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    Quitting Linux...

    Have you read the MicroSoft EULA? They basically OWN your computer if you install their operating system onto it. No Thanks, I'd rather be Free and run a Linux based OS or even one of the BSD based Op Systems. MicroSoft is dead to me and has been since 2001 when I dumped Windows 98 for an...
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    Helped a Friend at work get started with Linux.

    Let me Preface this by saying that I guess you could call me a Linux Evangelist. I "Preach" Linux to anyone who'll listen. Well, I have a couple guys at work who's interest I've peaked and one of them came over last Wednesday with an older Dell Optiplex Core2 Duo with 8GB of RAM and we installed...
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    Lenovo X1 Carbon issue.

    Well, on a hunch I put the old battery back in and it works. Seems like I got a bad replacement battery.
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    Lenovo X1 Carbon issue.

    Even if it was a used laptop bought on EBay?
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    using old HDD as external drive with windows on linux OS

    Ubuntu is running the Gnome Desktop and will use more RAM on cold boot than most other Desktop Environments. It's not spyware or collection of data, it just has more going on in the background so it'll use more RAM and CPU. MX is using Xfce so it's going to be lighter and will use less RAM and...
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    De-frag hard drive?

    I do think they use trim also. I just like to do it manually from time to time to make sure.
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    De-frag hard drive?

    All this being said I do trim my SSD from time to time.
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    Lenovo X1 Carbon issue.

    The funny thing is that the battery shows up and shows 100% and in good health. I removed the battery along with the CMOS battery to try and reset the system but to no avail. It was working fine with the new battery until I let it set unused for a couple months. I don't use it all that much...
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    Lenovo X1 Carbon issue.

    Picked up a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 1 a few months back and installed a new battery in it along with another 4GB of Ram. It was working well but I let it sit for a while and now that the battery is charged back up it won't run on battery power, only when Plugged in. I tried doing a reset...
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    Changing Linux distro

    I just moved from Debian to openSUSE. I'm still using the KDE desktop though since it's one that works well for me. Only had one "issue" with the need to install codecs so VLC would work. You might give it a try.
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    using old HDD as external drive with windows on linux OS

    As long as you use the Live Non-Free version of Debian it's no more hard than Ubuntu.
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    Hi guys

    The newer kernels have pretty much solved the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth problems. It's been a couple three years since I've had to do anything to get them working in the majority of mainstream Distros.
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    Hi guys

    Virtualbox/Gnome Boxes is your best friend at this point in your new Linux Journey. That way you can check out different Distros without having to install them on your computer or boot to them from a usb drive. I wish I'd have known about/used them when I first started out. It would have saved...
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    I'm Back.

    MX is a Debian based Distro. That's all.
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    I'm Back.

    My account was so old it has probably been deleted. I also use to think KDE had too many options(KDE 4) with with the new KDE 5 Plasma they've parred it down so it's actually very user friendly and I know all the settings I want/need to change to get the desktop I like to run so it's actually...
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