Recent content by PsychoHermit

Laptop keyboards aren't so bad, it's the touchpad that makes me crazy. The first thing I do is disable it and plug in my trusty mouse. Much better ;) --glenn

A Linux install will remove Windows if that is what you select. otherwise it will install beside Windows and set up a dual boot. --glenn

With all the problems the place has you're probably better off moving anyway. Getting a decent place to live would be a good thing. Best, --glenn

How did court go? Did you get time to move? Good for you writing the electrical problems down for them. Best, --glenn

Glad to see things are looking up. You've got your desktop working and have the funds to move so it's looking up. Let us know when you get moved. Best, --glenn

Yeah, I'm perfectly happy with 8 1/2 hours.

I got 8 1/2 hours battery on my HP Envy 15-fh0xxx laptop and it was only down to 20%. I'm not going to run Windoze for hours just to see what the battery life is, It just don't matter cause I don't run Windoze. --glenn

Good on ya for making donations. I think I've donated to Debian three times now and once to timeshift. It's the least we can do to say thank you to the folks that make Linux possible. It's wonderful to have an alternative to Windoze. Carry on and enjoy your Linux. --glenn

I don't reinstall my system unless something happens to screw it up, and a timeshift restore doesn't fix it. Which means almost never. Gotta love timeshift. I have home on a separate partition so it survives an install, best way to go. --glenn

I find a few modifications are necessary to make Gnome usable. If you load the Gnome shell extensions there is an application menu that you can turn on. Also there is an extension called dash to dock that moves the dock from the activities menu to the main desktop. With those modifications...

The ISO's can also be burned to a DVD if your laptop won't boot from a USB stick.

Live iso's are a copy of Linux that can be burned to a USB stick that are bootable and will run out of ram. Giving you an opportunity to test the distro out and see that all of your hardware works. And the chance to see if you like the desktop that comes with the distro. Depending on how old...

Hi ModiBhai, I would recommend downloading several "Live" iso's and testing them from a booting USB. Making sure that everything works as expected. Ubuntu and Mint would be good choices. --glenn

My bad

You could install Mint or Ubuntu to the 1TB external SSD and dual boot with Windows. Does everything work running Mint from the USB? Is it a laptop or desktop? What video card?