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Installing Linux: A Step-by-Step Guide [FREEPER EXPERTS, PLEASE CRITIQUE THIS ARTICLE OR ADD YOUR OWN SUGGESTED LINKS FOR INSTALLATION OR LEARNING]
techietory.com ^ | September 17, 2024 | Techietory

Posted on 05/06/2025 10:01:53 AM PDT by ransomnote

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To: Openurmind

Cool. I will check it out.


21 posted on 05/06/2025 4:37:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Please let me know what you think... :)

It takes some getting used to as it is, More oriented towards the more skilled, but I am working on making it much simpler to use... :)

But... He does a very good job of adding lots of simple instructions with everything in it. Actually best instructions I have seen in any of them... :)


22 posted on 05/06/2025 5:10:10 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: daniel1212

“What could go wrong?”

Exactly right. What gets me is the arrogance that they have the right to take away any new advantages in resources we gain. Every time we get faster hardware MS takes it right back away with unnecessary resource hungry software. Right now folks are dealing with just barely faster than 386 speeds when we have a right to be screaming along with the new hardware tech... If it wasn’t for MS stealing it away...


23 posted on 05/06/2025 5:16:59 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: ransomnote
Ransomnote; Here is someone on Telegram that you might look at.

https://t.me/jeffrey_peterson

Jeffrey Peterson - jeff.pro

Mrs. Pete is on a dual boot laptop that uses Mint. She is not doing anything particularly complex but has no problems using it. Its uses Firefox for the browser and Linux equivalents to Windows Office.

24 posted on 05/06/2025 5:23:58 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: daniel1212

“My old but capable PC runs Mint, which sees lots of use for browsing and email (not by me) yet i found today that it could not even open a PDF. Which is the best Linux version for Mint for that?”

Something is not right, It should open PDFs fine even back to the 18.3 and earlier versions. It sounds like Oracle made some recent changes to PDFs. I am currently using 20.0 and it opens PDFs fine...

Maybe run an update on the whole system from the terminal that should bring your PDF reader up to date with any new changes from Oracle.

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

I suggest terminal because with something like this the GUI “update manager” is not quite thorough with certain items like important oracle changes.


25 posted on 05/06/2025 5:30:57 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Openurmind
What gets me is the arrogance that they have the right to take away any new advantages in resources we gain. Every time we get faster hardware MS takes it right back away with unnecessary resource hungry software. Right now folks are dealing with just barely faster than 386 speeds when we have a right to be screaming along with the new hardware tech... If it wasn’t for MS stealing it away...

Actually, with 7 browsers and hundreds of tabs, and 2 Bible programs, Thunderbird with hundreds of emails, and 2 word pros and about 8 documents, plus other programs, all quickly accessible, my cpu rate is only 3 or 4% if i stop typing (5% if I am). CPU is Ryzen3200G (3.6GHz) 4 core in a home-built rig. Thank God. But the RAM use is 47% out of 128GB.

However, I turn off things like CoPilot and some telemetry etc.. And certainly do not want Recall running and recording all. But it has been MS discontinuing features like a multi-level taskbar that is a issue.

Meanwhile, look who MS is copying: Microsoft to tighten Windows security dramatically in 2025 - here's how...

A new round of security features scheduled to appear in Windows 11 over the next year will address more fundamental security concerns...The biggest security issue is that the overwhelming majority of Windows users run using an account with administrator privileges...
The fix is a feature called Administrator Protection, which gives the user standard permissions by default. If they need to perform an action that requires administrator rights, such as installing an app or changing a system setting, they'll need to authenticate using Windows Hello biometrics or a device-specific PIN. That authorization creates a temporary token that is valid only for the current action and is destroyed as soon as the task is completed. [sound familiar?]
A second feature, Smart App Control, is designed to block malware by preventing unknown apps from running on a Windows 11 PC. Apps that are well known will run without issue, but unsigned and unfamiliar apps will be prevented from running; the feature will also block all scripts from the internet, including those that try to leverage PowerShell as a vector for installing malware. - https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-tighten-windows-security-dramatically-in-2025-heres-how/

I will be looking to disallow these additional restrictions except for the last. Thank God I can and customize so much.

