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Stick it in the microwave, that'll do it! o_O

OK, I've tried and tried but I just can't get on with Linux, perhaps I'm too old to change now. I can't get Nordpass to autofill. Whenever I download a new program, like NordVPN for example, it won't just run, I have to use a command line to connect to it and for some reason, my battery doesn't...

Just occasional pictures that I think might go well framed and on the wall.

Pretty open about that. TBH, it's the physical size that's high on the list of requirements, I just don't want a massive block of plastic sitting around. Not trying to compare apples with oranges but my current document colour printer can be picked up with one hand. I am expecting a photo...

Too big, it's an A3 printer. I used to have an Epson 3000 A3+ printer but it took so long to start up after a period of downtime, that by the time it was ready, I'd almost forgotten why I switched it on.

I have a printer, it is a Canon IP 28xx. It prints documents, it can print in colour using a tri-colour combined cartridge with a separate black one. Even after not using it for months, it sets itself up for use within a minute. It can print photographs, but only up to 6 x 4 apparently, but I...

That would seem to fit the problem. Is that something that the installation should have dealt with or did I miss something?

Well, Linux seems to be catching on and there will come a time when it is much easier to install and use. The extra things one still has to do like downloading other programs to make a USB bootable doesn't make it user-friendly to the computer-illiterate, one day though, someone will put it all...

I put Linux Mint on my desktop last week and made it a dual boot system as I need Windows to run my Lightroom (no, I don't want to use an emulator). Everything went fine, I used Rufus to make a bootable USB stick, loaded it all on to my second SSD and away I went. Windows worked fine, Mint...

I've taken all the comments on board and have committed to a Lenovo. It's reasonably-priced with a decent spec for what it will be used for and it's not huge (14") as she doesn't like my 16" laptop. Personally, although I have a laptop (a Dell), I couldn't be without my desktop with its two...

As KB says, it's not very convenient for sitting on the sofa, typing emails, as you have that angular support on the back digging in to your legs. I don't know if the Pro 3 was different but certainly the Pro 6 and beyond has a detachable keyboard. It works OK if you are using it on a desk, but...

The Surface was very good and I used it myself for some years (it's a Pro 6, so quite old now). I used it with a keyboard, a separate mouse and a pen too but my partner just wants to use it on her lap to just browse [the dreaded] Facebook, write emails and surf the internet. She doesn't want to...

I have had the same desktop for years and it is still perfect (although had to reload everything because Linux dual-boot messed it up, or I did!); I also have a 16" laptop. My partner is using a MS Surface Pro 6 at the moment and being touchscreen only (can use a keyboard but it's not...

Have done both now and yes, Mint does appear better at the outset. Wow, that's a lot of distros! Things have come a long way from when I first used UNIX (but not very much) in the 90s.

I'm new to this. I have just [today] changed my laptop from Windows 11 to Ubuntu and only now I've found there there are many flavours of Linux and I have no idea whether I have got the right one. Why is one better than another? For example, why (on this thread) have people gone for Mint rather...