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Hokie

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27. I have Linux Mint up and running

Reply to LPBBEAR (Reply #26)

Tue Jan 14, 2025, 02:23 PM

Jan 14

Thanks for the offer to help.

I installed Linux Mint and used the entire space on my SSD. I had to be careful because the default installation drive was my RAID array. LOL That would have been bad.

Looks nice and I will figure my way around. I already have my network drive mounted and open. It took me hours to get Windows 11 to do that on my laptop. I can read all the Windows app files on my data drive. The printer setup worked fine but I haven't tested it yet. I am setting up Thunderbird email right now.

One good test will be to see if it crashes randomly on restarts. This PC did that on Windows 10 and Windows 11. It was an ugly blue screen crash too.I could never figure it out. I suspected a driver issue but I tried updating all the drivers and the HP Bios. If Linux fixes that I will probably keep it. I was always leery that one day Windows would not be able to recover from that crash.

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Good grief! It's okay to speak a foreign language. hunter Jan 14 #24

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Its not that hard these days LPBBEAR Jan 13 #19

I will try a Linux distribution on my spare desktop Hokie Jan 14 #25

A suggestion for when LPBBEAR Jan 14 #26

I have Linux Mint up and running Hokie Jan 14 #27

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Two hours 😂 ItsjustMe Jan 14 #29

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