26 posted on 05/06/2025 5:54:36 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: daniel1212

I run Mint native on about a ten year old laptop (with upgraded sod and extra RAM). Keep everything updated and have no issues with PDFs . Maybe see if you need to update your PDF reader or look for a program to install for PDF?


27 posted on 05/06/2025 6:09:36 PM PDT by Woodman
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To: daniel1212
> open PDFs

I use "evince", the general purpose Gnome Document Viewer. If it's not part of the basic install, if should be available as an optional package.

28 posted on 05/06/2025 7:17:52 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: June2

Bookmark


29 posted on 05/07/2025 1:54:17 AM PDT by June2
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To: dayglored; Woodman; Openurmind

Re. PDFs. After experimenting to no avail, I tried a different USB than the one I was using to transfer files with, and sure enough, that was the issue. Thanks for the free support.


30 posted on 05/07/2025 8:11:41 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

One more last point I just remembered about the Easy OS. Unlike most portable Operating systems you run from external medium, The Easy is FAST... And I mean FAST compared to everything else. Even on a slow connection running from a stick it runs browsers and apps FAST even compared to a formal internal install.


31 posted on 05/07/2025 1:27:15 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: daniel1212

Well that was easy then, Elated you found the issue! :)


32 posted on 05/07/2025 1:28:17 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Openurmind
Well that was easy then, Elated you found the issue! :)

Easier than trying to get our so-called "Smart Phone" to work as it should.

33 posted on 05/07/2025 8:35:17 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: ransomnote

My go to is Explaining Computers on You Tube.

The You Tuber is English and speaks clearly and distinctly.

I just watched his video Windows & Linux: Dual Drive Dual Boot.

It was very informative.


34 posted on 05/07/2025 8:44:50 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: daniel1212

“Easier than trying to get our so-called “Smart Phone” to work as it should.”

I just got a new one, and I hate it. But a smart phone is the only way I can connect to the internet where I am. I have to USB tether as modem. MOTO G and it sucks.


35 posted on 05/08/2025 4:58:30 AM PDT by Openurmind
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I just got a new one, and I hate it. But a smart phone is the only way I can connect to the internet where I am. I have to USB tether as modem. MOTO G and it sucks.

Smart phone are very good as mobile devices (esp. pics and phone and text, and type of location services) , but are hardly comparable to a PC in so many computer functions. Among many other deficiencies. Yesterday the issue was Galaxy Android offers no working way to list texts in chronological order. Plus you cannot see what most icons represent (as like via a pop up on mouse hover), neither can you copy or move a photo or file to another location in the device, aside from pre-selected options, or to a app of my choice, or to a connected PC, etc.

And I can only image how slow and tedious it must be to create and and work on multiple documents, esp. doing many copy and paste functions, including images, nor find comparable bible apps, etc.

Meaning the device needs a right click menus, and ones you can add to, and not just the slow and limited options a press and hold on icon provides.

And due to its size, it fosters low into users, as headlines is about all must see.

36 posted on 05/08/2025 5:03:33 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: daniel1212

And that is why quite a few prefer a tablet over a phone. Just too big to put in your back pocket. :)


37 posted on 05/08/2025 6:42:52 PM PDT by Openurmind
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And that is why quite a few prefer a tablet over a phone. Just too big to put in your back pocket. :)

Even using a laptop would be a big step backyard, and with my stiff arthritic typo-fingers then I need a mouse with such, and can only type very slowly. I often use a stylus with the smart phone. And I connect the latter to Windows via cable using "Phone link" which is how I quickly copy (or delete) pics stored in the Galaxy DCIM folder so that I can work with them on the PC with its 23' screen. Likewise documents, etc.

38 posted on 05/09/2025 2:36:47 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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