Category: Computer
How long does it take the pc to boot under Linux Mint 19
How long does it take the PC to boot up, just run the “systemd-analyze time” command from a prompt to see. username@computername ~ $ systemd-analyze time Startup finished in 9.855s (kernel... Read MoreMKV with 10bit h264 video and 5.1 Flac on a Popcorn Hour A110
Years ago we bought a Popcorn Hour A110 (Network Media Tank NMT) to play back high definition video files (mostly in MKV format) on the TV and not have to hook the PC up to the TV to watch videos in M... Read MoreBack to the disks
I can remember when we first got our first computer back when I was still in high school (386SX 16 with 2Mb RAM, 60Mb HDD, no sound card or CD-ROM with DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.0 on 5″ disks) the bigge... Read MoreDo the floppy disk shuffle.
You think trying to find a working floppy disk would be easy – but nooooo. I’ve been through about 5 blank ones so far and all of them have “issues” bad sectors on them. You th... Read MoreJust because we can doesn’t mean it’s going to work.
I bought some more DVD-R discs the other day and they were rated at 8x – keeping in mind what I wrote about DVDR drives, DVD media and what the drive firmware lets you do I got some Memorex DVD-... Read MoreWhy won’t you let me?
Time to take the plunge and buy ourselves a DVD burner. Now was the time as prices had been getting lower and lower and a unit with ALL the features we wanted was now pretty cheap we decided to do it.... Read MoreChoice is good.
I’ve been toying with the idea of “going to Linux” for a while now (cue “M$/windows is bad” remarks) and found a site which lists alternatives for all the popular windows... Read MoreYou’re doing what?
I just love it when you’re using a bit of software (word processor, music player etc.) and you’re not doing anything out the ordinary when all of a sudden it (the software) wants to connec... Read MoreThey’ll pay us?
News.com has a story that Microsoft will reimburse direct damages their Anti-Spyware Beta software causes on your PC. They’ll reimburse you up to $5 (US dollars I presume). Now is this a joke or... Read More- 2 of 3
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