Advice from Paul Gear and one of my email correspondents is that I
should switch to 64-bit distros. I shall do so when I next order OS
DVDs. I back up my home directory to an external HDD. This means that I
must re-install some applications. This is easy of course if done
through Ubuntu software, but sometimes the app is not present in the
repository. For example 17.04 did not have the math app 'Octave' which I
use from time to time. 17.04 boasted that it could also get applications
not listed but I haven't found a way of doing that. Another problem with
OS updating is that I use "Crossover" for a couple of Windows
applications. It is on 16.04LTS which I will keep rather than pay again
for further use of "Crossover".
I recently bought a 500 Gb HDD (very cheaply). I will partition it to
take two Linux OSs. I need to learn more about partitioning. I may try
installing one of the Linux OSs from an image iso - again! As I have
said, previous attempts have not been successful because they would not
boot, this despite the fact that they appear OK. I'll get there eventually.
Geoffrey Combes
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