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#81
General Discussion / Re: The Really Unpleasant Comp...
Last post by ssfc72 - April 20, 2025, 08:40:36 AMWhen your posting reaches 100,000 views, you can buy us a coffee. :-)
#82
General Discussion / Re: The Really Unpleasant Comp...
Last post by buster - April 18, 2025, 05:01:29 PMReached 85,000 overnight. That's a lot of people.
#83
Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Clementine Music App is Ba...
Last post by BusterE - April 16, 2025, 10:53:29 PMI don't link or pay. I use my own music, which happens to be the very best in the universe, and which by chance is connected to the best times of my existence.
#84
Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Clementine Music App is Ba...
Last post by Jason - April 16, 2025, 05:13:17 PMWhat's the link you were trying to share, Buster?
I think you can integrate Spotify and other services into it, too. I know most people abscond with their music, but I try to use the paid music services. To be honest, it's easier for me. No judgement. Okay, maybe a little judgment, but less than usual.
Anybody else using Clementine? And is it your darling?
I think you can integrate Spotify and other services into it, too. I know most people abscond with their music, but I try to use the paid music services. To be honest, it's easier for me. No judgement. Okay, maybe a little judgment, but less than usual.
Anybody else using Clementine? And is it your darling? #85
Linux Applications & Android apps / Clementine Music App is Back
Last post by buster - April 15, 2025, 05:54:23 PMThe successor to Amorak is available and I'm using it in the latest Mint. Clean, clear and easy, yet useful for anything you wish to do as far as I can see.
Check out Clementine.
This wasn't under development for a while, but should also be available in Microsoft too. Comfortable so far. I like it. Listening at the moment.
Check out Clementine.
This wasn't under development for a while, but should also be available in Microsoft too. Comfortable so far. I like it. Listening at the moment.
#86
Distributions / Re: Linux Mint 20.3 EOL
Last post by buster - April 09, 2025, 09:00:59 PMSteps for the upgrades are on the site somewhere. I always found then straight forward. And if you have a separate /home, you can do a fresh install and not format /home. Quick.
But the upgrades seemed fairly easy. And interesting. Do the 2 upgrades over a period of time.
You do have an image to fall back on.
Marilyn's computer has gone thru many of these.
But the upgrades seemed fairly easy. And interesting. Do the 2 upgrades over a period of time.
You do have an image to fall back on.
Marilyn's computer has gone thru many of these.
#87
General Discussion / Durham PC Users' Club meeting ...
Last post by Jason - April 09, 2025, 07:46:05 PMI received this from Hugh Crawford a couple of days ago and forgot to share it. The meeting is tomorrow night. Looks like a great subject! Thanks for letting us know, Hugh! And one of the presenters, Kal Somogyvary is a member!
Here's the details:
Durham PC Users' Club is a Canadian Computer Club and we are inviting you to our April General Meeting a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: DPCUC General Meeting - Come and join us as David Swain and Kal Somogyvary present "Unleash Your Inner Techie: - How to Build Your Own PC"
More Information https://durhampc-usersclub.on.ca/presenters/pr202504.html
Meeting Time: Apr 10, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)
Join the Zoom Meeting, please click on the link below. You will arrive in the Waiting Room and the host will admit you at 7:00 pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83492096183?pwd=Q3phQnBxR1hIUE9ZWWsrQjlTSmQzUT09
Meeting ID: 834 9209 6183
Passcode: 124327
You may join the meeting by telephone for an audio-only connection by dialing
One tap mobile
+16475580588,,83492096183#,,,,*124327# Canada (Toronto)
Here's the details:
Durham PC Users' Club is a Canadian Computer Club and we are inviting you to our April General Meeting a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: DPCUC General Meeting - Come and join us as David Swain and Kal Somogyvary present "Unleash Your Inner Techie: - How to Build Your Own PC"
More Information https://durhampc-usersclub.on.ca/presenters/pr202504.html
Meeting Time: Apr 10, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)
Join the Zoom Meeting, please click on the link below. You will arrive in the Waiting Room and the host will admit you at 7:00 pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83492096183?pwd=Q3phQnBxR1hIUE9ZWWsrQjlTSmQzUT09
Meeting ID: 834 9209 6183
Passcode: 124327
You may join the meeting by telephone for an audio-only connection by dialing
One tap mobile
+16475580588,,83492096183#,,,,*124327# Canada (Toronto)
#88
Distributions / Re: Linux Mint 20.3 EOL
Last post by Jason - April 09, 2025, 05:30:34 PMIt looks like you're right. Upgrade to 21 and then 22. Did this page provide you with that info?
