Re: Linux distro options ...
On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 7:27 PM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > KDE Neon is Ubuntu with them making it 100% KDE compliant :-) > There is also Kubuntu wich is Ubuntu dialing a KDE experience. but are > options and are quite stable. > > On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 11:17 AM z via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> It's been years since I used it, but I found KDE Neon to be less buggy >> than Kubuntu. KDE is a nice desktop, I would recommend. >> >> May 21, 2024 07:32:14 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>: >> >> >> I have used Mint and liked it. I now use Kubuntu. Someone said that the >> goal of mint was that it just runs... Well I've been on Kubuntu for maybe >> several years and it just runs. >> >> My Linux desktop experience is similar. I started my Linux desktop journey circa 1997, dual booting between Windows and Linux. Believe it or not, it was more stable than Windows 98 but there were not many productivity apps. I experimented with a stock X desktop, calculating the Hsync/Vsync modelines till you got it right for *your* CRT monitor! And then came the KDE desktop 0.9x, with its suite of applications. I have been using the KDE desktop for quite a while. And then it slowly became bloatware and I switched to Linux Mint (Mate) about 7 years ago. The Linux Mint team has done a wonderful job putting together a desktop distro that simply works with LTS and rolling upgrades. Linux Mint may be the way to go if you are looking for ease of installation and maintenance. About 6 months ago, I tried Kubuntu 22.04 in a VM and was quite surprised to see that it was nimble like when it first came out. I have switched to Kubuntu 24.04 a couple of weeks ago. -- Arun Khan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: I thought i saved the resource to get cheap Windows licenses
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 4:11 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > gkeys24 > > > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 6:26 PM Michael wrote: > >> found it! it is keys . >> >> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 1:40 PM Michael wrote: >> >>> Could someone let me know where to go to get it? >>> >>> Try at your own risk https://www.kinguin.net/ YMMV Occasionally, woot.com sells excess lic. inventory HTH -- Arun Khan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: will windows fit?
On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 6:22 PM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Heh, windows (AKA Win Blows) has always been bloatware without any real > dedicated app organization. At least with apple, the bloatware factor as > some sense to it (every app contains a copy of it’s own libs and other data > files). Windows doesn’t even do this right. > I used to call it WinDoze :) As for a Linux distro, I have repurposed an HP T630 thin client (8GB RAM, 32GB SATA SSD) with a Linux Mint desktop. The default install takes about 12 GB, it includes the LibreOffice Suite. You have to watch the disk space usage but additional storage can be added with external USB drives. -- Arun Khan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: is there any way to fix this drive?
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 9:58 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > [image: image.png] > Prima facie, it looks like a corrupted file system v/s bad hardware. Do you know what kind of filesystem it has? Also, as rusty has suggested, run *smarctl* on the disk and share its output. -- Arun Khan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Modular laptop concept
On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 9:27 PM Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > On 2021-02-27 00:03, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > This actually looks rather cool, thought I'd share with fellow geeks. > > > > https://frame.work/ > > > > Might look at one of these if/when they come about. > > > > -mb > > How time flies. Three years later and Framework Computer Inc still seems > to be going strong. > A friend of mine has bought it and swears by the hardware flexibility (mix and match). I am contemplating it for my next laptop, although my 6-year-old Thinkpad is still going strong :) -- Arun Khan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Modular laptop concept
I have several Framework (both AMD and Intel) laptops including the Framework 16 and they're great. Yeah there's some small fit an finish issues that some have pointed out but IMO is an acceptable tradeoff for being repairable and upgradable. If anything, the ability to change out the ports is great. Imagine the situation where you're sitting at a table, plugged in, and someone comes by and kicks your power cable ripping it out of the computer. In a lot of cases with other laptops, you're now going to have to replace that port as it's going to at the very least break the solder joints; and you're not going to be able to replace just that port as it's soldered to the motherboard. Now you have a $500+ repair minimum to replace the motherboard in your laptop. With the Framework, you likely just damaged the $10 expansion card. So you pull it out, replace it with another one, and move on with your day. On Sun, Jun 9, 2024, at 4:54 PM, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 9:27 PM Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> On 2021-02-27 00:03, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> > This actually looks rather cool, thought I'd share with fellow geeks. >> > >> > https://frame.work/ >> > >> > Might look at one of these if/when they come about. >> > >> > -mb >> >> How time flies. Three years later and Framework Computer Inc still seems >> to be going strong. > > A friend of mine has bought it and swears by the hardware flexibility (mix > and match). > I am contemplating it for my next laptop, although my 6-year-old Thinkpad is > still going strong :) > > -- > Arun Khan > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: is there any way to fix this drive?
thank you so much. I have a problem with the request though. I only have windows now running ubuntu through wsl and I am not well versed through the command line. Could you give me some further direction? On Sun, Jun 9, 2024 at 7:50 PM Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 9:58 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> [image: image.png] >> > > Prima facie, it looks like a corrupted file system v/s bad hardware. > Do you know what kind of filesystem it has? > > Also, as rusty has suggested, run *smarctl* on the disk and share its > output. > > -- > Arun Khan > > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: I thought i saved the resource to get cheap Windows licenses
We found it! On Sun, Jun 9, 2024 at 7:38 PM Arun Khan wrote: > > > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 4:11 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> gkeys24 >> >> >> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 6:26 PM Michael wrote: >> >>> found it! it is keys . >>> >>> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 1:40 PM Michael wrote: >>> Could someone let me know where to go to get it? > Try at your own risk https://www.kinguin.net/ YMMV > Occasionally, woot.com sells excess lic. inventory > > HTH > -- > Arun Khan > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: is there any way to fix this drive?
On Sun, Jun 9, 2024 at 6:41 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > thank you so much. I have a problem with the request though. I only have > windows now running ubuntu through wsl and I am not well versed through the > command line. Could you give me some further direction? > Use a Live System CD (https://www.system-rescue.org/Download/). Flash the .iso image to a USB pen drive and boot from it. It has all the system rescue tools. It boots giving you a bash shell with root privileges; tread carefully and don't do anything that you don't understand You will need: 1. lsblk to see all the block devices and the partitions on it -- let's say your device is /dev/sdb 2. smartctl to dump the SMART parameters of your drive e.g. sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb 3. parted to list the partition details e.g. sudo parted -l to list the partition details of all the block devices (see below -- sample output from my laptop) 4. Depending on the file system, you must use the appropriate recovery tool. If it is NTFS then follow the instructions on the screenshot you have posted. Good luck. === $ sudo parted -l Model: ATA ST2000LX001-1RG1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags: Number Start End SizeFile system Name Flags 1 1049kB 274MB 273MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, hidden, esp 2 274MB 290MB 16.8MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres 3 290MB 255GB 255GB Basic data partition msftdata 4 255GB 256GB 1049MB ntfsBasic data partition hidden, diag 7 256GB 291GB 34.6GB xfs kubuntu_2404 5 291GB 299GB 8598MB linux-swap(v1) swap 6 299GB 2000GB 1701GB xfs Model: Lexar USB Flash Drive (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End SizeType File system Flags 1 1049kB 16.0GB 16.0GB primary fat32lba === --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
