@againman Apple-Fanboy hier, Gebastel & Bücherschreiberei über Gebastel lange hinter mir. Reiner Anwender, der die Apple-Umgebung genießt. Ein OS soll mir heutzutage keine Steine in den Weg legen, ich will nix kompilieren, hacken oder gar ins Terminal. Das MacBook Pro von 2012 lässt aber kein sicheres OS mehr zu, also soll es als schickes Büro-Arbeitspferd dienen. Dafür habe ich blind #LinuxMint draufgeklatscht, Vivaldi, LibreOffice, Nextcloud, Thunderbird etc. installiert - FWIW it just works.

After talking to some more people it turns out that maybe my machine is not spec compliant and that is the reason why I have to mangle around with live linux usb sticks to make them bootable.

After all this installation nonsense Linux Mint seems to work though.

Switching from EndNote to Zotero? Not as smooth as I hoped.

Wanted:
export EndNote library with PDFs, notes & group structure
Got:
* no group export via RIS/XML, had to do it manually,
* double records for refs in multiple groups
* lost (research) notes
* syncing to Zotero web = painfully slow
* limited storage 2GB (have to pay 120$/year for unlimited storage)

#Zotero #EndNote #ResearchTools #ReferenceManager
#EndOf10 #Linux #LinuxMint #Compatibility #OpenSource #Technology #AskFedi

@ralph
Wir lernen in kleinen Schritten den Respekt vor irgendwelchen Maschinen zu verlieren.
Wir lernen auch, dass in der Öffentlichkeit nur dummes Zeug kommuniziert wird.
Viele Leute können nur 10% des Office Paketes bedienen + sind Opfer von Programmen wie Outlook
Wer einen Schraubenzieher hat, kann seine Kiste aufpimpen oder jemand aus dem Freundeskreis bitten die Kiste ein bisschen zu tunen.
Wir verabschieden uns schrittweise von Microsoft.
Solche Monopole gehören zerschlagen.
#LinuxMint

This is awful. I'm backing up my research data from EndNote + Atlas.ti because I can't use them on Linux. I tried switching to Zotero and Taguette, but the data migration process is problematic: I lost groups with Zotero and Taguette doesn't support QDPX file import.
Does anyone know of a QDA tool for Linux that supports QDPX file import (Project Exchange Format for Qualitative Data)?
#EndOf10 #Linux #LinuxMint #ResearchTools #QDA #QDAsoftware #Compatibility #OpenSource #Technology #AskFedi

After the installation the ethernet interface understands that there is a cable attached.

Downloading updates right now with amazing 1.500 kB/s.

Used the installed wifi card in that system to get a working internet connection.

Maybe a kernel update will fix this situation. Lets see.

The graphical user interface is up. It does detect my ethernet card but thinks the cable is unplugged.

I just downloaded the iso with that connection.

(Another machine like this is still running OpenBSD and quietly chugging along.)

What is this nonsense now?

First try already failed when following Linux Mints installation guide.

This is a ThinkCentre m75q Gen5 - when OpenBSD is able to boot from this straight with dd-ing an img file, how can a widely used Linux distribution not get its act together and put the right file into the EFI folder?

Before you ask, secure boot and all of this shenanigans are disabled.

@itsfoss 5 years
#linuxmint , #ubuntu and #kali

@vfrmedia

Thanks for sharing. This is a great example for #endof10 .

Go #linuxmint !!!

@itsfoss

I use #Linux #distros since 2001

#Conectiva (until its extinction)
#Kurumin (for a short time)
#Xubuntu (first versions)
#Ubuntu (old #GNOME era, for a short time)
#LinuxMint with #XFCE (until now)