Re: [PLUG] cpufreq governor selection

It is yours Russel See what you are getting into here: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q1900DC-ITX/ Tomas On Sat, 2017-11-11 at 18:38 -0800, Russell Senior wrote: > Lol, I can probably fix the battery problem. You should give it to me > :-) > > On Nov 11, 2017 6:36 PM, "Tomas Kuchta"

Re: [PLUG] cpufreq governor selection

I can give you old, unused 4 core 64b ASRock Q1900DC mini-itx board. It takes 10W from 12-19V power brick, it is 64bit and probably faster to replace than you problematic piece of HW. I do not use it because the battery keeping cmos ram and rtc is not working. So, it needs screen and keyboard to

Re: [PLUG] linux for a Ludite

Wow, so many responses. Wonderful. First - as much as I love vintage stuff - 15 years old computers sucks for many reasons. Keep it as your pet vintage car type of project. Consider something new, perhaps Chuwi 12.3, it looks like iPad, so non PC people are not scared of it, and it is very

Re: [PLUG] cpufreq governor selection

On 11/11/2017 09:19 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >   Trying to build a couple of packages here on my 32-bit, 2-core i686 AMD > Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor causes a CPU overheat shutdown of the > system. > Building one large package, ATLAS (a linear algebra library), is > recommended > to set cpufreq

Re: [PLUG] linux for a Ludite

Fwiw, the CHUWI 12.3 is a 3:2 aspect ratio screen, and is high res, so no jaggies. On Nov 11, 2017 4:51 PM, "Chuck Hast" wrote: > All well taken, these are good pointers, perhaps we should publish a > book... > > Here is what I am planning, the T42 is set up and running just

Re: [PLUG] linux for a Ludite

Oh, yeah, actually I lied. Several of my relatives have Chromebooks. Two of the three are running GalliumOS, which is a lightweight xfce desktop on an Ubuntu base with Chromebook tweaks. On Nov 11, 2017 1:08 PM, "Galen Seitz" wrote: > On 11/11/17 12:38, Chuck Hast wrote:

Re: [PLUG] linux for a Ludite

Xubuntu with Cairo Dock is a nice, easy to use setup as well... On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Galen Seitz wrote: > On 11/11/17 12:38, Chuck Hast wrote: > > Well I put Lubuntu on it and so far it does pretty good. She wants to > learn > > how to use the computer, (I

Re: [PLUG] linux for a Ludite

On 11/11/17 12:38, Chuck Hast wrote: > Well I put Lubuntu on it and so far it does pretty good. She wants to learn > how to use the computer, (I offered a tablet, but no, now computer) so I am > going to take a poke at Lubuntu. I will put the needed apps on the desktop > and let her go at it.

Re: [PLUG] linux for a Ludite

All my relatives that have ever asked for my help use Ubuntu Gnome, and I immediately fire up Tweak Tool to turn on the Application and Place menus, Window Bar at the bottom, and the minimize/maximize buttons on windows. I'd also recommend something better than the T42. I still have a T42, but

Re: [PLUG] linux for a Ludite

Well I put Lubuntu on it and so far it does pretty good. She wants to learn how to use the computer, (I offered a tablet, but no, now computer) so I am going to take a poke at Lubuntu. I will put the needed apps on the desktop and let her go at it. Thank you all for all the good ideas. If this

Re: [PLUG] linux for a Ludite

My first thought was, "mint". Guess I wasn't the only one! Also seconding the iPad comment, as long as it doesnt get me banned from the list Women really do love them. My wife uses hers everywhere. Also, that is a very old thinkpad. Thinkpads up to the t430 series are still very good and

Re: [PLUG] linux for a Ludite

While I was struggling with teaching her Windows (bad) and Mint (better) my daughters kept telling to give her an iPad. (We are in our 80s! And she was the Valedictorian.) I demurred, but finally gave in. They taught her how to use it and the light suddenly went on. The ease with which they

[PLUG] linux for a Ludite

Folks, my wife finally conceded that she needed to learn how to use a computer, that has been an uphill battle for years, I am looking at starting her out on a T42 Thinkpad which I have here. At this point all she needs is a browser, some- thing to play music and watch videos. Later on I will show

Re: [PLUG] associate *.PLT files with lpr?

Great! I thought of that basic idea, but did not know there was any way to do it. Thanks. -Denis On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 10:51 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > Speaking of doing things automagically on a file event. > > One could put the files to the same directory