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I a note 9 ultra and now a note 20 ultra both have room for 1 sim plus another place to add memory or a 2nd sim, and just switch between sims, each wi...
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Wow, I had no idea that so many people were fed up with windows and Microsoft. I've tried several Linux distro's, among them are Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Q4os...
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I tried Red Hat Linux (v.5) back in 1998, and have been using different distributions exclusively since. Debian linux is my go-to "flavour" for the la...
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It's been a while since I did this exercise. It was a breeze to set up. BUT. Then came the driver issues, there was no way to find the drivers to enab...
Comment by Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. on Time to Switch from Windows to Linux? (September 11, 2025 08:33 AM)
I've been using various GNU/Linux distributions off and on since the late 1990s. I started with Mandrake Linux, then after Mandrake (Mandriva at the t...
Comment by RandiO on Time to Switch from Windows to Linux? (September 11, 2025 04:55 AM)
I have never disagreed with your great posts over many decades but this is like recommending to "throw the baby out w/the bathwater". Your 10 bulle...
Comment by RandiO on Time to Switch from Windows to Linux? (September 11, 2025 04:26 AM)
Before reading your article, I am going to put this other article about Linux: "Desktop Linux Keeps Winning the Wrong Battles" From ...
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Hello Bob, I have been a follower since before the turn of the century and have found many tips and tricks useful over the years. Switching from Windo...
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