Linux is not perfect, nor is Windows, usually W7 has drivers for a lot of hardware. Linux is usually good that way too. But Linux has all sorts of other stuff, like Office etc. Nice that.
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Linux is not perfect, nor is Windows, usually W7 has drivers for a lot of hardware. Linux is usually good that way too. But Linux has all sorts of other stuff, like Office etc. Nice that.
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usb sockets didnt work for a start...lol... makes life difficult.... its good in a way havint this linux on a fairly fast pc with loads of headroom as it works pretty fast mostly, especially if I kick up the upstairs ethernet system.. even with the tplink sender slowing it I still get 30mb/s speeds, which is a bit faster than the wifi which is usually under 50% and often 35%. i usually forget to switch it on donstairs b4 i go up, and cant be bothered returning...lazy old git that i am.
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Grant.... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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Never had that before, strange, USB 2.0 has always worked for me without adding additional drivers. 30 mb/s is good, I'm with basic copper wire Talktalk, get close to 20 mb/s, and that's wi fi connected, as my main desktop machine is a long way from the phone master socket and router.
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Ive fibre to the street, then old cabling to house. Before I had normal, and it never went above 3.2mb/s and was usually 2.7.... a struggle to say least. We are at very end of the line here before it goes on to another exchange. Also the wires to house are old. Not even sure they are copper tbh.
Regards,
Grant
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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I suppose I'm lucky, the telephone is probably about 300 yards away, so speed should be good. When I first had Talktalk installed, some 8 years ago, speed was ridiculously slow. TT suggested that it might be because I was a long way from the exchange. I soon put them right on that one!
Spendorman
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Good price for a new 7200 RPM 500GB desktop hard drive if someone wants one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seagate-ST...-/182240826460
Spendorman
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Reduced in price today, now £13.95:Originally Posted by spendorman
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182240826460
Spendorman
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Also good from the same supplier,
Western Digital Black 500GB 7200RPM SATA 2.5" 7mm Laptop Hard Drive WD5000LPLX:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182235786576
Spendorman
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My 500 gb drive arrived this morning. It only shows 25gb lol... I am attempting time travel
Regards,
Grant
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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I'm Alex.
Don't panic. Mine arrived this morning too, had several partitions, one may have been 25 GB. You need to use something to delete partitions.My 500 gb drive arrived this morning. It only shows 25gb lol... I am attempting time travel
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