[AccessD] New computer, Linux Mint

Sun Sep 1 07:46:27 CDT 2024

LOL, sounds like you love Windows as much as I do.  I had successfully
remained on Windows 10 until the catastrophe (whatever it may have been).
Now Linux Mint is fairly kind and easy.  But it is Linux in the end.  I am
going to keep the new system as Linux and ease my way into the differences.
   So far so good. I have only used it over this last weekend but I like it
so far.

I think I am going to try to build a "mobile" windows 10 on an old 1gb
little samsung drive I have and plug it into the new computer if and when I
need to run it.  My only real concern is the "One is none and two is one"
delima.  Right now I have one (functioning) Windows and one functioning
Linux.  Which means neither is truly backed up.

I really wanted to do a dual boot for the new computer (and may eventually)
but that meant buying, installing and getting running a new Win 10 on the
new system and then doing a new linux Mint install on the same system and I
wanted to get something up and running ... so I just went with naked Linux.

On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 8:02 AM James Button via AccessD <
accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:

> That is a symptom, I found of installing the OneDrive App
> My I7 laptop went into black ( powered-off look) screen for about 20
> minutes,
> and - after my login, the old desktop ignored all mouse or keyboard input
> for
> several days -
> And, on both there was a new \OneDrive\ folder and structure in my \user\
> area
> - and that contained MFT entries with "live links" to all the files and
> folders
> within the OneDrive stores that  I could access
> As in delete the entry from that \user\ folder   and it goes from the
> OneDrive,
> and ... if SYNC'd, it goes from the PC location it was SYNC'd to
>
> Yes, you get access to an unlink option - but that only shows in the menu
> after
> the entire linking process is completed !
>
> Oh - and I am "co-ordinator" - as in Admin for all the family's OneDrive
> storage
> and that's where their backups, and old data storage is held!
>
> Re the new system -
> I would recommend at least 32GB RAM  for Win-11, but you could have an
> alternate
> boot partition, or SSD drive for Windows and Access  SQL server as well,
> and
> maybe Oracle -
> Maybe free copy from Oracle  of the "Personal/developer" version on both
> Windows
> and Linux ?
>
>
>
> And
> My description of Linux was - an OS with which there is a huge variety of
> ways
> for the user to cause problems !
> My description of Windows 10 & 11 is an OS with which there is a huge
> variety of
> ways for the supplier  to cause problems, and more being created for
> discovery
> on any day you have it powered up !
>
> Toolbars - depreciated
> Write - long gone
> DEBUG.COM   - well there is the "DOS environment facility - runs win 3.1,
> 75,
> etc... so - 16 and 32 bit apps -
>
> Hey - maybe that will do for Access !
>
> Notepad  using different codepage ( unchangeable default according to
> windows
> version) to my other Apps and tech.
> Wordpad dropping large parts of files when a file gets to about 1GB size
> GODMODE - Na! too easy for users to undo
> MS installed changes.
>
> Shared  external drive - well different bitlocker key on each system.
> Low comms connection - come back next month, the system is doing a backup -
> upload to the 5GB of space you have with the 64GB Windoze environment.
> Oh - and check on the character strings in long, or 8.3 file names, or file
> types  that the OneDrive facility won't handle.
> Oh! And check the limits to the lengths of full names within OneDrive -
> not nice
> for those with names longer than 35 characters -
> As is the File-History - 255 fullname limit to the backup version, and
> that 255
> includes at least 30 characters for the PC, OS and user id's
> So a file with a fullname of more than 225 characters won't be backed up -
> as
> you will find when you look for the not taken, and not reported failure to
> take
> that backup !
>
>  And do remember the shift and right-click on file explorer lists  to get
> full
> fullnames in a list within clippy, and then the ones needing the full
> longfilenames access mode shown in blue when the list is pasted into
> WordPad.
>
> For file handling I use KarenWare DIRPRT, with hash values - and process
> the
> list in excel - match on hash indicated likely actual duplicate file
> content.
>
> Hope you can get out of the annoyances of supporting users of old versions
> of
> windows, and corporate licences for Office 2000, XP, and 2007 under
> ...Vista.
> As well as users playing coal mine canary with OS and 365 - Pro Plus! With
> Teams
> and corporate/education OneDrive  userid mixes.
>
>
> And.. Have a better linux life !
>
>  JimB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD
> <accessd-bounces+jamesbutton=blueyonder.co.uk at databaseadvisors.com> On
> Behalf Of
> John Colby
> Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2024 1:30 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: [AccessD] New computer, Linux Mint
>
> My old hp laptop decided to go into an endless circle cursor after (I
> think) a windows update.  It was at least 5 years old, an old 4 core AMD
> and so I decided that, while I may yet try to recover it, I would buy a new
> computer.  I got a Lenovo IdeaPad 16AHP9 which is a pretty modern amd 8
> core with 16gb RAM and a 1tb SSD.
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Touchscreen-Graphics-Keyboard-Fingerprint/dp/B0DB5
> KJKXL?th=1
> <https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Touchscreen-Graphics-Keyboard-Fingerprint/dp/B0DB5KJKXL?th=1>
>
> which I managed to snag for $660 with a mouse and backpack case.
> Unfortunately it comes with Windows 11 which is a non-starter for me,
> particularly after the "take a screen capture every few seconds" fiasco.
>
> And so I decided to install Linux Mint.  I have played with Mint over the
> years but this time it is a decision to give it a real try as my daily
> driver.  It cannot do Access dev obviously but pretty much everything I do
> with my machine has been possible.
>
> I have installed Veracrypt, Dropbox, LM Studio with a ton of local LLMs to
> play with, all of my music files from my tablet, and of course it comes
> with LibreOffice which I have used for quite some time for writing as well
> as spreadsheets.  The bluetooth connects flawlessly to my mouse, my
> bluetooth speaker as well as my trucker headphones for doing zoom meetings.
>
> Of course this is linux which I am not well versed in so there is a lot of
> google to find out how to install things.  But so far I am thoroughly
> pleased with Linux Mint as my new daily driver.
>
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