Recent content by Martin Young

I downloaded Mint Cinnamon Ulyana last night so in between my Saturday tasks, I will begin. I scrapped the 750GB hard drive for a 500 that was in my desk collecting dust.

It is also easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission... Since my heavy usage days are over, I just want to be able to see the hardware I have run till it dies with something safe rather than fire up a Windows 7 machine that has holes in it. Unfortunately, I think my machines will...

I guess a follow up question would be: once installed, how easy is it to change to something else. Are tools available to predicate the removal of a rejected OS for a new OS and are those tools consistent across distros? Does each and every variant have it's own tool set that is unique?

Hello All: A little background first. I'm a retired accountant and I have several "retired" Windows 7 machines that I put away when updates ceased to continue. I am fairly educated with many, but not all things computer. I have been, throughout my career an administrator, the SQL Guy, an...