Recent content by MikeWalsh

I'm not too far off that. My primary on the HP desktop rig - a 1 TB Crucial MX500 SSD - is pretty close; if I run the 'dd'-based 'DriveSpeed!' ( a utility I put together that uses dd's ability to test and output data transfer rates), I consistently get a write speed of around 290 MB/s, and read...

Touch-screen, perhaps? Maybe noelw uses an on-screen, virtual keyboard. No reason why it couldn't work, though it wouldn't be MY preferred way of doing things. I'm essentially a tactile individual, and much prefer stuff I can feel and physically interact with..... Mike. :)

Slight redesign on my daily driver, currently a highly-customized/hugely upgraded Puppy Xenialpup64 7.5:- I've taken as a base the desktop background from my even more highly-modified Slacko Puppy 5.6.0.......but changed the colour slightly, along with streamlining and tidying-up many of the...

To this I would add that the recent Void Linux-based "Kennel Linux" OSs are very much worth looking at, too. The original Kennel Linux variant - and the most mature - KLV "Airedale" uses the XFCE/Thunar combo, and is updateable via Void's XBPS package management system. Behind the scenes, it...

I've multi-booted for many years.......but I AM talking "only Linux" here (and Puppy Linux in particular). I have everything set-up in such a way that I can 'share' a lot of stuff between Pups - apps, as well as data - and can 'swap' Puppies mid-way through a project, then pick it up again in...

Welllll..... I've just finished backing-up all dozen or so current occupants of the 'kennels'. Which has taken me about 40-45 minutes, in total... An hour well-spent. And that runs in the background, while I'm getting on with other stuff... Mike.

Mm. Sounds to me like it could simply be a bad ISO download. It does happen, from time to time. The internet is pretty reliable, for the most part.......but it's still far from perfect. Did you also download the checksum, and make sure the ISO was clean & error-free, before installing it? What...

@CaffeineAddict :- I was just replying to a post made today. But yeah; you're right. I hadn't noticed.... :oops: :p Mike.

@wolly :- Please answer the question you're actually asked. You keep evading the questions we need answers to and just concentrating on what you're interested in. We can't help you like this. IF you interact with us, and answer questions when they're asked, you might just find that you'll get...

Yup; that would work, too. Mike. :p

There's also EagleCAD. Yes, you do need to create an a/c, but it runs entirely locally, is free to use, and should be immediately familiar to anyone that's ever used AutoCAD.......'cos it comes from the same people (AutoDesk). (Oops; my mistake. It appears the "free" version I downloaded and...

To be honest, good backup strategy includes a mix of local AND cloud storage. Yes, you can keep all your personal stuff locally, but common sense dictates that you have at least two copies, one of which is on a remote site not connected with your property.......'cos otherwise, what d'you do if...

Jeez. Have I woken up in an alternate universe this morning.......where Linux.org has morphed into "Windows.org"? I'm sure things were normal when I turned in last night..... Mike.

^^^ +1.... Lololol!!!!! Says it all, really. Unfortunately, it's symptomatic of an entire generation of M$ Windows users..... Mike. :p

@9mmsingapore :- Mmm.....o-kay. What's this "wlxc" thingy? Is it actually a USB wireless dongle? Because if it is, it should be functioning fine; the r8188eu module has been in the kernel since late 2014/early 2015. I can confirm that 'cos I used to have a TP-Link TL-WN725N with this chipset...