[AT] OFF TOPIC

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Wed Jul 26 10:27:05 PDT 2017 

Spencer,  I got an e-mail advertisement a while back for a device.
I started to order it immediately but decided to ask on this list and
some others.  It was a memory stick with linux loaded on it.
Turn your notebook off.  Put the memory stick in a USB port, start back up a
and hit which ever F key makes your particular brand of note book boot from
an outside source.  According to their claims it runs Linux on your 
notebook, totally
independent of your other operating system.  I think it was under $50 bucks.
Unfortunately before I got around to asking about it I lost the link for the 
product
and haven't seen it since.

They advertised it as a remedy for old notebooks that no longer worked well.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Spencer Yost
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 10:44 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OFF TOPIC

Having been a c/c++ developer on  dozen flavors of unix for decades, I can 
tell you Linux  is a superior operating system by far(except for Digital's 
openVMS but considering that hasn't been available for 15 years I concede it 
it no longer a contender).   Hell, Apple IOS is a variant of BSD(Berkeley 
Software Distribution.  I can't believe Dave recommends anything from 
Berkeley!).  It's reliable, easy to use, very secure and free from most of 
the pesky viruses, free to use and resource frugal so you would think 
everyone would use it.   But being open sourced and not branded or backed by 
a corporation the non-IT public is unaware and/or lack confidence to use it.

I challenge everyone to install it on their old machine whenever they 
upgrade.   Use their new windows machine to handle day to day stuff and use 
their old Machine to learn Linux.  You will thank me.  I currently recommend 
Ubuntu.

At the very least get a Mac.   Windows is a necessary evil in the corporate 
world but the average home user does not have to put up with Microsoft.

Spencer Yost



Spencer Yost
> On Jul 24, 2017, at 10:24 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>
> When  I got a ransom virus last year, I replaced my old HP with a
> Dell.   One of my bigger mistakes.   The Dell has more ram and a bigger
> hard drive, and a faster operating system.   However, it has some of the
> worst quirks and "stalls"of any computer i have ever had.   I am running
> Win 7 and do nto intend to upgrade until it dies.  I have a 4 yr old
> laptop that came with windows 10 on it, and it has been used a total of
> 4 hours.   I had to have help from Microsoft on it about a month after I
> bought it., and was referred to one of their "contractors" and I still
> get calls from some person with a very foreign accent wanting to get
> access to my computer because it is messing up microsoft!!!    I would
> not doubt this is the one that sent me the ransom virus last year.
>
> Cecil
>
>
>> On 7/24/2017 8:27 PM, Dave wrote:
>> Wouldn't that be kinda like putting a chevy engine in a Ram truck?
>>   Dave
>> PS, Guess what you get when you add cr#p to cr#p?
>>
>>> On Jul 24, 2017, at 8:36 PM, Phil Auten <pga2 at basicisp.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Nah, Dave. Just lose Windows altogether and use Linux for your operating
>>> system!
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil in TX
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 7/24/2017 6:30 PM, Dave wrote:
>>>> My recomendation would be to start looking for an Apple!
>>>>   Dave
>>>> PS, Like Ford pickup trucks and M-H tractors they are THE BEST!
>>>> PPS, Same re: PEPSI and coke—Pepsi wins 26.3 to 1!
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 24, 2017, at 7:02 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I switched to Win 10 a good while back and have no real problems with 
>>>>> it
>>>>> other than the browser and e-mail are terrible.  There is a way to set
>>>>> Win 10 up to run in a format that looks and acts like Win 7.  I can't 
>>>>> begin
>>>>> to
>>>>> remember how but I found out about it and set mine up that way.  Since
>>>>> I don't have a computer that will run touch screen I couldn't see any 
>>>>> reason
>>>>> to run it in the applications mode that it defaults to.  I don't 
>>>>> remember it
>>>>> being
>>>>> very hard to change the settings but it's been long enough ago that I 
>>>>> don't
>>>>> have
>>>>> a clue where to tell you to start looking.
>>>>>
>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: deanvp
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 4:00 AM
>>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] OFF TOPIC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ralph,
>>>>> Windows 7 is nearing  the end of it's support life and MS is 
>>>>> aggressively
>>>>> trying to move users to Win 10. SO make sure you have installed 
>>>>> Service Pack
>>>>> "One" and you should be OK until 2020  I think the issue may be facing 
>>>>> is
>>>>> that Win 7 still uses Internet Explorer as it's Browser and Windows 10 
>>>>> has
>>>>> moved on to a new browser "Edge". I haven't checked to see if MS is 
>>>>> even
>>>>> still supporting IE. Around 48% of the world is still using Win 7. 
>>>>> You
>>>>> might want to check if some start-up add-ons have gotten in to your 
>>>>> system
>>>>> without your knowledge.  I use what used to be called Crap Cleaner now
>>>>> called CCLEANER By Piraform  to keep the system cleaned of trash that 
>>>>> builds
>>>>> up over time. I use the free version. Then I use a paid for diagnostic 
>>>>> and
>>>>> system cleaner from IOBIT, I can't think of name right now but it is 
>>>>> very
>>>>> comprehensive catching all the crap that floats around on the 
>>>>> Internet.
>>>>> It's not all that expensive less than  $20 a year. I've learned to
>>>>> appreciate all that it does to keep the system running at peak 
>>>>> performance.
>>>>> It's called Advanced System Care by IOBIT.  I would recommend that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy Tablet
>>>>> -------- Original message --------From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> 
>>>>> Date:
>>>>> 7/23/17  10:05 PM  (GMT-07:00) To: Antique tractor email discussion 
>>>>> group
>>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> Subject: Re: [AT] Loading the Ford
>>>>>> On 7/23/2017 10:36 PM, deanvp wrote:
>>>>>> OFF Topic
>>>>>> Warning for Windows 10 users.  One of the recent Microsoft updates is
>>>>>> causing some, not all, users computers to have a black screen on sign 
>>>>>> in.
>>>>>> Microsoft doesn't know which update is causing the problem. I find 
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> hard to believe but that is what I have been told. Anyway, I have had 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> send my computer out for repair to get it back to normal. First time 
>>>>>> in my
>>>>>> life I have not been able to fix any PC problem, hardware or 
>>>>>> software,
>>>>>> that came along since the personal computer was invented. I guess 
>>>>>> there is
>>>>>> a first time for everything. So.... if you are using Windows 10 and 
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> get a black screen on sign in, go get professional help ASAP.
>>>>> This one is still Windows 7 and it has been limping for several years
>>>>> now. Several months ago it started just crashing in the middle of
>>>>> whatever I was doing. For no obvious reason. I've done clean ups and
>>>>> system restores but no matter. Every few days or sometimes every day, 
>>>>> it
>>>>> will just crash. Go through the restart and it is fine. For a while.
>>>>>> Ralph in Sask.
>>>>>>
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