>On 11/03/2012 11:28 PM, Daniel Smith wrote: >> Because (left out) a Vista machine means it's probably about >> five years old or so, meaning that it could possibly be filled, and >> or replace the drive as well. It's gonna go sometime soon. Just thoughts. >> And they're so cheap now. >> Dan
>Ubuntu 10 has worked great for me but alas, Canonical has gone the >way of the "dedicated touchscreen interface". I will be bailing out >when the version I am using reaches "end of life" next year. Can't >sit a very computer illiterate user in front of the "Unity" desktop, >and expect them to figure it out and use it without problems. Can't >expect me to toss 20 years of reasonably efficient workflow habits >out the window either... >I have been very impressed with Mint - the other day I had occasion >to use the Live DVD in conjunction with a printer/scanner on a >random PC on a random office LAN, and the thing "just worked" all >around. >Running an OS that works for not against the user is a very >addictive thing. Token on-topic reference: The GIMP was the first >major gateway drug that started me down the path to a 100% Free >Software world. Ubuntu stopped including the GIMP in its default >installation package, and that's another strike against Canonical... >sure it's stupidly easy to install, but dang it, GNU/Linux is >supposed to include the GIMP right out of the box, is all! >:o) >> On 11/3/12, Daniel Smith <opened...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I really have grown fond of avg's pc tuneup. >>> Normally I in the past didn't use such utilities, but I >>> tried (and paid!) for it once, and love it. Still use the >>> free avg antivirus though. >>> I would have recommended to upgrade to Win 7 and >>> wipe the whole drive. Never really liked Vista that much. >>> Seemed like only a little better than that old Longhorn >>> beta there was going around for a while. >>> But I would also just take at least a glance at the drive to >>> see how much free space there is on it. >>> Dan >>> >>> On 11/3/12, Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> wrote: >>>> On 11/03/2012 09:02 PM, Jernej Simončič wrote: >>>>> On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:22:52 -0400, Steve Kinney wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I would run a "registry cleaner" >>>>> >>>>> Don't. Just don't. At best, they do nothing, and at worst they screw up >>>>> the >>>>> machine (had to fix too many machines that "registry cleaners" and >>>>> "optimizers" left in unusable state). >>>> >>>> The first thing a registry cleaner does - if it's a decent one like >>>> the Wise cleaner - is back up the existing registry files to a >>>> location where they won't be overwritten during the OS-native >>>> registry backup rotation. Then it conducts a scan and removes >>>> orphaned keys that point to non-existent files and directories, >>>> redundant keys, etc. In some cases, I have seen processes that >>>> access the registry frequently, i.e. complex application start-up >>>> routines - run 2x faster after cleaning. Usually the result is not >>>> quite that impressive. >>>> >>>> In a hypothetical worst case where damage is done by the cleaning >>>> process - something I have never seen happen in a few hundred >>>> practical cases - the saved registry can be restored with a single >>>> command and, in effect, "nothing happened at all." Any problems >>>> that need repair are the same ones that were there before the >>>> registry cleaner was tried. >>>> >>>> Progressive registry bloat is a feature, not a bug. It makes a >>>> computer with a Microsoft operating system appear to be "getting old >>>> and slowing down," which is a Good Thing if you are selling >>>> computers or operating systems. Not so good if you are the user who >>>> owns the machine in question. >>>> >>>> The best repair for any Microsoft operating system is to replace it >>>> with an operating system that works, or, failing that, reinstall the >>>> one that came with the machine. But sometimes that's not an option, >>>> alas. >>>> >>>> :o/ >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gimp-user-list mailing list >>>> gimp-user-list@gnome.org >>>> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list >>>> >>> >> ...And how did all this shift into Unbuntu, whatever it is?... /Anyways/, re-downloading 2.6 didn't help, and I got the same error message as before. I'm afraid of following whatever Steve suggested (no offense), since I think it might screw up my computer's system. I don't know. -Shrugs.- Should I just wait for updates for 2.8., or? Because this is the only computer system I actually have, and I can't just roll off and buy PS, since that costs like craploads of money (for me), so... Gimp's the best I have :/ And if I'm not able to even edit my own sites anymore, then.... I'll wait til the problem's solved, I suppose. And to tell the truth, I know that people usually don't insert this into their problems here, but I'm just really confused and a little frustrated with all the suggestions, I can only process so much. Not trying to be mean or anything, just... frustrated. One said that Gimp's memory is failing, and another said I could try a re-load 2.6., which I did, but failed. Might just be the computer, or Gimp itself. Not sure, so... might not reply to this discussion for a bit :/ - Bee. -- Sleepingbeautiie _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
