New PC, went Mint
Due to finding 10 at work stressful, then a downdate to 11 cemented that opinion.
Mint was a no brainer for a home PC.
Posts by MJI
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The 'End of 10' is nigh, but don't bury your PC just yet
UK Ministry of Defence is spending less with US biz, and more with Europeans
Microsoft updates the Windows 11 Start Menu
Thursday 8th May 2025 10:07 GMT 
This is why they have....
CMD.EXE
Control<enter>
Control panel
You soon learn the ones you need.
That is how you are supposed ot do it, isn't it?
Like turning off is CMD.EXE shutdown enter since they hid the buttons.
Actually the button issue was shown to me to be quite simple, was red in 7 and before, later on grey, my work PC has never been shut down by the buttons, always command lines.
BTW Red in Mint, as it should be
Brewhaha: Turns out machines can't replace people, Starbucks finds
Tuesday 6th May 2025 16:05 GMT
Well, we tend to go to small cafes, garden centres and the like
Found out that on long cross country trips, garden centres are the best place for a break, usually decent food and drink.
A little one near Llandovery does great sandwiches.
One near Cardigan, great toasted sandwiches with chicken in.
One near home, fantastic burgers.
Google goes cold on Europe: Stops making smart thermostats for continental conditions
Monday 28th April 2025 09:58 GMT
Smart stuff worries me
Looking at age of stuff, thermostat and boiler were new 26 27 years ago when house was built.
TV 15 years old, last pre smart model
Getting worried about replacing, especially if we do not move, may get a heat pump.
As our boiler is a system boiler, and a long lasting model, it would be left in use, so winter would still be warm.
Yes I am considering hybrid heating.
However the one rule I do have is do not get involved with Google only environments such as the Lagia game streamer (if you have played against one you would understand)
CIO and digi VP to depart UK retail giant Asda as Walmart divorce woes settle
Users hated a new app – maybe so much they filed a fake support call
Vodafone: Be in the office 8 days a month or lose bonuses
Apple has locked me in the same monopolistic cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users
Wednesday 12th March 2025 15:31 GMT
Re: Security & updates
I have only owned 4 TVs and I am in my 60s.
My current one, does not have Freeview HD, just SD, but does have lots of HDMI and SCART. Also pre smart TV but top end.
Previous was 2K DTTV
The one before had SCART
Before a portable.
Shortest life a decade, three of them I wore the tube out.
My 15 Y/O TV works fine.
Eutelsat in talks with Euro leaders as they mull Starlink replacement in Ukraine
UK must give more to ESA to get benefits of space industry boom, says Brian Cox
Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows
BOFH: The USB stick always comes back – until it doesn't
Trump can't quickly or easily kill the CHIPS Act, but he can fire the workers funded by it
WFH with privacy? 85% of Brit bosses snoop on staff
US freezes foreign aid, halting cybersecurity defense and policy funds for allies
Google Maps to roll out Trump-approved Denali and Gulf of Mexico rebrands
Windows 10's demise nears, but Linux is forever
British Museum says ex-contractor 'shut down' IT systems, wreaked havoc
Linux rolls out the welcome mat for Microsoft's Copilot key
GM parks claims that driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums
Friday 17th January 2025 14:55 GMT
What is GM actually for?
They have shrunk their car production, now a lot with the same group who own Chrysler, sold off their railway loco building.
Is there anything left?
Are they relevant?
To Europe, Austrailia, and New Zealand, not at all.
Suggest buying a car from a company actually wanting to make them, as to who, I do not know.
Tired of begging, Microsoft now trying to trick users into thinking Bing is Google
Wednesday 8th January 2025 16:14 GMT
I did a quick ask around
"That looks like Clickworker"
"Not Google?"
"Only a little bit"
So they were not taken in.
Not defending MS at all, mind you not Google either despite having a phone with their OS on it.
Luckily on our PC I just used the default browser as installed, so none of this MS Google nonsense.
Microsoft declares 2025 'the year of the Windows 11 PC refresh'
DEF CON's hacker-in-chief faces fortune in medical bills after paralyzing neck injury
Wednesday 8th January 2025 15:59 GMT
US sounds like hell, a complete shithole of health insewerance instead of a centrally funded health system.
Had 3 rides so far, one was life threatening, all OK after a week.
The most recent was suspected stroke, they appeared to know what they were doing as they did not do a CT in the end, but did not know, had MRI later in week, no fault found.
In the end came down to me getting Covid for a second time, and very weird symptoms, like losing the ability to talk for about 1 hour.
Fear of Foxconn reportedly driving possible Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi merger
Thursday 19th December 2024 09:28 GMT
Lets shut British factories
Whan PSA bought Chrysler, the entire Chrysler setup disappeared. No more Rootes, no more Simca.
I had the moderately hot hatch and that factory was the first to go, Then Ryton.
Now they have GM and of course shutting time, Luton going, when will Ellesmere Port go? Russelheim?
And who are they going to buy next?
There is a very valid reason the surviving car brand in the last Blade Runner film was a Peugeot, they had bought everyone else.
As to that 3 way merger? What about the bike divisions?
Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for
Microsoft preps big guns to shift Copilot software and PCs
Ransom gang claims attack on NHS Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Microsoft flashes Win10 users with more full-screen ads for Windows 11
Airbus A380 flew for 300 hours with metre-long tool left inside engine
Weekends were a mistake, says Infosys co-founder Narayama Murthy
Monday 18th November 2024 10:08 GMT
Re: The inefficient
Roughly 25 productive hours a week.
That is peak code time, brain would not cope with more.
But I get a LOT done in a short period, then cool down, and repeat.
Called pacing, and if I didn't I would have to quit work.
Add more working time, get less work.
I reckon I could lose a day and still turn out the same amount of work, as 3 days off not 2.
Windows 11 continues to creep up behind Windows 10
Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off
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