Hi! The seller (found via e-bay) claims the battery is new, and that appears to be true. I'm currently using it to do this and then return to the Linux 101 course. Thanks! I also have two T470 Thinkpads, and I love them.
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I always recommend Dell or Lenovo, they both make excellent machines, May I suggest you Look at TLP battery optimiser, if you think consumption is a bit high
Thank you! The battery consumption seems to be fine. Still at 86% after more than an hour operating.
QUESTION because I'm lazy: Who should I tell that XScreensaver (downloaded with OpenSuse) doesn't work? It's installed, but it does nothing, even when I just try to open its settings. This is not a big deal - I usually don't bother with screensavers.
Thank you! Bug report submitted.
Well now, I have an update: I dropped out of the Linux 101 course. The deeper we got into command line ops and a little simple scripting, the farther we got from things I expect to do (to use). Remembering that I'm a novelist first, shade-tree computer mechanic second, I rarely get into any command line stuff at all. I'm a trained electronics/engineering tech, specialty radar of an architecture which is old technology by now.
Also, OpenSUSE was frustrating to use, so I took that off and re-installed Mint. I thought that would go well, so I downloaded and installed Mint 22.2 - and immediately found myself having to enter my password multiple times to do anything. So I took that off and returned to Mint 21; all's well again.
Also, OpenSUSE was frustrating to use, so I took that off and re-installed Mint. I thought that would go well, so I downloaded and installed Mint 22.2 - and immediately found myself having to enter my password multiple times to do anything. So I took that off and returned to Mint 21; all's well again.
CaffeineAddict
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This is something that made me stop learning about Linux, I've learned all that I care about and that I need.
Going ahead would only make sense if I wanted to work as admin somewhere which I don't so I'm done with learning anything, right now I just want to enjoy in what I have and what I know.
I'm pretty much done not only with Linux but also anything related to IT, including coding, I don't want to write any code any more, I'm done with all this stuff, I just want to play games instead and enjoy software that others make.
You should try Debian for a month or two and you'll be happy for not having to deal with random issues, in my 2 years of using Debian I've had an issue only about 2-3 times, and that wasn't about Debian but rather with desktop, audio from what I recall, distro is rock solid otherwise, you have to hit it hard to break stuff.
Thanks! It's very reassuring to know that I'm not ejected from the Linux world for being a non-technical user.
I do love Mint, so I'm not planning any more changes (experimental or otherwise) for a while.
MzQ1NjExN2
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Linux is too vast to master. I consider myself an advanced beginner and will likely remain at this level for a very long time. You just need to know what you use your computer for and learn stuff based around that.Thanks! It's very reassuring to know that I'm not ejected from the Linux world for being a non-technical user.
I do love Mint, so I'm not planning any more changes (experimental or otherwise) for a while.
WELL SAID! Thank you!
I forgot to reply to this when you posted it. I noted it because it stood out. (It had an inline white image.)
You mentioned that you read on your iPhone and that you read something every day.
Well, way back when smartphones were new, my younger sister wrote an entire (500+ pages) novel on her phone. For her birthday, I sent it out to be printed in hardcover with nice paper. I think I ordered ten of them, enough so that she could keep a copy and hand some out to friends. The process included getting an ISBN and the files to make it an ebook. They offered to 'publish' it to the various ebook sites, like Amazon, but I figured that was something she could handle on her own, if that's what she actually wanted.
The Linux kernel has more than 40,000,000 lines of code. It's impossible to read it all, because the code will have changed (multiple times) before you've finished reading the version you tried to read.
It's sort of like YouTube. In one day, over 720,000 hours worth of video is uploaded to YouTube. No one human could watch everything on YouTube. (Not that you'd necessarily want to, but you can't.)
None of us here on this site are experts in everything. What we do have to our advantage is a wide array of regulars with different areas of interest. This gives us broad coverage for a lot of the various topics that come up. I'm certainly no expert, and I've been using Linux for years -- and used UNIX back in the day.
The list of stuff I don't know is surely longer than the list of stuff I don't know. In fact, I'd say that I don't know enough to know what I don't know. (Yes, I'm pleased with that sentence.)
Those are astounding numbers! I hope to be a useful idiot here... And as a guy who does sentences all the time, I'd say you did a fine job with that sentence. Thank you, KGIII.
CaffeineAddict
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Don't say that, like others implied, only the heavens are limit to how much you can study about computers, even the smartest and most willing people who sit in front of computer for hours per day don't grasp everything, so anyone can be idiot for not knowing something.
What matters is you enjoy spending your time on learning something new, if studying or working becomes like a job it's no longer fun.
I'd say if someone wants to be expert in some area in IT they should convert their skills into money by working or making some gain by other means, otherwise it's all moot point and waste of time that could be spent to have a life.
Thank you!
I brought home my old Lenovo Thinkpad E530, from its role as the Zoom engine at church, to give it some TLC. A brief check revealed that I could get 8 GB RAM for about $15 US from NewEgg! So that solid old thing is getting a 16 GB RAM upgrade. It's running Mint Cinnamon 21.3 since last December. Completely 100% dependable in its rather crucial role supporting Sunday services.
