Computer Concerns

You need apps, right?        ... For more info on these, and related things to do, click here . SHORT LIST Install Chrome browser VLC Kdenlive  video editor OBS Audacity (to record system audio use link above) Pinta  image editor Wire (like Skype and WhatsApp) Teamviewer Brasco for writing CDs/DVDs GParted for partitioning Tuxboot for creating bootable live USBs (didn't end up succeeding in that, opted for CD) Oracle Virtualbox:  sudo apt-get install virtualbox-qt from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26540597/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-14-04 Music programs: apt-get install seq24 apt-get install harmony apt-get install ardour More stuff, including issues with recognizing SD cards (link above) Memory: cat /proc/meminfo How to show hidden files like .config https://askubuntu.com/questions/456190/cant-find-config-folder-in-ubuntu-14-04 Where are Google Chrome bookmarks: /home/USER/.config/google-...

For those of you who want to keep their Windows OS and everything they have saved and installed there, but also use Linux when they want to, you can have both on one computer. It's fairly common, actually. What a lot of people do is gradually make the transition away from Windows, logging into it less and less and using Linux more and more, but without burning any bridges to their old computer abilities on Windows. From your Linux system, you will also be able to access the files on your Windows computer. In order to do this, you will need a Linux CD (a Linux .iso file burned to a DVD). You can download any version of Linux ( more info on that here ). Then you will need to enter BIOS from Windows (or from startup by pressing F2, F10, or F12 if it works on your computer). Then you will have to set your BIOS to start from CD (or USB if you're going to do it that way). Then your computer can start from your burned Linux DVD which will launch the easy step-by-step installat...

Note: This might or might not work on your computer. Windows makes this hard, and it's different for different computers, it seems. However, try these steps. If they work on your computer or don't please comment either way so other people will know what computers they work on. HOW TO BOOT FROM USB 1. When you copy your linux .iso file to your flash drive, select "properties" and take note of what the USB is called by the computer, because you'll need to select it later from a list. 0) look on the sides of your computer for a little tiny hole that a wire could fit through. On some computers, this is a reset button that will take you to a "boot from" option; otherwise, Method 1) Start menu 2) type "Settings" and click it 3) "Update and security" (strangely misleading heading for what we are trying to do ... some might say "hidden" 4) "Recovery" (same) 5) "Restart now" under Advanced Startup 6)...

Prepare yourself for this: You might not be able to. It depends on your computer, it seems, which things will get you to BIOS and allow you to boot from CD. If your computer is like mine, this will work. It worked for me on a Lenovo ideapad 100. I'm guessing you're trying to boot from CD in order to install Linux or another OS. Windows makes it very difficult to enter BIOS ( Here's how to do it ), but even then, you might not even be able to get your computer to boot from CD or USB. I'll put the instructions you can try below. But you might want to first try to boot from USB (here's how) : --------------------------------------- Enter BIOS  (here's how). Now that you're in BIOS, boot from CD by altering BIOS: 1) Go to "Boot" in the menu 2) "Windows Boot Manager" 3) "Add boot" (if you don't see the option, do this:) 3.1) "Security" in menu," find "Secure boot" and "disabled...

For now anyway. I was making an effort to use Wire, get friends to install the app on their phones, get my business associates to use it, but it's not working out. The problems are small ones, but significant. The reason is not that the problems are insurmountable. It's that, considering the starting point (people using WhatsApp, Skype, etc) and then installing Wire because I told them to, they then find Wire doesn't work as conveniently, and so don't use it. They end up going back to their other apps which work better from their perspective (and mine in these important aspects). Reasons: 1) Notification sounds are too quiet. (This can be changed in settings, but many of the people I know can barely install an app, let alone go and change settings. Therefore, they miss notifications and their messages don't get responded to because their contacts don't hear notifications. 2) Notification symbol (little red dots showing new messages). These don't reall...

Yes, another thing about Windows is they have made it so that now it's almost impossible to enter BIOS, unlike before when you could just push a button to get into it. I suspect this is because Windows wants to make it as hard as possible for people to install other OSs.  It is now complicated ... some might say "hidden," but it's not that hard to do if you can find (on this page and others online) and follow the steps. While it is a pain to do, in my opinion it is worth it because any company that would do all this (plus more) to users totally inconsiderate of their wishes is probably one you should avoid as much as possible. I could only guess at the amount of hours (days) Windows has caused me to lose, as well as irreparable problems and hassles.  So here is how you do it on Windows 10, if you can't enter through the simple F1, F2, F10, F12 way: 1) Start menu 2) type "Settings" and click it 3) "Update and security" (strangely mislead...

- Hotkey screenshots - touchpad doesn't work - mouse seems buggy now (buttons don't work) - how to delete programs - would like to monitor processes at all times. - would like to monitor connections on internet at all times

Disqus seems like a good idea because they manage their own comments, and it's a system that could potentially be used internet-wide. But although we installed them on a number of sites, we had to remove them. The reasons: 1) Disqus started making everyone "confirm their email" before their comments could be published. Not only that, their message is "YourWebsite requires that you verify your email before posting," which is of course a lie. There's no way to change this. 2) Disqus takes up a ton of space on page, even when there's no comments, because they have all these silly things they add in order to increase their own business. This can take from half a desktop-sized page to a full desktop-sized page, just for comments. Obviously not user friendly and not good for web design. This can't be changed - not with CSS, their own settings, or anything else.