Posts by Doctor Syntax

"A problem is not FIXED until the customer has tested it and verified it is fixed"

I don't think Microsoft look on you as a customer. Customers are OEMs who ship Windows installed on computers. They don't have your problem.

The devil you know

Why fret about updating? By the time your W10-running H/W dies W11 will have reached what used to be known as SP3. Folklore ways that was the marker for considering a new OS to be safe to install. No need to hurry.

Re: Not a Cossie, but...

Did they even wonder where you might be parking it?

Re: HP LaserJet 4

LaserJet II? I wouldn't be surprised to find a numberless LaserJet working somewhere. Probably in the ruins of the building that collapsed under its weight.

Re: I don’t think printers will ever work…

You should look for an old HP laser printer.

Of course it is . Has been for years.

Re: Which do you choose a hard or soft option?

If it's part of the distro the correct way is to open the distro's S/W installer (Synaotic in my case), search and click. You only run the install as admin, unlike some of the S/W on my old Windows VM (I occasionally look to remind myself on what I'm missing).

Re: We need a Windows simlation plugin

You forgot random control panels to control random things and the occasional need to hack the registry. Without those you're fooling nobody.

Simple. The object is to bluff people into thinking they're running a Mac. In those terms the objective is met (or maybe not). Productivity is for peons.

Re: Which do you choose a hard or soft option?

You don't think that have been something to do with whoever put together the RPM file?

What an odd comment.

All KDE settings are handled by the System Settings GUI. S/W installation from the distro is handled by Synaptic. Admittedly I usually handle upgrades from the command line because apt update;apt upgrade is simply slicker than fiddling with a GUI. Definitely better than messing with that registry thing.

And I've only seen one full screen launcher - that's on Ubuntu. I suppose there has to be one for those who like the app-centric smartphone approach to working but there are alternatives for those who have a document-centric approach to working, minimalists or pretty well any way you want. One size doesn't fit all and, in the Unix/Linux world, it doesn't have to.

You should give it a try instead of relying on random internet posts you might have read.

Re: Chuddies (sort of)

The old ones are the best. Alternative version involves diabetes and urine.

Re: Doubting Hervé

"The Candy, Hoover and Beko branded ones are all 60cm wide, whereas Hotpoint is 59.5cm and Bosch is 59.6cm. "

You don't mention AEG. For reference new Bosch is wider than old AEG. Either that or it's deeper because the gap narrows slightly back towards the back.

Re: "I'm sure we'll lose the records of it in the fire, though...""

On second thoughts it was Church of Ireland parish records that were lost. All those presidents etc want RC ancestors.

Re: Personal heaters

No, proper heating would have been in order.

Re: Personal heaters

Spare 13 amp plug once I'd wired one end to the rest of the garage wiring.

Re: "I'm sure we'll lose the records of it in the fire, though...""

The Dublin Four Courts fire of 1922 made Irish genealogy much more difficult although oddly enough it never seems to have inconvenienced US presidents and other celebrities who realised having Irish roots might be a good idea.

Your own fault: sending a manager to do something useful.

Re: Personal heaters

"don't be the idiot who fitted an extension block but forgot to wire it up so made a double plug ended cable to energise the extension block"

I once discovered one of those powering the garage when I moved house.

Re: Personal heaters

"the electrics in our building being quite old (building no longer exists)"

Cause and effect?

Re: Trickle-down effect?

"using them like taxis, instead of being something personal"

Good luck with getting your subscription car to take you to work in rush hour when everyone else wants to do the same. In order to guarantee that your subscription will approximate to that of owning a car except for the addition of somebody's profit. Unless the pattern of usage changes the number of vehicles , the need to store them outside of peak demand and the consequent economics won't change.

"You may have noticed that PCs are edging in that direction."

Yours may be, mine isn't and won't.

I've called them Wheelbarrow Wheels for a long time but I realise you've nailed it.

Re: Nice...

You say either and I say either.

Re: Royal Scot

Add Gypsy Creams to the list of the departed. I believe they've been brought back under the PC name of Romany Creams but I've never seen them.