* Posts by CAPS LOCK

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China breakthrough promises optical discs that store hundreds of terabytes

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Every single time someone mentions tape...

... I have PTSD flashbacks of the whining of Qic40/80 tapes. Slow, noisy and unreliable. They put me off tape in all form forever.

Microsoft Publisher books its retirement party for 2026

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I used Publisher for years until...

... I moved to Linux. Publisher wouldn't run under the then current version of Wine. I had to recreate a few things, mainly using LibreOffice Draw. I found, back then, that Zamzar could convert .pub files so I used that to extract the text.

Mint freshens up its Linux garden for Ubuntu and Debian fans

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Re: In a galaxy far, far away...

The distance between Ubuntu and Mint is getting larger, not less. Clem continues to make good decisions. I'm happy with Mint.

Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 hits beta with reassuringly little drama

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Dear Liam,

When you review a distro, also give a little attention to the community, especially the forum. FOSS software lives and dies by it's self help community. Are questions actually being answered? Are the answers of the form 'Read the man page newb' or genuine help. I know from my experience that the forums at Mint (forums.linuxmint.com) are exemplary. The same ins't true elsewhere (I'm looking at you FreeBSD).

Xebian is the Marie Kondo of Linux distros – it's here to declutter

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Yes, well this is all very nice and so on, BUT...

...in my humble and possibly not very well informed opinion, distro reviews should include some perusal of the community. Forum? 'Yes' or 'No' but also 'Questions actually being answered? Friendly community or 'RTFM' community (for examples of each see forums.linuxmint.com and forums.freebsd.org ). One of the key strengths of FOSS is community support.

LibreOffice 7.6 arrives: Open source stalwart is showing its maturity

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"Now if I could just get LO to install without throwing repeated 2503/2504 errors."

Try turning off your rendezvous radar...

Indian armed forces gives Windows its marching orders, but only for desktop warriors

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Re: What were the alternatives?

4. Announce a migration to Linux and enjoy all kinds of Microsoft largess, including opening 'local offices' and taking decision makers to exotic locations for conferences and so on, with a large notional discount for Microsoft services at the end. Great Success! Trebles all round...

Oracle, SUSE and others caught up in RHEL drama hit back with OpenELA

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I'm against this, but wait...

...before you punish me with down votes, let me explain. All this is doing is legitimising RHEL as some sort of perfect, un-corruptable standard. This actually helps Blue Hat, both by enhancing the reputation of RHEL as some sort of perfect product AND training people to use RHEL. All this effort should, in my view, go into development of an equivalent product, outside the control of predatory corporations. Right, that's it, feel free to put the boot in.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Pi? Asus's 'NUC-sized' SBC aims to out-Pi the Raspberry

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https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-4?variant=29157087412307

Soon the most popular 'real' desktop will be the Linux desktop

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Re: functionality

This anecdote seems unlikely to me. I suspect a Microsoft Reputation Manager at work...

Microsoft kicks Calibri to the curb for Aptos as default font

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Eurostile bold extended...

... for future-proofing...

Linux Mint cuts slice of 'Victoria' as 21.2 beta lands with dash of fresh Cinnamon

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I'm a long term Mint user and I'm not worried...

... I've come to trust Clem's decision making. I tip my head wear to the Mint team. Also the community. The forum is an invaluable resource where no question is too stupid to get a measured and helpful response. I'd like to name-check Altair 4 for his/her tireless effort to sort out peoples difficulties getting Samba sorted out.

Microsoft has made Azure Linux generally available. Repeat, Azure Linux

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Microsoft Linux?

..so Microsux then?

System76 teases features coming in homegrown Rust-based desktop COSMIC

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Re: Last time I eyeballed System 76's defaut desktop ...

Upvote for F. Zappa quote. And with that I'm off to the Youtubes for some Zappa. Thanks.

Fancy some fresh Linux Mint? 21.1 enters beta, should be here by Christmas

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Re: Hurrah! They've finally changed... Nothing!

Completely agree. Down with unnecessary change.

Strong support for Snap and Ubuntu Core as Canonical meet IRL

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"I think Cano[n]ical is going to sell to Microsoft."

I expect that too. Look how cozy they are.

NASA's CAPSTONE satellite is out of safe mode and on track for Moon orbit this month

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Don't talk about Jazzclub

Voyager 1 data corrupted by onboard computer that 'stopped working years ago'

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"Quad303/33" - awesome. All audio equipment should be...

...painted Post Office green.

LibreOffice improves Microsoft compatibility with version 7.4

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"repeated 2502 & 2503 errors"

Switch off your rendezvous radar it's sending too much data.

Like Ubuntu, just a bit less hassle: Linux Mint 21 'Vanessa'

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Mint Xfce user here. Just a shout out to the fantastic community at...

...https://forums.linuxmint.com/index.php

Really, the community is an integral part of any Linux distro and the Mint community is super helpful however stupid your question. Compare this with the community at, for example FreeBSD, the difference is chalk and cheese.

How a botched kernel patch broke Ubuntu – and why it may happen again

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Linux Mint seems to ship with generic kernels...

$ uname -r

5.4.0-121-generic

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Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now...

...more likely...

