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  1. editor1

    [SOLVED] I need a portable offline calendar for all platforms. Or let me know your opinion('s).

    Hi all I want a portable offline calendar. The main thing is I want it to be a off line without option to sink to anything. I use Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and IOS. Any thoughts ? As always.. TY for reading.
  2. 3

    [SOLVED] x3550 server not booting up past post

    I have an IBM rack mount server x3550 M2. It has not been ran in a long time. There is a drive in bays 0 and 1, CMOS battery has been changed, and memory reseated. The messages that it continues to sit at is "UEFI Platform Initialization error." Has anyone come across this error or dilemma and...
  3. S

    [SOLVED] Can't boot a bootable Red Hat ISO from SSD

    I cannot figure out why this isn't working, hoping others might have some insight. I have an 8 GB bootable ISO and I'm trying to get it to boot off of a 190 TB SSD. The SSD currently lives on a workstation, and can be taken in and out the workstation on a hard drive sled. The ISO is a Red...
  4. K

    [SOLVED] New high budget laptop - resisting getting sucked in by Apple again...

    Currently I have two Macbooks (Mini & Pro 13" from Late 2013). They are still working, but I been thinking about upgrading at least one of them to something new. One has a failing keyboard and few other problems. My main take away from both is durability for those years. However, I am not too...
  5. C

    Question Extremely weird Windows 10 performance issue

    Hello Tech geeks and experts, I had a PC (Config: i7 4790 @3.6ghz, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 960 4GB, 1TB WD Blue HDD and 550W Corsair PSU). I used to dual boot Linux (Fedora) and Windows 10 on it. Everything was going great when one day, my mom, while cleaning the household, mistakenly pulled the...
  6. B

    [SOLVED] Curveball - does dual-booting Linux making high-capacity SD cards not work in Win10?

    Here's the rundown: -I have three laptop computers, two Dells and a Lenovo, all of which I've installed (or tried to install, prepped the BIOS for) Linux Mint on -the SD card readers work, for low-capacity cards, including SD and Micro-SD card-with-adapters -I have used several Samsung EVO...
  7. C

    [SOLVED] Computer is stuck in boot menu. How do I fix?

    My Lenovo Thinkpad P40 runs Windows 10. I wanted to try out Linux for the first time, so I made a bootable USB drive and attempted to boot from that USB. After using Fn+F12 to access the boot menu, I selected the USB HDD but the screen just flashed black and then went back to the boot menu. I...
  8. B

    Question How to connect two LAN networks together and a WAN in a vCenter environment?

    Hello, At the moment I have two virtual environments in vCenter. The picture below will make clear what I'm telling here. I am running a service on environment 1 that must be able to be accessed from environment 2. Both environments are (at the top) running a Windows server doing DHCP and...
  9. O

    [SOLVED] pre-SOLVED RPi (linux) mount ASUS router NAS

    NAS on an ASUS router ASSUMPTION 1: router is set up and running well and “Network Place (Samba) Share / Cloud Disk” is in its default state ASSUMPTION 2: router is at ip address 192.168.1.195 (often it is at 192.168.1.1) ASSUMPTION 3: Drive is to be mounted is labeled MyNASdrive ASSUMPTION 4...
  10. haf_fish

    [SOLVED] Cannot boot automatically to windows 10 after uninstalling linux

    After uninstalling elementary os from dual boot i have little issue when i restart my laptop, it is open the gnu. I searched for tips on google and yes it worked but a new problem arose. when my laptop restarts it becomes looping, a text appears and then it dies. when it start, the laptop show...
  11. M

    [SOLVED] 256GB SD Card not dectected or mountable on Lubuntu 20.04

    So I installed Lubuntu 20.04 on my laptop to replace KXStudio 14.04 cause it was too buggy with LMMS. But after I installed the new OS my 256GB MicroSD Card doesn't seem to be fully detected by the OS. I tried putting a 64GB MicroSD card in my laptop & it worked perfectly. Also after I put my...
  12. ajgringo619

    Question Dual-monitor setup, 2 GPUs, one monitor with multiple HDMI ports

    [Linux Mint 20 XFCE] I'm trying to setup a dual-monitor configuration with only one physical monitor. I have (2) GPUs, a GTX 1050 TI and Radeon R9 290, both connected to an Acer 27" XF270H via HDMI. My system sees both displays, but switching to the 2nd GPU on HDMI2 gives me a blank screen. Is...
  13. TadasP

    [SOLVED] OS deployment software

    Hello, I am looking for OS (MacOS windows, linux) deployment solution. Do you know some solution for all OS?
  14. NotoRiousDa

    Question Can't boot linux (or any other OS) from USB on my RDP Thinbook *Help Please*

    So I bought this new weird notebook for my daily purposes and it has Windows 10 installed on it. The specs are: CPU: Intel(R) Atom(TM) x5-Z8350 CPU @ 1.44GHz 1.44GHz Memory(RAM): 2.00 GB GPU: Intel(R) HD Graphics System type: 32-bit Operating System, x64 based processor (Windows 10) I know the...
  15. qiTsuk

    [SOLVED] Can't Access Bios - Please help!

    Not sure if this is the right forum page, but I will try my luck: So usually I am pretty good with computers, but I recently bought an AIO, with a touch display. The idea was to buy it, load Android_x86 on it, and install in my kids room, so he didn't have to commandeer my phone all the time...
  16. System32_76

    [SOLVED] Strange 2GB Mint Partition Appears After Installation

    Hello everyone. So I used a 32GB flash drive with YUMI to put Mint and Clonezilla on it recently. When you use YUMI with a flash drive, it creates a partition labeled "MULTIBOOT,." This is normal and takes up the whole space of the drive. View: https://imgur.com/a/4FF85gV After using YUMI to...
  17. System32_76

    [SOLVED] How To Create Golden System Image Correctly on Linux?

    Hello everyone! I'm creating a Linux Mint golden system image with my apps and settings already configured for deployment to multiple computers. I'll be using the Clonezilla software to do this, unless there is software out there that is more effective and practical for this purpose. Are there...
  18. Oman395

    Question Gnu grub

    Pc was working fine with only Ubuntu. Entered BIOS on Asrock B450 gaming K4 and enabled the ultra fast boot. Now, when I start my pc, I'm faced with a gnu grub command line. Additionally, my keyboard LEDS are working but the keyboard will not do anything. What should I do? (Latest version of...
  19. PanicMaster85

    [SOLVED] Upgrade time -- best value CPU for virtualization?

    I want to virtualize a Mac, Windows, and Linux all at the same time with very good performance. I am a developer so the multi-platform compatibility on a single computer is a must. I will be using a Radeon R580 as passthrough to the Mac, GTX 1060 for windows, and hopefully onboard graphics for...