Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3
On 26/08/13 22:25, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Although I moan about Windoze, it's fulfilled my needs reasonably well and Windows 7 is actually more stable than older versions, it'll do for me until I get time to learn Linux one day (just to please Norman). I'll agree with that. Windows 7 is stable and very usable, if I have to! It came on my laptop and I think, might still be there, somewhere! I know I used it a long time back for something, and I was seriously impressed. And you can quote me! ;-) As for learning Linux to please Norman - I wouldn't bother for that reason. Do it, like everything else, because you want to! It's better than way. :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3
On 27/08/2013 01:38, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 26/08/13 22:25, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Although I moan about Windoze, it's fulfilled my needs reasonably well and Windows 7 is actually more stable than older versions, it'll do for me until I get time to learn Linux one day (just to please Norman). I'll agree with that. Windows 7 is stable and very usable, if I have to! It came on my laptop and I think, might still be there, somewhere! I know I used it a long time back for something, and I was seriously impressed. And you can quote me! ;-) As for learning Linux to please Norman - I wouldn't bother for that reason. Do it, like everything else, because you want to! It's better than way. :-) Cheers, Norm. My son has just visited us. He has for some time been a Linux fan and uses Suse Enterprise, I think, which is maintained for professional use; but disappointingly that is changing, He says that many versions are going the popular way with smartphone/tablet type displays, and not supporting the old. He feels that it is being really messed up for the professional/industrial user, and is seeking a way forward. He couldn't at present suggest a version which would serve me for the next five or ten years without my having to learn new tricks, which I don't want to do at my advanced age - 87. A dedicated version is needed for the older generation. At least I can still have my QL, but not for online use. Bryan H ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3
Evening Bryan, I would advise Mint Linux for a personal use, and for industrial use, I'd advise Red Hat Enterprise. If you don't want to pay up for RHEL, then use the identical Centos or Scientific Linux. I use the latter for server use. I use Mint Linux for personal use. Cheers, Norm. Sent from my HTC ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3
Derek Stewart wrote: Glad the Laptop still work OK. I knew I shouldn't have said that. I took 'your' laptop with me in the car that day, although in the end I didn't get time to use it as I'd hoped. Next time I used it, the CD drive had packed in - it had a tumble in the boot of the car and case is slightly dented where it had the knock, maybe the lens in the drive has misaligned or something like that as motor works-a CD spins up, but no data found. But if I can find a replacement drive it should be OK. I have QCP 3.34 Beta 3 running on a Fujitsu Amilo LI2727 fitted with a T4200 2Ghz CPU, which running Ubuntu 12.04 Wine 1.4 is rock solid stable. Although I moan about Windoze, it's fulfilled my needs reasonably well and Windows 7 is actually more stable than older versions, it'll do for me until I get time to learn Linux one day (just to please Norman). As long as I can use QDOS/SMSQ on it, I'm happy usually! Now all I need is to get a QL emulator going on my Android tablet while watching TV and I'll be happy! Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3
On 23/08/13 14:55, Dilwyn Jones wrote: I just dug out my old Windows XP Pro SP3 laptop from the attic (Hi Derek, it still works after all these years!) and tried QPC2 3.40 Beta 3 on it. QPC2 seems to work fine – it’s a Compaq Pentium 4 machine with just 512MB RAM. Anyway, after a few minutes playing with QPC2, all seems well, Marcel will be relieved to hear. Full screen mode via F12 works, keyboard seems fine, Launchpad and Q-Dock (unfinished) run OK on it. Ctrl-Shift scroll lock works to exit from QPC2, although there was a couple of seconds delay before it responded (might have just been a bit sluggish as there’s only 512MB RAM on the laptop). Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Glad the Laptop still work OK. I have QCP 3.34 Beta 3 running on a Fujitsu Amilo LI2727 fitted with a T4200 2Ghz CPU, which running Ubuntu 12.04 Wine 1.4 is rock solid stable. I doubt I would use Windows again, as Linux less of the features (bugs) that Windows has. Also do not like Windows 7 and Windows 8 looks awlful. Since QPC can run under WINE okay, I will stuck with Linux. Derek ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3
On 23/08/13 14:55, Dilwyn Jones wrote: ... might have just been a bit sluggish as there’s only 512MB RAM on the laptop. Sounds like a prime candidate for having Linux put on it. DucksAndRuns ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3
On 23/08/13 15:17, Dilwyn Jones wrote: ... might have just been a bit sluggish as there’s only 512MB RAM on the laptop. Sounds like a prime candidate for having Linux put on it. DucksAndRuns ;-) He he, was expecting that comment Norman. :-) But of course! And I didn't let you down either. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3
... might have just been a bit sluggish as there’s only 512MB RAM on the laptop. Sounds like a prime candidate for having Linux put on it. DucksAndRuns ;-) He he, was expecting that comment Norman. :-) Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