China rallies support for Kylin Linux in war on Windows

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Exactly. Now listen the Chrisopher Lee reading the poem...

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdhpA2yPu1w

Extraordinary.

If you're using older, vulnerable Cisco small biz routers, throw them out

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'Not available pre-packaged...'

...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPNsense

Unpatched Exchange server, stolen RDP logins... How miscreants get BlackCat ransomware on your network

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Cross platform!

... Most Impressive..</Vader>

Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? Consult our cynic's guide to desktop Linux

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Look, it's simple, if you have to ask, then the answer is...

... Mint.

Find an old system. no bridges are to be burned, and install Mint Xfce. Then join the forum at https://forums.linuxmint.com/index.php. It's an invaluable resource.

Original killer PC spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3 now runs on Linux natively

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Re: ABI

iBCS2 made it possible to run Microsoft FoxPro Unix on FreeBSD. I still run the same system, but now use Harbour Compiler.

Clonezilla 3: Copy and clone disk images to your heart's content

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For system level backup and restore check out Foxclone...

... much easier to use that Clonezilla...

The long-term strategy behind IBM's Red Hat purchase

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Re: IBM will become RedHat

Bluehat shirley...

Afraid of the big bad Linux desktop? Zorin 16.1 is here

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Re: Zorin, Ideal for beginners

Try Linux Mint Xfce. See how it goes, you might be surprised.

Linux Mint 20.3 appears – now with more Mozilla flavor: Why this distro switched Firefox defaults back to Google

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Low quality trolling...

... 0/10 see me...

Huawei's AppGallery riddled with malware-infected games

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Try these:

Koss 'The Plug' noise isolating earphones.

When civilisation ends, a Xenix box will be running a long-forgotten job somewhere

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Xenix!

I still have the beautifully made three ring manuals. Including the one for SCO Foxbase+.

Apple sues 'amoral 21st century mercenaries' NSO for infecting iPhones with Pegasus spyware

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Irony level...

...infinity...

Amazon textbook rental service scammed for $1.5m

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...and yet, Joe Orton and Ken Halliwell 'defaced' some library books and got...

....six moths inside. Rumour has it the so called defaced books are now a prized possession of Islington library...

Google's VirusTotal reports that 95% of ransomware spotted targets Windows

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Re: The hubris of Apple (oops I meant Google)

If it bleeds we can kill it </Arny>

Progress report: Asahi Linux brings forth a usable basic desktop on Apple's M1

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You were so preoccupied with whether you could you didn't stop to think whether you...

...should..

Microsoft's problem child, Windows 11, is here. Will you run it? Can you run it? Do you even WANT to run it?

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Re: Linux for gaming?

The Steam Deck is running Linux. Games will follow.

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Re: Want to run it?

Mint baby, and the Xfce version for the time poor and impecunious, aka lazy and skint. And let us not forget Mint has an AWESOME community.

Fired credit union employee admits: I wiped 21GB of files from company's shared drive in retaliation

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Hahaha, the blank space of doom...

...

# rm -rf *.bak

vs

# rm -rf * .bak

Smart admins create a less powerful 'del' command. Well, smarter than me anyway...

SCO v. IBM settlement deal is done, but zombie case shuffles on elsewhere

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This will run and run because...

...the upside, or so the suits have convinced themselves, is a huge payday from Linux using companies and the downside is corporate bankruptcy, which in the USA of America is no deterrent[1].

[1] Bankruptcy laws provide extensive protections for the bankrupt entity. Ask the people of Armley Yorkshire etc, etc..

Real world not giving you enough anxiety? Try being hunted down by the perfect organism in Alien: Isolation

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I won't be playing it...

...just reading the article made me anxious.

Is this indeed the light-house top I see? Microsoft updates its container Linux, CBL-Mariner

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So, Microsoft Linux...

Microsux then...

Radioactive hybrid terror pigs have made themselves a home in Fukushima's exclusion zone

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Well,[1] I'm rooting for the pigs. Go pigs!

[1] When it's humans versus <something> I'm always on the side of <something>. I rooted for the xenomorph in Alien.

Linus Torvalds launches Linux kernel 5.13 after seven release candidates

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"What part of "out of the box" did you miss ?"

Err, none. It was just a passing comment related to the ability to connect to wireless projectors. But thanks for pointing that out.

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Re: Does it Miracast/wireless display out of the box ?

I guess if they'd have know they could have installed MiracleCast: https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast

Happy with your existing Windows 10 setup? Good, because Windows 11 could turn its nose up at your CPU

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Re: Ubuntu

Linux? Yes. Ubuntu? Sadly no.

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"Linux Mint Cinnamon", you have chosen wisely...

...the community at Linux Mint Forums is exemplary. Additionally, your question about editors is easily answered by typing 'text' into the search field that shows up when you click the 'Start' button.

What job title would YOU want carved on your gravestone? 'Beloved father, Slayer of Dragons, Register of Domains'

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Romanes eunt domus

or perhaps Romani ite domum. I dunno, whatever...

The latest REvil ransomware victim? Sol Oriens. Oh, a US nuclear weapons contractor

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What is the description (copied below) a euphemism for?

"a small, veteran-owned consulting firm focused on managing advanced technologies and concepts with strong potential for military and space applications,"

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