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Post by Ratae on Aug 20, 2014 14:35:27 GMT
Fast innit  Hi Ive tried linux distros on older computers, which I felt were much quicker but on a win8 machine it must be like lightning Yep...I only have it on older machines, I often wonder what it would be like on this W7 lappy with 6gb of ram and an i5 - 2.9Ghz processor. |
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Post by Geoff on Aug 20, 2014 14:42:50 GMT
Had a play and sorted FF to how i like will have a go at the desktop tomorrow.
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Post by Craig72 on Aug 20, 2014 14:45:05 GMT
Ok Craigy, in 'Menu'...open 'System' then 'Control Centre' then under 'Hardware' click on 'keyboard' Go to the 'Layouts' tab. If there it shows US ....click the 'Add' button and scroll to the UK setting and add that. Done, thanks Davey boy. Craig. |
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Post by jal on Aug 20, 2014 15:03:14 GMT
By the sound of the reply's it seems like a very good system to put on a 2nd machine  |
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Post by Ratae on Aug 20, 2014 15:46:29 GMT
Had a play and sorted FF to how i like will have a go at the desktop tomorrow. Geoff...this is the desktop on my Mint netbook atm. I'll bet it looks nowt like yours.  |
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Post by Geoff on Aug 20, 2014 16:17:49 GMT
I like that |
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Post by Craig72 on Aug 20, 2014 17:00:08 GMT
As I said, I've tried mint & not had any probs with it so far, but the sound output jack on my laptop no longer works. The sound card works OK as I still have sounds from the lappy's speakers. Very strange.
Craig.
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Post by Ratae on Aug 20, 2014 17:05:18 GMT
As I said, I've tried mint & not had any probs with it so far, but the sound output jack on my laptop no longer works. The sound card works OK as I still have sounds from the lappy's speakers. Very strange. Craig. Strange...I often connect my headphones to the netbook if I'm in the coffee shop and they work ok! |
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Post by mr on Aug 20, 2014 20:04:36 GMT
As I said, I've tried mint & not had any probs with it so far, but the sound output jack on my laptop no longer works. The sound card works OK as I still have sounds from the lappy's speakers. Very strange. Craig. Broken wire or dry solder joint on the headphone jack? |
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Post by banjo on Aug 20, 2014 20:24:13 GMT
Assuming that you haven't already done so ( and that may be doing you s disservice) I'd try another set of 'phones before looking for dry joints and broken wires, but we're on the right lines because it does seem like a hardware issue. I'm just thinking that the headphones are hardware too and they are quite fragile components.
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Post by Craig72 on Aug 21, 2014 6:36:24 GMT
Hello everyone. Speaker's are working now, must have been something blocking the sound output jack.
Craig.
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Post by Ratae on Aug 21, 2014 7:49:22 GMT
Hello everyone. Speaker's are working now, must have been something blocking the sound output jack. Craig. Ah!...you've found your chewing gum then.  |
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Post by Geoff on Aug 22, 2014 8:04:22 GMT
I am going to see if i can scrounge an old lappy and install Linux.
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Sept 25, 2014 13:40:19 GMT
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Post by Ratae on Sept 25, 2014 14:50:26 GMT
"There don't appear to be any exploits related to this bug in the wild yet, but the flaw offers an opportunity for miscreants to attack OS X and desktop Linux, not to mention countless server builds. If Apple, Ubuntu, Mint, Debian or other Linux developers release operating-system updates this week, be sure to install them."
I'm on it! Although to be honest, I rarely use the command line option 'cos most stuff is already in the repositories. I have used it, it's a bit nerdy 'cos when it runs, the command window looks like the screen from a mission control puter at Houston.....a bit scary! But...I'll check for updates on that old lappy that I put Mint 17 on. My netbook doesn't get updates 'cos the distro is no longer supported, I'll leave that one alone! From what I read, no-one has written this bug, it's just a flaw in the shell that COULD be exploited! 
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