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by NFT5
2024-03-21 10:54
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Off-Topic] The oldest file that you have in your possession?
Replies: 10
Views: 440

Re: [Off-Topic] The oldest file that you have in your possession?

Monday 9th October, 1995. It's a .bmp file of my signature that I scanned to insert into letters created in MS Word 2. Amazing thing is that I still use it. I may have some that are older but they'd be on archive media so not immediately accessible. Reasonably sure that there are some database files...
by NFT5
2024-03-08 01:15
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Crashes and freezes in Linux with (some) Ryzen CPUs
Replies: 6
Views: 6583

Re: Crashes and freezes in Linux with (some) Ryzen CPUs

so I'm considering switching over to Intel. It pains me to say so, but I'm leaning the same way, in thought anyway. I've been a staunch supporter of AMD since the 386DX40 which blitzed Intel's 486SX25. Similar situation when the Pentium came out and then all the way through to a few machines I have...
by NFT5
2024-02-24 00:07
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Discussion] How do you name your devices?
Replies: 19
Views: 1030

Re: [Discussion] How do you name your devices?

:lol: :lol: Love the originality and creativity. I like order but even the original limiting to 8 characters has slipped a bit and then some devices insist on only being named what they call themselves. GATEWAY 10.1.1.1 MAINSERV 10.1.1.10 FREEDOMBOX 10.1.1.11 PIHOLE 10.1.1.20 HP15NOTE 10.1.1.70 HP15...
by NFT5
2024-01-16 09:40
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Random order of disks
Replies: 28
Views: 47664

Re: Random order of disks

I haven't seen a way to ensure that every time you start the system, the order of the disks is the same... While I generally agree with steve_v 's response it does depend on your motherboard. On my desktop, and a couple of other PCs I have been successful in getting certain disks to consistently lo...
by NFT5
2023-10-18 12:14
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Discussion] Gnome DE discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 26011

Re: [Discussion] Gnome DE discussion

None1975 wrote: 2023-10-18 11:31 Personally (i don't know about others) don't use any Gnome extensions.
Nor do I. They don't work very well in KDE.
by NFT5
2023-10-14 20:49
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What helped/encouraged you to increase your Linux understanding?
Replies: 17
Views: 22334

Re: What helped/encouraged you to increase your Linux understanding?

The fear of not being able to solve my own problem(s) and having to resort to public admission of my shortcomings by posting a question here.
by NFT5
2023-10-11 07:54
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Crashes and freezes in Linux with (some) Ryzen CPUs
Replies: 6
Views: 6583

Re: Crashes and freezes in Linux with (some) Ryzen CPUs

Appreciate your response, but..... Why didn't you examine a few of your Linux log files for an error code? And, ZERO, ZILCH, NOTHING, NADA in any log file. Absolutely no clues in any logs though. It was as though I'd simply turned off the power switch. Your problem may not be hardware specific, unle...
by NFT5
2023-10-09 12:19
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Discussion] Straw that broke the camel's back
Replies: 19
Views: 28100

Re: [Discussion] Straw that broke the camel's back

Early 2014 and MS confirmed that support for XP was to finalise soon. In my business I had 15+ desktops, notebooks and a server all running XP. More at home. All licenced. Cheaper option was Win7, but that had a limited life and I'd bought a notebook with Win8 and absolutely hated it. So a cost of s...
by NFT5
2023-10-06 00:50
Forum: General Questions
Topic: [Solved] How to remove an app not using a command line?
Replies: 3
Views: 1574

Re: [Solved] How to remove an app not using a command line?

Using Synaptic, navigate to Edit > Mark Packages by Task. Uncheck LXDE and check Gnome and Debian Desktop Environment. Hit OK.
by NFT5
2023-09-28 07:57
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Discussion] So ... how much compute have ye?
Replies: 30
Views: 20945

Re: [Discussion] So ... how much compute have ye?

BBQdave wrote: 2023-09-27 15:33 But I'm curious who all has a daily driver that's a decade old :)
@donald There you go, another thread topic. :wink:
by NFT5
2023-09-25 03:44
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Discussion] So ... how much compute have ye?
Replies: 30
Views: 20945

Re: [Discussion] So ... how much compute have ye?

donald wrote: 2023-09-24 18:04 Thanks for ruining the upcoming 'How many monitors do you have? (Televisions don't count) thread". :(
NOOOOOooooooooo!

