Re: The magnificent operating system thread

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:26 pm

The big test is always can you get Internet Explorer to update. scared

by Guest Sat Dec 07, 2019 11:40 am

I think I've got IE11 on it.

Well, it's done an update for IE11 anyway.

Still doing the updates. I don't think I've done anything approaching productivity. Only updates.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:28 pm

I'm currently running Android in a virtual machine on my laptop. It makes me feel like a proper computer expert. bowtie

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:28 pm

The only problem is it can't get past the initial booting-up stage. I don't think my laptop's up to this kind of thing.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:30 pm

Perhaps I need to allocate it more of the laptop's memory? dunno

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:57 pm

I finally managed to get it going but it was incredibly slow, so I've given up on it.

by Nightjar Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:33 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I'm currently running Android in a virtual machine on my laptop.

Is your computer going all like this now? happy

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by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:48 pm

It was, but very slowly.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:37 pm

I've just discovered that I can make that toolbar at the bottom of my screen invisible and change the size of its icons, so it looks like that annoying bottom of the screen Icon row that Mac computers have.

If I do that, will it make my laptop as valuable as a Mac? Excited

by Fangirl Three Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:04 am

I always move my taskbar to the top of the screen, cos that's where menus belong. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:08 pm

NomadBSD - an operating system you can run straight from a USB flash drive stick. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:09 pm

And it remembers all the changes you made to it, after you remove it. Excited

by Guest Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:19 pm

I've just had to use a command line program to burn an Iso onto a CDWR as the disc program no longer works.

by Guest Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:22 pm

I also could have pressed the right mouse button on the .iso file to burn it.

doh

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:09 pm

My laptop crashed, two hours ago, and I've had to totally reinstall the operating system. bawl

by Fangirl Three Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:17 pm

by Fangirl Three Wed Dec 28, 2022 1:49 pm

I have installed Ubuntu in a virtual machine on my laptop.

And I've used it to access files which I'd backed up onto an external hard disc from my Linux PC, before the latter broke down.

That external disc was formatted ext4 so I couldn't get the files off it before.

But they've now been copied to my modern hard disc, thanks to the power of VirtualBox!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Dec 28, 2022 2:03 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:51 pm

I've finally found out how to access the BIOS/UEFI of my ancient Windows tablets. Now I can install Linux and Android on them. I'm just waiting for an adaptor to arrive, so I can plug my USB pen drive into them. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:44 pm

It's due on Thursday. Excited

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