Recent content by kay-dee

Buy a used Lenovo Thinkpad. Something cheap and install a Linux distro, something from the Debian Family. Mint or Ubuntu. Keep Windows on a separate machine until you become familiar with Linux. After a few months you will be in a better position to make a decision as to how you should proceed.

Hey zg_nico, your English is just fine, thank you. I wish I was multilingual. I have a bit of Spanish, just enough to get me by at the shops here in the Republica Dominicana. I will not starve. :) But when I met a woman who was 109 years old, I could have just about cried. The stories she could...

Hi @zg_nico , just to update you on my progress. And thank you for your help. I think you solved my problem with “Power On with AC Attach” it was disabled. I took your advice and toggled back and forth from disabled to enabled and back again, several times. It is now, once again set to disabled...

Thanks @zg_nico ...I don't have the Lenovo X230 with me right now, but as soon as I get back to the boat I'll try those commands. Thank you for looking... Katie

Great stuff, Vrai... and thank you... Katie

You were partially right, zg_nico. Pulling the battery and plugging-in stops the re-boot problem. But the battery seems good; charges and runs the Lenovo X230 for a couple of hours. I have to look up the command to test the battery in the Terminal. I’m sure there is one. When plugged in and...

Hey Wiz. Thanks for everything. Just curious, but you ever figure out who the guy was who posted the photos? I mean, I guess I should be flattered that he would take the time and effort to delve into my personal life, but hell… it’s still kinda creepy. Katie

Thanks, @zg_nico. I didn't want to hear that. This battery is only two months old! But I'll try your suggestion and get back to you with the results. Katie

Oh, Vrai, if it were that easy... Went into Power Settings and the Close Lid settings. Tried all three settings in Battery and AC. That made no difference. I tried unplugging the power cord (12V adapter), and used the Terminal Command: shutdown. The computer responds as expected but as soon as...

Got a bit of annoying problem with my ThinkPad X230. When I plug in the charger, after about three minutes with the lid closed, the computer reboots. I had Zorin/Gnome installed and a change to Mint/Cinnamon didn’t solve the problem. I checked Bios and the Wake on LAN feature is disabled. I...

Good call! Thank you @Daviboy. Fiddled with this a little more and got java jdk installed. (Hope it doesn't turn and bite me :) ) After that, Extreme Download Manager was easy. Downloaded a dozen videos from YouTube and they played back with VLC without issue. Good audio and visuals. No Java...

Thanks, @Daviboy. Adblocker turned off and I ran the command and you see the result. [root@linux-AppSer: command not found Check the screen shot and see what I have installed. And thank you... Katie

Thanks @Daviboy: Linux Zorin 15. I clicked on your link for updating Java, but ad blocker would not let me access the site. Katie