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- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...