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#1 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » 60 year old mother » 2013-06-10 08:28:39

I don't know if some of you know Eldy?
It's especially done for simplifying desktop for elderly or people not familiar with computers; you can run it Windows XP, 7, Vista, Mac, Linux PCs and also tablets and TV.
The interface is quite simple and very effective.
http://www.eldy.eu/about-us/                    http://www.eldy.eu/software/download/
http://www.eldy.eu/software/download/    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8352606.stm

from Eldy site
Image from Eldy site

#2 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » Distro for a non-techy non-English speaker. » 2013-05-02 14:02:58

There's a list of Linux distros tweaked for Japanese users, you might check it here: http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/simosnet-livecd/  big_smile

#5 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » GhostBSD Openbox » 2013-03-25 12:22:06

Had the same problem with all the recent GhostBSD images.

My solution (following some searches on the web I can't remember the link to) was, when blocked at that stage, to open another tty with Ctrl+Alt+F2 then become root  then edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf with ee (the text editor you usually find in BSD distros) and change all the occurrences of the graphic driver (Intel in my case) with vesa.

$ su
# ee /etc/X11/xorg.conf

After that you go back to your previous tty and $ startx will be working nicely>

  I will try to find the links, they are somewhere in the old forums: http://oldforums.ghostbsd.org/index.php

#6 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » What have you found hard or impossilbe to do on linux? » 2013-02-20 17:13:27

Having a scanner working properly and the scanning process taking place at a reasonable speed has been the hardest thing in Linux; though I've always used Linux-friendly multifunction HP printers.

#7 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » Distro-hoppers Anonymous » 2013-01-26 10:30:48

@nickblack: regarding this page : https://www.sprezzatech.com/wiki/index. … prezzOS%3F

"Knoppix is designed to be run from CDs and USB sticks. It was the first major "Live CD", but everyone can do this now."
Well, Knoppix has a very important plus: it's got Adriane ( http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-adriane/index-en.html ) for visually impaired.. and not everyone can do this now!

"Mint seems basically a Ubuntu with explicit support for non-free software.
Perhaps it ought be called "Painted Whore Linux" "
Sounds a bit overdramatic, it's for Gnome 2 lovers!

#8 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » Multi-boot USB without Windows » 2013-01-19 14:09:14

You might want to check LiveUSB MultiBoot; it doesn't require Windows, is easy to install and can be used with USB media of any size.
(NB: many languages available on top)
http://liveusb.info/dotclear/index.php?pages/os
http://liveusb.info/dotclear/index.php?pages/install
(For me, it's the next best thing after toast bread lol )

Otherwise, regarding your link:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 … t/Examples
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/ISOBoot

#9 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » I have a problem.. » 2012-11-19 13:39:49

^My local Morrisons is having some nice baguettes, bien longues, pas trop cuites, as I like them.
I buy them by 4, slice them and freeze them for the week.

#10 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » I have a problem.. » 2012-11-19 13:32:08

^ Thanks, I know where to find spelt here, but what I really want is that: http://www.cerealbio.fr/decouvrir_gamme.php?id=2
  These galettes are very good and healthy, but you can't find them here up in The North, where there really are few organic shops.
 
In France, I was used to have supermarkets entirely dedicated to organic goods, not only food.

At least here, I've good mince pies!

#11 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » I have a problem.. » 2012-11-19 11:20:18

Didn't know there was a mandatory 20€ to spend in that online supermarket.

I've been checking on Monoprix online and a pack of this succulent raspberry biscuits costs 2.79€ only in France!

Otherwise, my sister is coming to see me in December and she's got a 23kg baggage allowance, so enough room for Savora (http://www.amazon.com/Amora-Savora-Spic … B00171GVAO) , spelt , various organic things I miss here, crêpes from Brittany and certainly for your Bjorg biscuits.
This way, sending them to you from the UK will be less expensive. wink

PS: Life in the UK for a French native is okay now that your can find some good baguettes here!  smile

#13 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » I have a problem.. » 2012-11-19 10:25:46

Hi Marianne,
usually you find Bjorg products in organic shops in France. Try to search organic shops in London, there should be a few.
Otherwise, we could arrange something with my sister, who still lives in France, provided you're ready to pay for the postage.

