Re: [xubuntu-users] 32 bit or 64 bit motherboard P5KPL-AM IN/GB [ASUSTek]

2023-12-13 Thread David Walland
money when you don't need to? David Walland On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 at 14:12, Charles M wrote: > James, afaik you should be able to run a 64 bit version of any OS > unless you happen to have a 32bit processor in there. The motherboard > is a Socket 775 board, which is just on the cusp

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread David Walland
and designed in the last century!), it cost me £30 second-hand, which hardly broke the bank *then*. Still horses for courses as they say. David Walland On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 at 11:32, David Wright wrote: > Hi all > > I should hopefully be building a new PC at some point this year and wanted &

Re: [xubuntu-users] The Devil's Advocate -- TANSTAAFL AKA "FOSS vs Proprietary"

2017-07-13 Thread David Walland
I'd love to get stuck in to writing/proof-reading good docs for the Linux community. I've done this professionally for University Radiation Protection. This the point; the writer/proof-reader needs to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject and/or experts to correct misapprehensions and

Re: [xubuntu-users] Is there a Linux Distro with MS Word Pre installed?

2017-01-12 Thread David Walland
o get back to learning and using Linux, I'll probably put a virtual Windows machine on solely for Word, of which I have several older but legal versions laying around. Regards, David Walland On 12 January 2017 at 20:07, Will <artistnatu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like to leave Windows

Re: [xubuntu-users] toggle touchpad ON/OFF - PERSONAL message

2016-07-23 Thread David Walland
that even the frustrating battle teaches lots; and I've learned a lot more than just that. Thinking like people who like to write operating systems isn't easy... Regards David Walland PS I still haven't found out how to turn my network board back on when a Xubuntu update screwed it up. In windows I