Recent content by ragnarok1968

I concur. The ISO is essentially or actually an image of a CD/DVD. When you install it to say a USB drive, you are creating an installation media of the original. I have come to realize that with Windows10, We use GPT I believe. I'm an old codger now and we used to have to learn to work with the...

Yes I did that, explaining the problem to Microsoft. 201H1... yeah, you're brave! lol. Thanks. hopefully, it won't be an issue anymore next update.

OS: Windows 10 Home Browser: Version 77.0.211.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit) Microsoft Edge Hey guys. I'm using Microsoft's Edge browser, the Canary channel and the version mentioned above. My problem is, When I have the browser open, it runs modal or it runs as though its king. I can open...

Gnome, the default installed environment with Ubuntu 18.04

I always use these two apps to keep my system from fits of narcolepsy. anyway, my question is, I have both already setup in my startup applications. What command can I put in to automatically activate caffeine indicator? any advice is greatly appreciated

ok, I received the drive today less than 24 hours after I bought it. I simply installed the drive, screwed it down to secure it and installed Ubuntu 18.04 and she's running faster on the SSD M.2 then it did on the secondary 1 TB HDD. I expected that however due to speed differences But its all...

hey guys! Ok, I purchased a new toshiba M.2 (gen 3) SSD drive into my MSi laptop. it's 128GB, the same as the original that came with this laptop. This was a Windows 10 setup. I got tired of all the updates that literally screwed up drivers... consistently! So I'm older now, as is the system...

I activated the new feature (experimental in my current version 67.0.3396.79) as I write this. So get your repository setup because next month comes a new feature.

Neowin.net source Chrome 69, the latest upcoming iteration of Google's browser on the stable channel, will finally roll out a major design refresh that has been in testing for several months now. The most prominent change one can see is with the tab bar - all tabs have been rounded off and...

True. I like things easy as most do, but snaps makes it easier and I end up using command line generally speaking.. go figure!

in case anyone is curious about snaps: to go along with @nmsuk's comment on snaps for reference

Sure. that's one way. I'm a little old school by today's standards. But do snaps automatically update libre office in this case? I personally do not know. But now you put this out there, you just gave people an extra option to consider.

I do NOT intend to install it but I just got a message via UKUU that a minor kernel update 4.18.2 is available. (I plan to use only official released updated kernels in the future!) just for anyone's knowledge and info

Link: https://websiteforstudents.com/libreoffice-6-0-is-now-available-via-its-ppa-for-ubuntu-16-04-17-04-17-10-and-18-04/ XP level: newbie and above The command in terminal goes like this to ADD the repository to Ubuntu. It will keep you up on the latest releases respectively. This should be a...

@Neemobeer always grateful for your input. @Neemobeer Q: How many kernels will Ubuntu keep until it starts deleting the older ones? I am seeing improved returns with regards to my Nvidia issue. I don't have much time to mess around ATM, as my wife will be having a surgery tomorrow. I'm a bit...