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by cagehooper47
2023-05-03 02:16
Forum: Graphical Environments & Desktops
Topic: xscreensaver not showing up in Bullseye cinnamon system settings
Replies: 2
Views: 382

xscreensaver not showing up in Bullseye cinnamon system settings

I was using Buster fine. And I always have the xscreensaver work perfectly. So this is unusual. In Buster the options for xscreensaver showed up in the screensaver selection in the system settings. I gave Bullseye a try to fix an issue with text in wine and yes that is fixed. But xscreensaver was no...
by cagehooper47
2022-11-13 02:39
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: A blast from the past
Replies: 3
Views: 1212

Re: A blast from the past

Well if anyone out there wishes to try to get WordPefect working. WP 8.1 from the old Corel Linux. I can say it can be done easily and painlessly. I got a copy from a thrift shop. I pulled off the wpfull package from the install disc. And with the help of the script from xwp8users.com I was able to ...
by cagehooper47
2022-11-10 01:49
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: A blast from the past
Replies: 3
Views: 1212

Re: A blast from the past

Yeah, actually corel linux is the first that I tried that I got WORKING on my old DOS box back in 1999. Got it from that old distributor that would sell burned linux cd's. Also got a copy of Debian Woody that didn't burn well and didn't work. But my old Corel cd got lost in a move. I have many of my...
by cagehooper47
2022-11-08 01:45
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: A blast from the past
Replies: 3
Views: 1212

A blast from the past

20221107_193528.jpg Yeah, Tux isn't looking so good. Just got him in a sealed Corel Linux box. I'ma try my hand at getting Word Perfect running on Buster. Why? Because I can. I still keep WP going on the windows side. I had it installed back in wheezy I think. Not too long ago. So I've dug into a f...
by cagehooper47
2020-07-20 19:46
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Who is using old laptops, thanks to linux?
Replies: 52
Views: 52368

Re: Who is using old laptops, thanks to linux?

I still have an old Toshiba Satellite 2250 in the bottom drawer. I don't really use it for much more than running a few old (OOOOOLD) dos games. Ah the good old days. But it has Win98. I don't think I ever tried Linux on it. If I did it would have been Debian, but nope. I also have a Tecra A1 with X...
by cagehooper47
2020-06-19 20:04
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Who is using old laptops, thanks to linux?
Replies: 52
Views: 52368

Re: Who is using old laptops, thanks to linux?

I have an old Toshiba A1 that still has Winxp on it. I tried (like hell) to get Debian on it. But I found there are known, not fixable, problems with the beast. Wanted to get it to work on today's wifi, since Xp only has wep authentication. But just couldn't get it to work. SO it stays as an old Win...
by cagehooper47
2020-06-19 19:47
Forum: Docs, HowTos, Tips & Tricks
Topic: Install TDE (Trinity Desktop Environment) on Jessie
Replies: 15
Views: 37593

Re: Install TDE (Trinity Desktop Environment) on Jessie

I've been an old KDE3.5 advocate since the split. I have NEVER liked KDE 4. From the beginning it felt like it was coded for developers and slowly lost it's polish and gained too much bloat. I remember when KDE 4 came out the developers claimed that to continue KDE3.5 into the new hardware/kernel it...
by cagehooper47
2020-06-18 12:08
Forum: General Debian
Topic: Why do you use debian?
Replies: 595
Views: 2193687

Re: Why do you use debian?

Personally I'm old school and I like to keep my old hardware running until it's final post fault. I even had a IBM thinkcenter you had to hit in order to get it to boot (failing cpu R.I.P. :( ) I did my first Debian test install back in 1998. And ran with Mandrake for a couple years until I came bac...
by cagehooper47
2019-11-28 18:40
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Problem with wine fonts
Replies: 1
Views: 1509

Problem with wine fonts

I've got Buster installed. I have wine installed for a couple windows programs. I use an older genealogy program PAF 5.5. However the fonts in PAF only show as blocks. Unable to read anything. DO I need to install a specific font or a specific configuration to get fonts readable in WINE? I've done s...
by cagehooper47
2019-09-14 11:18
Forum: Installation
Topic: Coming back, relearning a new setup
Replies: 1
Views: 2633

Re: Coming back, relearning a new setup

Just to follow up. The clock issue is appearing to be fixed. I usb tethered this box (not on the internet usually) and set the clock here. went back to windows and fixed the clock there. When I came back to Debian it is still fine. so that one fixed. But still looking at why my apt-move repository i...
by cagehooper47
2019-09-11 00:45
Forum: Installation
Topic: Coming back, relearning a new setup
Replies: 1
Views: 2633

Coming back, relearning a new setup

OK. It's been a few years. This is old cage47. Forgot all my login info so new logon. I have been lurking since Lenny days. It worked. I liked it. Nuff said. Well this year my last WinXP machine gave up the ghost. It has been wonky for the last 2 years but still ran and kept Lenny going. But when it...