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I put it on my Intel NUC - a version of ubuntu was available pre-certified for it and, as you'd expect, it pretty much ran right out of the box from the installation.
And of course, the Raspberry PI on Rasberrian (Debian) - again taking advantage of that small RAM footprint.
I spend most of my time on Win7 - but that is in large part because that's what they use "at work".
A silver lining to their having moved to web-based applications: If they move to Win10 at some point I don't have to worry about changing my systems - browsers bring their own O/S (sort of).
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: I put it on my Intel NUC - a version of ubuntu was available pre-certified for it
W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: Raspberry PI on Rasberrian (Debian) - again taking advantage of that small RAM footprint.
W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: browsers bring their own O/S (sort of).
I agree. For a while I had a saying, "The Browser _is_ the OS."
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An interesting thought:
JAVA was supposed to be the universal language that ran across all platforms with but a single version, that final comparability being handled for on each system with it's java 'engine'.
Well, as it turns out, we have an even more universal system, which are the browsers. Even if they differ in support, they still work on whatever part of the source they can use. No one really owns it and open source has effectively taken over. I have, for example, installed WaterFox because FireFox stopped supporting some plugins I liked (like one for FTP).
The usage is so massive and there's enough support for the various browsers that no one's the boss.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: The usage is so massive and there's enough support for the various browsers that no one's the boss.
I hope it continues that way.
And, your thoughts are also what has created the ElectronJS API (runs on Chrome layer).
Visual Studio Code is built in ElectronJS and runs on all three major platforms (Mac, Win, Linux).
I wrote my own app (CYaPass) as an Electron app and have deployed it to all three platforms successfully and deployed it to the Snap store (app store for Ubuntu[^]).
Electron is honestly an amazing technology, but I know many people hate HTML and JS development.
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I managed a server with Red Hat Enterprise 5.0 years ago, it was robust, stable... all what you can expect from a server + Operating system.
I've got Ubuntu in the ironing room at my parents house... it's been a terrible thing: corrupted software, impossible to update, impossible to start the OS...
Reinstalled it 3 times... At the end I've installed lubuntu... now it stats without issues.
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Good counterpoint story. I know Ubuntu doesn't work for everyone. Wonder what the problems were that caused the issues. Did you try win10 on that box? Were you able to install win10 on the same box? Just curious. I wonder how lubuntu was different that it worked?
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I did, but it's an old all-in-one computer which has some drivers problems which makes windows 10 unusable... it stops the mouse every few seconds for a while...
No idea... Lubuntu seems to need less resources, but I had never seen it working at its limit when ubuntu was there... In fact they only use it to watch TV and to get a few kitchen recipes from Internet...
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Any OS that can get old H/W up and running again is amazing in my book!
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yes, yes, that computer works because of lubuntu... which makes it usable and working. and this is great.
It worked well with UBUNTU till everything went haywire...
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I was just taking a look at Lubuntu. I'm going to download the ISO and run it from VirtualBox and check it out. Thanks for the mention!
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Wow, installed Lubuntu as VirtualBox install and it runs great.
The software installer is very nice and the GUI shell looks really great.
I installed Visual Studio Code and it fired right up. Lubuntu could be a choice for me for my laptop in the future. Very nice. Thanks again.
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I wanted to create a new email account for my father because he would like to close the one of my mother (passed away some time ago) who was the one active in the e-communications...
Go to msn... create a hotmail account, fill the things, klick ok... good, I am logged into MSN. Set language to spanish, have a look here and there
I go to outlook web, enter the address, enter the password, everything looks fine... until I get an error:
There has been an error.
You are logged in as "xxxx@hotmail.com", but you have to connect the outlook account of your work... Click [here] to log off and [here] to reload the site and blah blah blah.
Exception - blah.blah.blah.MailBoxNotExistant
Ok... wait a bit (2 hours later) try to log again... the same.
Ok... maybe I did it wrong and had to create the account in the outlook web instead of in the msn main site... try it again. Address is already used.
Ok... maybe if I log into the msn and then try to get to the email once logged in... same error than 2,5 hours ago
Check settings (by the way, spanish language set before is gone), need a secondary email to continue. OK. I give mine... get a 4 digit code, introduce it, get another pop up asking me to fill the address of the partner email (again), then ask for a 6 digit code sent there... one after another
Well (slowly losing my patience), try it again.... same error than before.
Mark the account as "to be deleted"... Email in the other account: "Ohhhh, we are so sorry that you go... blah blah blah"
Maybe...? Reactivate again, go to postbox... same error again.
Mark to delete again.
Create a second account from the scratch and this time in the "register" of the email site... same error again.
SERIOUSLY? Are you kidding me?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Have you tried gmail?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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He wanted "hotmail", if I have to use another one I will go for a german server.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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...but using Hotmail is as obsolete as using Aol!
Note: - I still use an Hotmail address.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I still use hotmail too... but it looks like they don't want to allow anyone more...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Well, the big kids now use outlook.com!!!
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Yeah, and my SO still uses AOL from a CD. She refuses to change.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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that flash player is going away
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Well ... it means that in a year or so I can uninstall my Flash Block extension ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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With the possible exception of you're still using IE (don't know but if anything is going to be dumpsterfire enough to keep supporting it by default), your browser has blocked flash by default for a year or two. Without an explicit click through it won't play in any modern browser.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I don't take any chances with flash!
Too many old sites that played some crap music really loud put me right off it ever running again ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Edge blocks it by default for me.
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I'm driven to tears ... but don't tell anybody.
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