2 wrote:

So, where is the screenshot facility in Linux Mint? That was the best thing about Ubuntu.

In Mint there is a Screenshot program, how do I access that without having to search for it each time? In Ubuntu it is just there on the left all the time.

On linux Mint here, screenshot can easily be accessed by right click

Also, a hint, copy and paste in Linux is very easy, highlight text to copy and middle click to paste.

Edited by zak410 at 6:05 pm, Sat 29 May

zak410 - 2021-05-29 18:04:00

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trade4us2 - 2021-05-29 18:35:00

Long thread, but given hardware compatibility, I was going to add that playing with new distros is very easy via VirtualBox.

Sounds like the OP is now doing that, and it works.

Virtualbox, hides the underlying hardware and makes it standard network cards, drives etc, so VMs tend to just work. Nice thing is that you can play for a while then blow them away.

I have a couple of VMs running - Ubuntu is very good for software development. Funniest thing I tried was a Windows 98 CD. It was pretty clunky - worse that I remembered, but wow it boots fast on modern hardware, even in a VM

gblack - 2021-05-30 09:24:00

I tried W10 on VirtualBox here on Linux Mint. I was just being curious and it ran OK.

zak410 - 2021-05-30 13:59:00

gblack wrote:

Long thread, but given hardware compatibility, I was going to add that playing with new distros is very easy via VirtualBox.

Sounds like the OP is now doing that, and it works.

Virtualbox, hides the underlying hardware and makes it standard network cards, drives etc, so VMs tend to just work. Nice thing is that you can play for a while then blow them away.

I have a couple of VMs running - Ubuntu is very good for software development. Funniest thing I tried was a Windows 98 CD. It was pretty clunky - worse that I remembered, but wow it boots fast on modern hardware, even in a VM

Yes, thanks very much for your input. I am having a ball! I am running 5 distros via Virtualbox and it has been fun setting them up, downloading packages and updating them, and making sure they operate as they should. Had a few duds that wouldn't open the dvd player or video player as they should so dumped them.

I am running pinguy 18.04 LTS right now and all is well. Other distros I have loaded are Ubuntu, linuxmint, ZorinOS, Lubuntu, and pinguyOS. Have been having loads of fun using the terminal, hunting down tutorials on the net. Pulled a couple of all nighters, my eyes are burning I have a dry mouth and I am hungry, I would say it is a success! LOL I used this thing called /etc/fstab via the terminal, was tricky to use at the start but I got the hang of it, sadly anything I did on it wasn't successful but it was a good experience anyway. Wish I discovered Virtualbox years ago.

Edited by muppet_slayer at 11:28 am, Tue 1 Jun

muppet_slayer - 2021-06-01 11:25:00

Wow, I like the file manager for Linux Mint. I have 100,000 files to rename or delete. It is so easy. Windows and Ubuntu are just horrible to use.

trade4us2 - 2021-06-01 22:12:00

trade4us2 wrote:

Wow, I like the file manager for Linux Mint. I have 100,000 files to rename or delete. It is so easy. Windows and Ubuntu are just horrible to use.

I am running mint 20.1 cinnamon, kernel 5.4.0-73 generic, cinnamon version 4.8.6. I've been playing with a few linux OS's now and I think linuxmint is the best. It's got a great layout, great update facility, looks great, dare I say it has a windows feel about it he he. Still one thing annoys me, I can't make short cuts of the downloads, videos, music, and pictures folders to place them on the desktop.

For instance, I can copy the Downloads folder and place it on the desktop but for some reason the downloads that I download go into the 'parent' Downloads folder in the home folder and not into the copied downloads folder I placed on the desktop.

Very annoying because there is one distro, forget which one, that I can produce a copy of the folder and 'link it' to the folder I have just replicated so it ends up like a shortcut folder in windows with the little bending arrow showing that it is a shortcut. So mint should be able to do the same but it can't.

Still, I still like mint the most, it has so many more advantages over the others.

Edited by muppet_slayer at 11:24 pm, Wed 2 Jun

muppet_slayer - 2021-06-02 23:19:00

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=313469#:~:text=
You%20can%20create%20a%20shortcut,folder%20shortcut%20on%20t
he%20desktop.

bitsnpieces2020 - 2021-06-03 08:09:00

bitsnpieces2020 wrote:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopi
c.php?t=313469#:~:text=You%20can%20create%20a%20shortcut,fol
der%20shortcut%20on%20the%20desktop.

Thanks for your help. I tried the first suggestion and created the downloads folder on the desktop but like I before when I download something it ends up in the parent folder in the home folder but does not appear in the created downloads folder on the desktop. I can not find the second suggestion, I don't have an editable context menu anywhere.

muppet_slayer - 2021-06-03 11:03:00

bitsnpieces2020 wrote:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopi
c.php?t=313469#:~:text=You%20can%20create%20a%20shortcut,fol
der%20shortcut%20on%20the%20desktop.

I finally found out how to create the shortcut. You simply open up a file/folder and along the top LHS is the menu bar, click on edit, click on preferences, click on context menu, and finally, tick the 'make link' box.

'Make link' then appears in the right click drop down, so you right click on the folder you want to make a shortcut, click on 'make link' and it makes the shortcut of that folder with the little bending arrow. The folder name ends up 'link to' example 'downloads' so I just rename the folder deleting the 'link to'. Took a while to find. The joys of linux huh LOL. Thanks a lot for pointing me in the right direction :)

Edited by muppet_slayer at 3:04 pm, Thu 3 Jun

muppet_slayer - 2021-06-03 15:02:00