Recently I’ve had to do some work for what _has_ to be the last company on the face of the planet still using Windows for anything. Since I did not wish to install that virus on any machine I had I purchased a refurbished I-7 HP Slimline quad core. I loaded it up with 16Gig of RAM, a 6Gig/second 1TB SATA drive and some NVidia card with 384 CUDA core. Far from the best machine … Have You Ever Noticed How Windows Fonts SUCK?Read more
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Linux on Nextbook Flexx
There have been a great many attempts to get a Linux distro up and running on the Nextbook Flexx. While I hate anything to do with Walmart I ended up getting one of these devices a few months ago because a client wanted software tested on it. Once that was done I had no use for it. Let me start by saying I have been unsuccessful and so has everyone else as far as I … Linux on Nextbook FlexxRead more
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Icky of Gnome
Recently I upgraded to Mint 17 to get back on an LTS revision. I couldn’t wait for KDE to come out so I went with the version built for Gnome 3 (Cinnamon). It’s not as ugly as Gnome usually is. Graphics drivers seem better as does the font rendering. It might even be slightly faster on this 4Gig 64-bit AMD dual core netbook that the previous version was. I was kind of shocked to find … Icky of GnomeRead more
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Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772
I’ve been tired of my Toshiba A215 notebook since I bought it. I was in a situation where I needed to replace my existing notebook when I bought it and Microcenter had a “deal” on it. The “deal” was it was cheaper if I walked out the door carrying it and a Cannon Pixima printer than if I bought the notebook alone. The Pixima was a source of frustration with expensive ink and continual error … Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772Read more