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Some time ago I purchased a 1TB portable SSD to replace my portable HDD for storing my images. Portable SSD is formatted to EXT4. The SSD works well and has never given me any trouble...every now and then I'd plug it into the USB port and run the Trim command. About a week ago I thought...How...

This has bothered me for some time...according to Samsung my 500GB SSD TBW (Terabytes Written) is 2400 and has a 5 year warranty. This SSD is nearly 5 years old...so how many Terabytes has it written ? The answer is simple and easy to work out...those who are scared of the Terminal look away...

When I first switched to Linux and discovered the Live Session, I couldn't believe what you can do with it as there's nothing like it elsewhere, and we know where elsewhere is. If you're a beginner, take the time to have a look at some of the things listed below because you never know when you...

It seems many beginners are and there's no need to be, it's just a tool that comes in very handy sometimes. So I thought let's have some fun to give beginners some confidence. Want to see a train...install this command... sudo apt install sl Once installed type this in the Terminal and hit...

Last week after 9 years of running Linux Mint Cinnamon...I got this idea to change the look of my Terminal. Don't know why it took so long...not something I've wanted to do but I saw this...and gave it a try...

How to clear Ram cache in windoze... How to clear Ram cache in Linux Mint Cinnamon... Before... After...with one command... You be the judge. Since Linux doesn't slow down is it really worth doing this in the first place...maybe just something to know.

Well it's not as log as I thought...especially SSDs... As we say...Backup...Backup...Backup and hope the backup Drive doesn't fail.

Of cause I knew this...if you're a beginner thinking to switching to linux...watch this...

I didn't think I'd see the day when a windoze guy suggests people switch to Linux. There are so many reasons why Linux is so much better...the above is one of the best...Linux Forever.

That's what I was thinking the other day...so I did a little experiment as I've never done this before. I Formatted a Portable 2TB External HDD to EXT4...changed Timeshift to create a Snapshot on the External HDD which took for ever... I then created another Snapshot which also took a long...

You press the Tower's Power button and nothing happens. That happened yesterday...at least I was right about my Motherboard failing a few months ago because I put in my old power supply and nothing happened but this time the old power supply started it strait away. I have a new one just have...

To see all four Beatles preforming again is great...it's hard to believe over 40 years yesterday since the murder of John lennon...the world was never the same.

If you’re a beginner...learning to use Timeshift is a must as it can come in very handy. There are two ways to restore a Timeshift Snapshot...open Timeshift and choose a Snapshot and click Restore. The other way is to Boot to the Live Session because sometimes you may not be able to open...

I spend much time researching the Tutorials I create and post on this Forum that are easy to understand...use and work...many hours on websites and watching videos. Linux is a community where we help each other...some people forget this. I could keep this information to myself but won't because...

When you download BalenaEtcher and double click to open it...you get...Unknown file type. Choose a program or cancel...there’s an easy way open it. Right click and choose Properties and click Permissions...go to Access...change Read-only to Read and write...then put a tick in Execute. When you...

This afternoon I started it and got one beep then a black screen...the motherboard is gone...can't boot to boot menu or bios/uefi...after 10 years I can't complain.

It's been many years since I Cloned one HDD to another and took a long time to do this...then about 12 years ago (could be more) I found creating an Image was much better and quicker. Of cause now with SSDs it's even faster but a few days ago I encountered a problem...one I've never had...

Ever wanted your Login Background to look like this... Well it's not hard to do... Open Folder that contains pictures you want as a Login Background...mine is in Home and leave it open. Open Home Folder again and select File System > usr > Share > and right click backgrounds folder and select...

Yesterday I was going to do a clean install of Mint Cinnamon 21.1 on my Laptop...I thought instead of doing that I'll put the Image of my Desktop on my Laptop as Both have a 500GB SSD...should work...how wrong was I. On my External HDD I have an image created by both Foxclone and Redorescue of...

There are many things you can't do without your password...Login...Run Commands...Install Software...Use Timeshift...Enable the Firewall etc. If you're a beginner and you forget your password and can't solve this problem your screwed. There's an easy way to fix this with the live session...for...