The magnificent operating system thread

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I'm now using Linux Mint on my laptop to test it out. I am booting it from a memory stick.

It seems to work OK - and is faster than Windows - but I have noticed that the thing where you can scroll down the page by using two fingers on your touchpad doesn't work in Linux. I'm not sure if I can endure such a major obstacle.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Everything looks bluer than normal.

[Guest]

I'm now using Linux Mint on my laptop to test it out. I am booting it from a memory stick.

It seems to work OK - and is faster than Windows - but I have noticed that the thing where you can scroll down the page by using two fingers on your touchpad doesn't work in Linux. I'm not sure if I can endure such a major obstacle.

My experience of Linux seemed to involve a lot of Googling, then copy-pasta commands into terminal.

It's educational they say.

Well, for the first part:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=262139

Go to Settings --> Mouse and Touchpad. Under the tab "Touchpad" there is a point "Panel layout". There you can change the scrolling mode to two-finger scrolling.
Hope that helps.

[Guest]

Couldn't you 'update' from Windows 7 to Windows 10 for free until recently?

Or was that just Windows 8?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

My laptop doesn't have the specifications needed for Windows 10.

[Guest]

[The Call of the Wendigo]

My experience of Linux seemed to involve a lot of Googling, then copy-pasta commands into terminal.

That's why I gave up on Ubuntu when I tried it out.

I decided to give Mint a try because a video on YouTube said it's more user-friendly than older versions and you can install things on it in much the same way as you do with Windows, just by pressing things.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I have noticed that the thing where you can scroll down the page by using two fingers on your touchpad doesn't work in Linux. I'm not sure if I can endure such a major obstacle.

Go to Settings --> Mouse and Touchpad. Under the tab "Touchpad" there is a point "Panel layout". There you can change the scrolling mode to two-finger scrolling.
Hope that helps.

Thank you, Stevie-Bachy-WDTBD-Baby. Have some karma.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I have now installed Mint alongside Windows - and have enabled two-finger scrolling.

It turns out it has GIMP and Libre Open Office pre-installed, which are the programs I use most.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

So far, it does seem a lot simpler to use than Windows.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I have just downloaded and installed Google Chrome. As promised by that video on YouTube, no coding skillz were needed. It was just like doing it with Windows.

[Fangirl Three]

Welcome to Linux land!

[The Call of the Wendigo]

It seems to be putting a lot of strain on my laptop. The fan's going like mad.

[Nightjar]

I can never hear the fans in my computer.

All you can ever hear are the processors doing those creaky noises.

[Guest]

I deliberately went for the smallest, prettiest quietest computer I could find, my days of being able to boast it can do something or other 3.87% faster are over.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Currently installing the latest version of GIMP. Is it going to work?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

2.74 MBs downloaded so far.

[Fangirl Three]

mtPaint is a compact alternative to GIMP if you can't get GIMP to work, and if you don't want to do anything too complicated artworkwise.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Thank you, Fangy.

Happily, GIMP is working perfectly for me.

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