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    Question Old laptop having random shutdowns and booting-up afterwards - Reasons or solutions?

    I have a old LG R480-3010 Laptop from 2010. For some reason it started to "power surge" randomly, it "shutdown/boots up" by itself, not sure how to describe. It's been happening for months now. The screen goes black for 2 seconds, and the laptop starts booting up from scratch. The power AC...
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    Question Question on different Distros and hardware compatability ?

    so for starters, my specs GPU: RTX 2080ti CPU: Ryzen 7 2700X RAM: 32 GB DDR4 2600 Mhz i have worked with PCs almost my whole life, but am a Linux noob, i have tried out a few different distros including, Mint, Ubuntu, POP OS and Manjaro, and with all of these distros, everything seems to run a...
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    Question Put SSD with Linux Mint install into machine with existing Windows 10 SSD install

    I have installed Windows 10 on a new Samsung 870 EVO SSD. I disconnected all other drives before I did this. I want to put my other SSD with a Linux Mint install back into the machine. I have no preference as far as Grub/Windows Boot Manager. I want to be able to dual boot the system. Should I...
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    Question I have a Inspiron Mini 10 1012 and I do not want to throw it away.

    My Inspiron Mini 10 1012 is approximately 12+ years old. It's currently lying around because of it's extreme slow speed and taking a lot of time to boot/shutdown. I think it has a Storage problem. So, I have decided to replace the HDD. My Questions are:- +Is it worth a repair? +Can I use a...
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    [SOLVED] Is it possible to use recovered data from not booting windows 7 hdd by live usb linux distro ?

    Hi, I have windows 7 laptop which is not booting currently but i have take data back-up from that windows user profile and desktop folder which are having default file permission, so planning to boot the laptop with live USB Linux distro and copy windows user profile and desktop folder. I'm...
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    [SOLVED] Simplify Process of Creating Golden System Image

    Hello everyone! Recently, I've been looking for some type of software that allows me to create a customized version of a Linux distro along with my settings and tweaks made to it. In my case for multiple computers, what I've been currently doing has been a two-step process: #1 - I deploy a...
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    [SOLVED] which distro for my 2 in one tablet?

    Hey guys, I'm new to linux and want a lightweight desktop environment that will accommodate my 4gb i5 surface pro 3 i just bought. I feel with 4gb of ram windows 10 won't run smoothly when i'm painting etc. if anyone has any suggestions on distros to try then let me know! i really prefer a mac...
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    nvm fixed it

    Thank you for your reply but i somehow managed to fix it.
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    WoW Graphics seem SD after latest AMD HD 6xxx driver

    As the title says, after installing the latest driver I noticed graphics in WoW seemed blurry and poor, now I'm starting to think they're not even in HD anymore. Hours later I got Windows 8.1 and installed that since my old Win7 install disc is MIA. Installed latest AMD driver, installed WoW...