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I am guessing there is something I should click to close this thread. If not, it can be closed. Anyhow, both computers are working. They boot on both machines is working. I just can't install many current distros. Yesterday, after many months of looking at Emmabuntus, I finally decided to...

I loooooved Peppermint 10. At the time, I considered it to be the very best os I had ever used. I wish I had found it earlier. I liked it because it was super fast and could do a minimum install. I wish every os came with minimum install. I also wish Peppermint would come out with a...

What a great thread. I am so happy with the icons I created......but "I" am the only one who ever sees them.

It has been 5 weeks now.....and I think I have figured out a couple of things - "with some help". I mentioned earlier that I thought there might be a hardware compatibility problem. I think that is "one" of the problems. My "older" computer stopped working properly when I upgraded to Ubuntu...

My New disk arrived. Peppermint 11 opened with the usual "Utilities Recovery" page. It still would not install but Surprise!, Surprise! MX Linux installed perfectly best as I can tell. (I even tried this with the broken disk - I think it has a permanent error) Since Peppermint didn't work, I...

Well, since this conversation began with missing Unity, I have now just downloaded the new Ubuntu Unity version. I am so hoping to love Ubuntu again.

Hello Yes, I have tried that in several different ways. This time I did it immediately prior to formatting the disk. I removed all partitions. This thing here apparently won't go away. I have a new disk coming in a week but this one is only 2 months old so is probably good just has a broken...

Hello Northwest. I truly appreciate hearing back from you. I thought I was leaving this forum. I will try to get to all of your questions. There is no installation problem - meaning that I know how to install an os. (installation instructions don't fix the boot is the only point) Operating...

I think you can close this thread. Nobody is "getting" where my computer is. The pictures have been taken down as they are NOT what the issue is. The pictures were an example of the "uselessness" of attempting to install on a broken boot. It can't happen. There is no installation problem...

Thanks for your response. I am hoping to get the help I need as I finally just sent a message to the ONLY guy in the entire lower mainland who works on Linux computers. If I have to pay for it, I will have Windows installed. I have 2 different iso files. They both pass the sum. They have...

Solved!!! Hello again to KGill and to kc1di. My new computer is a Qotom Onboard CPU: Intel Celeron J1900 Processor, quad core 2.0 GHz, up to 2.42 GHz • HD Video + VGA, dual display. • Dual Gigabit LAN: • DDR3L SO-DIMM & mSATA SSD. Q190S-S02 support 2.5" SATA SSD/ HDD. It has 8 GB of ram There...

I love the fact that I am not giving money to "a certain somebody" at Microsoft who does NOT deserve any more money. I love that I can make my computer exactly what 'I' want it to be. I like the added security - although I add on extra security. I also like the fact that I don't know anybody...

Thanks. I have tried MX and would gladly have it if I could just fix the boot. I have MX-21 XFCE with initv and the MX-21 plasma iso's downloaded. They both install but again, they won't shut down. I could very easily be happy with MX-21 initv XFCE as I truly would prefer to be systemd free...

Hello brickwizard and Lord Boltar. Unfortunately, I have a boot problem on my new computer that I have not been able to repair. I posted the question - hopefully will get the answer..................so never got to try wine yet. If I get an OS installed and can try wine, I am getting Movie...

I fixed my older computer by finally "finding" a distro that would crash upon install so I could find out what was wrong. I did boot repair and voila, I have a computer that works like it was 2012. This computer (my new one) didn't work as well with that method. The boot problem on this...

Hi. I am joining you from Vancouver, BC . \ I made the move to Linux in 2011. While I had Windows, if something went wrong, I called Greg. With Linux, I have successfully dealt with every problem that came along with the exception of mounting my external hard drive - still can't do that. I was...

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Thanks What I have tried this morning: sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro,force /dev/sdb1 /mnt/NTFS [sudo] password for Alex: Incomplete multi-sector transfer: magic: 0x58444e49 size: 4096 usa_ofs: 40 usa_count: 1 data: 44044 usn: 44043: Input/output error Corrupt index block signature: vcn 0...

Hello While I am not brand new to Linux. I feel that way so am posting here. After upgrading Ubuntu, my external drive won't mount. On my new computer, I just installed MX Linux. It won't mount there either. If I need to transfer files, I will need to use the Ubuntu machine due to data size...