United Kingdom
Back with Mint after a while away and, now the desktops have
matured and stablised again making Mint more stable. (For
some reason my old biography disapeared, along with other
data relating to my country, release and edition. Hey ho!)
Retired Engineer who had to become an accountant in the end,
then gave up the will to work and took my pension. I wonder if
any accountants became Engineers in later life?
Living with my wife and our Greman Sheperd Dog 'Buttons' in
Brkingside, in the north east of London in the county of Essex.
Started using Linux (openSUSE10.3) when Microsoft wanted to
con me out of another £64 just because I'd updated some of my
hardware and XP wouldn't authenticate itself anymore. I found
LinuxMint 6 after I had problems with Pulse Audio in SUSE.
Now I don't miss Microsoft at all and find the world is catching up
with how good Linux is, be it GNU or Android.
Just rebuilt my box (2016); new motherboard, processor, memory,
PSU, optical drive and fans. It goes like a dream, with a 4 core i5
3.3GHz and 8GB of RAM. Nice and quiet too.
Tutorials
| Title | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 years ago | The Apple/Macintosh Confidence Trick in Linux | 15 |
| 11 years ago | Linux Mint 11 - some missing bits. | 12 |
| 9 years ago | Plymouth on LMDE | 12 |
| 8 years ago | Linux wont run with my hardware! | 8 |
| 11 years ago | Using Audacity to Digitize that old Vinyl Record | 8 |
| 11 years ago | Motion - How to record what is going on about you. | 7 |
| 10 years ago | Audacity in Linux Mint | 7 |
| 6 years ago | Writting your Cron Job | 0 |
Ideas
Hardware devices
| Device | Release |
|---|---|
| Envy 4500 HP (Hewlett-Packard) All-in-one, Works perfectly |
Mint (older version) |
| Kindle 3 WiFi Amazon eBook reader, Works perfectly |
LMDE |
| Benq 5000E Flatbed Scanner BENQ flatbed scanner, Works perfectly |
Mint (older version) |
| Nvidia 8400GSsuper video card Novatech Graphics/Video/TV card, Works perfectly |
Mint (older version) |
| Sony VAIO VGN-SZ5MN/B Sony Laptop or Netbook, Works perfectly |
LMDE |
| DIR-635 D-Link Modem/Router/Wireless router/Switch, Works perfectly |
LMDE |
| DIR-655 D-Link Modem/Router/Wireless router/Switch, Works fine with some minor problems |
LMDE |
| TL-WR1043ND TP-Link Modem/Router/Wireless router/Switch, Works perfectly |
LMDE |
| Logitech Wireless Mouse M505 Logitech Mouse, Works perfectly |
Mint (older version) |
| MuVo TX usb 2.0 1GB Creative MP3 player, Works perfectly |
LMDE |
| MyCloud 2TB Western Digital NAS, Works fine with some minor problems |
LMDE |
| Palm Tungsten E2 Palm PDA, Works perfectly |
LMDE |
| Epson Stylus Color 760 Epson Printer/Scanner/Multifunction, Works fine with some minor problems |
LMDE |
| Epson SX205 Epson Printer/Scanner/Multifunction, Works fine with some minor problems |
Mint (older version) |
| Western Digital My Book 500GB (USB 2.0) Western Digital Storage device (Hard Drive, Flash, USB stick..), Works perfectly |
LMDE |
| QuickCam Traveler Logitec Webcam, Works perfectly |
Mint (older version) |
| TL-WA901ND TP-Link Wireless Access Point (WAP), Works perfectly |
LMDE |
Software reviews
| Software | Score |
|---|---|
| motion "See my Tutorial in the Community Website" |
5 |
| deja-dup "Excellent, so simple yet so powerful!" |
5 |
| boinc "Be warned; it is a resource Hog!" |
3 |
| gnome-mahjongg "Many an hour can be easily wasted here!" |
5 |
| f-spot "Organise and perfect Images without the hassle of GIMP." |
5 |
| brasero "Simple to use disc burner" |
4 |
| stellarium "Very good for planning observations and as a teaching tool for those new to Astronomy." |
5 |
| openoffice.org "Get a Window User to employ this office suite then convert them to Linux Mint!" |
5 |
| filezilla "Easy to use, works well." |
5 |
| audacity "Wonderful for recording or manipulating audio files." |
5 |
| thunderbird "Get a Windows user on to Thunderbird then convert them to Linux Mint!" |
5 |
| jpilot "If you have a Palm PDA get this for Linux systems" |
4 |
| songbird "Simple to use; organise or play your sound files." |
5 |