Recent content by MikeWalsh

I wanted to perform exactly this same test on a bunch of USB drives myself a couple or 3 years ago.....the more so, given that most of my 'fleet' of drives (got dozens and dozens of 'em!) are getting to be USB 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2 Gen1. I wanted to do this with a GUI, though I knew I'd be happy...

@GatorsFan :- I concur; under normal circumstances, Ungoogled Chromium doesn't auto-update. The Puppy version will, though! Amongst the host of portable browsers I and a bunch of others have put together for the Puppy community, we have one for UgC. I found a build over at Github, compiled by...

Well, I figured out long ago that trying to make yourself invisible is just totally pointless. Hell, I've had a Google a/c almost from day one; that's a quarter century of them sucking up all the data they can on me. You know what? I honestly couldn't care. I don't use credit cards; never had...

@osprey :- The trouble is here, that the file 'schismtracker' is NOT a binary. It's been compiled as a shared library.....and it's very rare you can launch these by clicking on them. That's why I recommended launching from the terminal. A small 'wrapper' launch script may be needed, in the...

@Doshead :- It's the kind of thing I often turn into a 'portable', since most of what's needed is all in the one directory... Just unzip it, open a terminal in the extracted directory, type ./schismtracker ....and hit 'Enter'. Fires straight up. You're meant to run it via keyboard shortcuts...

@marbles :- The Duck's spot-on, as always. But what Google don't make generally known is that they don't limit themselves to just what the browsers sniff out about you. Big Brother are the 'sponsors' behind any number of third-party trackers.....many of which can do their work of finding things...

@GatorsFan :- Sorry to have to correct your assertion, but Chromium and Chrome ARE both from the same company.....Big Brother. They ARE, however, treated as being developed by independent organizations (see below). When the browser was being developed between 2006 to 2008, there was NO...

@atanere :- I suspect the OP thinks we're like LinuxQuestions.org. A site which, while full of highly-educated individuals who know a hell of a lot about Linux & programming in general, is also deadly dull. There's no banter, no friendliness.....every thread is straight into the...

I had forgotten, to be honest. Memory's getting like a sieve these days...........where am I? What IS this place? Why am I here? Who ARE you...??? Mike. :confused:

(growls....) The "OP" is beginning to wish the thread had never been started...! I'd no idea Chris was going to pluck my post from its original location and turn it into a thread on its own. Frankly, I'm just embarrassed by it. It was a stupid observation in the first place, and should never...

Okay. IF we're going to do that, we need to look at it from the "noob" POV; don't necessarily recommend what YOU use (or like).....think instead about ease-of-use, maximum amount of support (something you can ask questions about ANYWHERE & you'll find someone who can give a useful answer), and...

Believe it or not, guys - although I usually prefer to suggest trying out a bunch and let an OP make their own minds up - I will frequently recommend Mint to beginners over and above Puppy.......because "our Pup" is something of an acquired taste, and as it comes, OOTB, CAN seem rather plain and...

@Emanate Presence :- I believe I already explained how to permanently enlarge the user interface. However, if you feel you don't want all that "hard work", that is of course entirely your decision..... There aren't ALWAYS 'easy' ways to do everything. Sometimes, it WILL involve...

Whilst I'll agree with the practice of using separate drives wherever possible, you'll find not many here are running brand-new hardware. It's not the Linux 'way', and anyway, brand-new hardware often has several months-worth of issues until the reverse-engineering at kernel.org manages to catch...

I concur with Brickwizard. The Windows Control Panel will report the OS itself as 32-bit, but that will almost certainly be a 64-bit CPU/mobo combo.....these have been commercially available since late 2003/2004. 64-bit hardware will certainly open up your possibilities. As for which distro, I...