Recent content by johnkelsall

Thank you KGIII, This forum seems very helpful. The page (at the top of forums(this page) page) that I used to download Mint shows two verification phrases one as (.txt) and one as (.pgp)but little info on how to generate comparison (sums?). i will look elsewhere to find explanations

Thank you, Dave. I will take a look again at Etcher. It seems to be a straightforward process and not too circular instructions I do like that Linux people are open and willing to help johnkelsall

my t450 came with I-5 Intel, 8 gigs ram, no f.p. reader, about 256 gig SSD drive(0). Really looked very close to new out of the box. Like Xmas in October. Thanks for the brief and to the point reply to my questions. Lenovo was my choice because I had heard the system is highly rated as Linux...

Lost my windows 7 laptop with 13 plus years of use to a crash. Got a sweet deal on this t450 with windows 10. Have wanted Linux since the Amiga was around. This is the best time to begin the change to learn. I have thought long about the setup and just get confused (I'm 71) about gnu/grub...