#14 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » Reinstalling Xandros on my old netbook, not using the whole SSD » 2012-11-17 08:12:46

By the way, the 901 has got 2 SSD, a small 4GB one and depending on the model a 8 or a 16GB one.

As el_koraco told you, use a live distro to wipe your drives, but check before hand how many SSD your 901 has.

$ df -h

will list all the partitions and drives that are mounted
and

$sudo blkid

will list all the partitions, mounted or not,

If your live distro is having GParted ( $ sudo gparted ), it can give you a visual idea of all your disks; but resist to temptation, don't delete partitions from there, but use $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx on the 2 SSD

#15 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » My endeavours in France.. » 2012-11-12 08:34:51

There's a slight mistake here, it's omelette au fromage ( au, not du).
Beside that, we Frenchs rather have omelette nature (plain), not cheese ones.
kiss  kiss  lol

#17 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » My endeavours in France.. » 2012-11-01 10:16:19

http://www.paris.fr/english/english/how … port_19237

http://paris.angloinfo.com/af/430/paris … ccess.html

http://www.secretsofparis.com/computer/

Otherwise French usually have what they call a "box" at home, it gives you landline phone, ethernet and wifi access, plus often digital TV.
Your friends might have that. You log in with your phone number and a passphrase and you can also use that anywhere in France when you find a hotspot from the same ISP provider (ex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_(ISP) )

#19 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » Distro-hoppers Anonymous » 2012-10-14 15:55:53

^ I've downloaded Oyster and am truly impressed by the work! All these window managers to test, a real dream!
  I wasn't aware some members of CrunchBang forums were working on Linuxbbq; I take my hat off to them, it's truly amazing, keep up the good work! smile

#20 Re: CrunchBang Talk » SpiderOak, Is anyone using it for backups? » 2012-10-12 05:50:43

There are detailed reviews of  a few computer backup systems and services on this site,if one is interested:
http://pcbackupreview.com/reviews/

My 2 cents: don't ever put anything in a place that has a server in the US ; their laws will one day or the other enable them to access your data.

#21 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » New problems, old times » 2012-10-09 06:07:27

You might also check this: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=145146

There's a bug report about it ( https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/30864 ) and the solution, provided your ~/.xinitrc is correct and you've been checking slim logs ( $ journalctl /usr/bin/slim if you're using systemd, $ tail /var/log/slim.log otherwise ), would be to install slim-nock (Slim w/o Consolekit support) from the AUR

#23 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » Me fail English? That's unpossible! » 2012-09-20 05:45:45

mariannemarlow wrote:

Merci beaucoup. I am never going to get the hang of masculine and feminine words...

Here are a few links that might be of help:
http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/gra … ench.shtml
http://www.languageguide.org/french/gra … /mep2.html
http://www.jefrench.com/basic-french-le … h-lesson-3

This one http://www.fourmilab.ch/francais/gender.html claims:

By learning the following 40 word endings, you can correctly identify the gender of 75% of French nouns with an accuracy of close to 95%. These rules correctly predict the gender of more than 13398 nouns you'd otherwise have to memorise. Ignore accents when using this table.


http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/ … 25484.html
http://french.lovetoknow.com/Free_Frenc … ender_List

And don't worry, it comes with use and the French are very fond of French language spoken with a British accent and the cute little mistakes that come with it.

#24 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » Me fail English? That's unpossible! » 2012-09-19 20:21:28

marianne, you're a woman, so it's heureuse (heureux is either plural, or masculine singular) tongue

#25 Re: Off Topic / General Chat » Distro-hoppers Anonymous » 2012-09-12 12:31:24

What about you, Digit?
  You were one of the first posters on this topic, back in 2009; did you manage to quit for good?

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