:lol:
by NFT5
2023-09-24 13:55
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: [Installation] [SOLVED] Use KDE or XFCE
Replies: 8
Views: 7207

Re: [Installation] Use KDE or XFCE

If you want more consistency in the way your programs look and work then KDE is the better choice. Even Gnome and GTK applications can look similar to native KDE. Want to change your window header and border colours? Easy in Plasma, not so easy in other desktops. Lots of other colours can be changed...
by NFT5
2023-09-23 14:29
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Crashes and freezes in Linux with (some) Ryzen CPUs
Replies: 6
Views: 6583

Crashes and freezes in Linux with (some) Ryzen CPUs

Couple of years ago, while sitting around waiting for some virus to peter out, I decided to do a major hardware upgrade on my main desktop. CPU was Ryzen 5 1600AF (2nd gen, 12nm, slightly detuned 2600) which for about $100 was amazing. Add a B450M motherboard from Aorus (Gigabyte) and 16GB RAM and I...
by NFT5
2023-09-23 13:08
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Discussion] So ... how much compute have ye?
Replies: 30
Views: 20945

Re: [Discussion] So ... how much compute have ye?

:lol: :lol: :lol: Bunch of blokes standing around vying for bragging rights. Better count me in. Call this one "work" chris@MAINDESK:~$ sudo inxi -Cmz Memory: RAM: total: 15.53 GiB used: 3.2 GiB (20.6%) Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 EC: None Device-1: DIMM 0 type: no module installed...
by NFT5
2023-08-29 14:31
Forum: System and Network configuration
Topic: I have the right default program and the wrong one launches.
Replies: 17
Views: 1169

Re: I have the right default program and the wrong one launches.

If you right click on a folder, does it have an "Open With..." menu item? if so, select Dolphin and there should be a check box to always use that application to open. I don't use Mate however (it's weird). I use KDE Plasma and that's how it works here. Obviously your Preferred Applicatio...
by NFT5
2023-08-22 15:23
Forum: General Debian
Topic: Staying with Debian 11
Replies: 29
Views: 16679

Re: Staying with Debian 11

I moved my desktop to 12 after Syncthing would no longer work in the 11 edition. At the same time I moved two notebooks to Debian 12 and they've been rock solid but the desktop has issues. File server, media server and a couple of other desktops are still solid on 11 and I see no point in moving tho...
by NFT5
2023-08-04 12:43
Forum: General Debian
Topic: GNOME introduces Mosaic window management
Replies: 14
Views: 10449

Re: GNOME introduces Mosaic window management

I don't really think everybody will agree with me. Haters gonna hate. Afraid I'm in the not agreeing faction. Hater? Maybe, Gnome just doesn't work for me. I use two monitors, each 1920 x 1200, so I have plenty of screen real estate. But I arrange windows according to priority (my priority, not som...
by NFT5
2023-07-29 19:13
Forum: Graphical Environments & Desktops
Topic: Window Size at Program Start (Debian 12 kde)
Replies: 1
Views: 694

Re: Window Size at Program Start (Debian 12 kde)

Yes. One of my favourite features of KDE Plasma is the ability to set window size and position. Right click on the window titlebar then go to "More Actions > Configure Special Application Settings". From here you can set the size and position of the window when it opens, either in a fixed ...
by NFT5
2023-07-25 02:30
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Which is the worst distribution you have tried?
Replies: 72
Views: 52181

Re: Which is the worst distribution you have tried?

MXLinux: Amazed at what those guys have done. If only they hadn't mucked about with permissions..... I'm curious: what have they done with permissions? In Debian I can do most things that need administrative privileges with sudo. Of course, some things do need root and, generally I agree with how t...
by NFT5
2023-07-23 00:50
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Which is the worst distribution you have tried?
Replies: 72
Views: 52181

Re: Which is the worst distribution you have tried?

Robolinux. When I first wanted to move from XP with impending EOL I tried this. Then Debian based so most things actually worked, but run by a nutcase. No forum, no community and requests for support just brought insults and accusations. Ubuntu - for different reasons that might be posted. This was ...