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=432084
A fresh install of 22 would be much easier if you could back up your home drive, more so if you have a separate partition/drive for /home. Make sure to backup your hidden dotfiles (they begin with a dot like .bash, for example, if you want to restore program settings and desktop configuration (the "look").
But if you want to go the double upgrade route, you might also consider using Timeshift. Do it once, then upgrade to 21, do one again if everything looks okay, and then go to 22. If something goes wrong, a previous release can probably be restored faster than an image because, after the initial run, it only keeps track of changes. By default, it doesn't backup data, though, so make sure you configure it to do that first.
If you do a fresh install, you could put /home on its own partition for future upgrades, if you haven't already. I still back up my personal files daily anyway, but that's me.
Good luck!
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=432084
A fresh install of 22 would be much easier if you could back up your home drive, more so if you have a separate partition/drive for /home. Make sure to backup your hidden dotfiles (they begin with a dot like .bash, for example, if you want to restore program settings and desktop configuration (the "look").
But if you want to go the double upgrade route, you might also consider using Timeshift. Do it once, then upgrade to 21, do one again if everything looks okay, and then go to 22. If something goes wrong, a previous release can probably be restored faster than an image because, after the initial run, it only keeps track of changes. By default, it doesn't backup data, though, so make sure you configure it to do that first.
If you do a fresh install, you could put /home on its own partition for future upgrades, if you haven't already. I still back up my personal files daily anyway, but that's me.
Good luck!
#89
Distributions / Linux Mint 20.3 EOL
Last post by ssfc72 - April 09, 2025, 08:29:04 AMMy 20.3 version of Mint is now telling me that I have 50 days until it is no longer supported.
I believe I can't update my 20.3 version to the 22.1, long term version, directly.
I would need to do a fresh install of 22.1, which I rather not do, or do an upgrade to version 21 and then, upgrade to version 22.1, which is also a long term version.
I have just done an image of the computer hard drive so I am good, if anything goes wrong during the upgrades.
I believe I can't update my 20.3 version to the 22.1, long term version, directly.
I would need to do a fresh install of 22.1, which I rather not do, or do an upgrade to version 21 and then, upgrade to version 22.1, which is also a long term version.
I have just done an image of the computer hard drive so I am good, if anything goes wrong during the upgrades.
#90
Politics, Society and News. / Re: Ice storm tree damage and ...
Last post by fox - April 09, 2025, 07:56:27 AMYes, I was lucky. As for fish, I don't have an automatic feeder. I have vacation feeder tablets, supposedly good for 10 days, but I have pushed to two weeks.
Don't worry, I'm alive and well. Just traveling a lot. I check the PLUG site most days, but with a lot of the messages being non-Linux, I don't respond as often.
With the ice storm and my internet down, I did run into a Linux problem, but it was related to my particular setup. On the iMac that I use as my main machine, and run Ubuntu, no distro sees the internal wifi. As I couldn't find any wifi that worked automatically (i.e. without installing a driver), I ended up buying a powerline device that allows me to connect to ethernet without a wire running through my router. With the power out, my iPhone could act as a hotspot, but only to devices connected with wifi. So I was unable to get internet on Ubuntu in that way, and had to wait until my internet was restored.
Don't worry, I'm alive and well. Just traveling a lot. I check the PLUG site most days, but with a lot of the messages being non-Linux, I don't respond as often.
With the ice storm and my internet down, I did run into a Linux problem, but it was related to my particular setup. On the iMac that I use as my main machine, and run Ubuntu, no distro sees the internal wifi. As I couldn't find any wifi that worked automatically (i.e. without installing a driver), I ended up buying a powerline device that allows me to connect to ethernet without a wire running through my router. With the power out, my iPhone could act as a hotspot, but only to devices connected with wifi. So I was unable to get internet on Ubuntu in that way, and had to wait until my internet was restored.