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Enormous Johnson

I had nothing but problems with P-IIIs. Had a 600mhz P-III yrs ago go up in smoke on me. I've worked on old IBM computers that were time bombed to quit working after so many yrs. with P-IIIs. Used to have a dual 450 P-II machine I got for $100 from a tech... more

Enormous Johnson posted a topic in the forum Support:

Monitor Size

This is probably a silly question to ask, but its always bugged me. Is there a way to get full screen size from Watt & XP? What I mean is I run a dual boot with Watt & XP. If I adjust the monitor to fill the screen in XP it leaves about 1/2 to 3/4 of an i... more
- September 1, 2012
Enormous Johnson replied to a topic in the forum Support:
Thanks Douglas Willett! Wow that was easy. Never played with pcmanfm before this way and thought I had to go thru a cli command to get to where I wanted. Thanks again!
- August 30, 2012
Enormous Johnson posted a topic in the forum Support:

Logitech Wireless Mouse

I use a Logitech Wireless Trackball "which I love", and have seen a problem related to 12.04 which is an apparent bug in the distro where on bootup the mouse is'nt recognized. I had the same problem in Peppermint 3 so I know its an Ubuntu bug. The closest fix I've found is to add lines into etc/rc.local script which essentially turn off the mouse and back on during boot. My question being a nube to Linux in general is how do I go about adding the code into rc.local? I had it written down but can't find it in my notes. I suck at cli stuff so any help would be appreciated. The lines I want to add which I found on an Ubuntu forum are:

modprobe -r hid_logitech_dj
... more
- August 30, 2012
Enormous Johnson I had nothing but problems with P-IIIs. Had a 600mhz P-III yrs ago go up in smoke on me. I've worked on old IBM computers that were time bombed to quit working after so many yrs. with P-IIIs. Used to have a dual 450 P-II machine I got for $100 from a tech... more
- August 3, 2012
- david linares likes this.
- david linares i don't think i had issues, i used asus and gigabyte board the only motherboard that failed on me was a pcchips pentium 4 setup.
  
  August 3, 2012
Enormous Johnson → david linares: I've seen 3.2ghz P-IVs that ran like molasses in the winter. Think alot has to do with the motherboards architecture too.
My 1.8ghz P-IV blows away my buddies and his is a 3.2ghz
- August 2, 2012
- david linares i do have a dual p3 setup i haven't finished yet, some people say it's comparable to a 3.0ghz p4?
  
  August 2, 2012
Enormous Johnson posted a topic in the forum Linux uses:

Zorin OS6 Lite

This one is about neck and neck with Watt OS5 as far as me liking it. Runs great on older machines and for a newb like me the changeable interface lets me change it to look like XP. I give em' a 9 out of 10 rating.

PS: Zorin was one of my first st... more
- August 1, 2012
Enormous Johnson Mine is a 1.8ghz with 1gb RAM 12.04 vers. just seem to bog it down bigtime. Gonna have to get a newer box at some point. LOL
- August 1, 2012
- david linares same here.
  
  August 2, 2012
Enormous Johnson replied to a topic in the forum Tips and Tricks:
I can never get Docky to work right on my old P-IV Dell. Seems like its too much prog for my system to handle. Dock disappears or locks up all the time.
- August 1, 2012
Enormous Johnson replied to a topic in the forum Linux uses:
LXDE & XFCE seem to run alot better on older machines than Gnome or KDE in my experience.
- August 1, 2012
Enormous Johnson → david linares: Peppermint 3 was just too much OS for my old P-IV machine. Not a bad OS though.
- August 1, 2012
- david linares i get it what is your p4 clock speed if it's 1.3-1.7ghz it will run like a dog intel did a piss poor job on there cpu's mine is 1.7ghz btw.
  
  August 1, 2012
Enormous Johnson replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R6:
I vote 32bit Biff but then thats what I got. LOL
- July 31, 2012
Enormous Johnson posted a topic in the forum Introduce Yourself:

Hello to all

My main computer is an old Dell Dimension 2350 w/P-IV, 1gb RAM. Watt OS 5 runs great on it, not too bloated for it to handle. Only newer Ubuntu variant I've tried on it was Zorin OS6 but the full vers. was a little too much for it. Tried Peppermint ... more
- July 31, 2012
Enormous Johnson commented on biff baxter's poll.
- July 31, 2012
Enormous Johnson Just anted to say I've installed WattOS5 and love it. Tried Peppermint 3 didn't like it.
- July 31, 2012
- david linares i'm using peppermint 3 and it's o.k to me :)
  
  July 31, 2012
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- July 31, 2012

September 1, 2012 2:18 PM PDT

in the topic Monitor Size in the forum Support

This is probably a silly question to ask, but its always bugged me. Is there a way to get full screen size from Watt & XP? What I mean is I run a dual boot with Watt & XP. If I adjust the monitor to fill the screen in XP it leaves about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch of edge border top & bottom in Watt or any other distro of linux. Obviously if I adjust the monitor for linux and go back to XP, its now off the screen and unusable on the edges. Just wondrin". Thanks
August 30, 2012 3:04 PM PDT

in the topic Logitech Wireless Mouse in the forum Support

Thanks Douglas Willett! Wow that was easy. Never played with pcmanfm before this way and thought I had to go thru a cli command to get to where I wanted. Thanks again!
August 30, 2012 8:13 AM PDT

in the topic Logitech Wireless Mouse in the forum Support

I use a Logitech Wireless Trackball "which I love", and have seen a problem related to 12.04 which is an apparent bug in the distro where on bootup the mouse is'nt recognized. I had the same problem in Peppermint 3 so I know its an Ubuntu bug. The closest fix I've found is to add lines into etc/rc.local script which essentially turn off the mouse and back on during boot. My question being a nube to Linux in general is how do I go about adding the code into rc.local? I had it written down but can't find it in my notes. I suck at cli stuff so any help would be appreciated. The lines I want to add which I found on an Ubuntu forum are: modprobe -r hid_logitech_dj modprobe hid_logitech_dj I need to know how to navigate in the cli to get to the script in root to change it. Thanks PS: This is in Watt OS 6 BTW Also I really like the new Watt. Was running 5 and decided to give the new one a try. This post was edited by Enormous Johnson at August 30, 2012 8:13 AM PDT
August 1, 2012 5:29 PM PDT

in the topic Zorin OS6 Lite in the forum Linux uses

This one is about neck and neck with Watt OS5 as far as me liking it. Runs great on older machines and for a newb like me the changeable interface lets me change it to look like XP. I give em' a 9 out of 10 rating. PS: Zorin was one of my first stabs at Linux and I still like it. This post was edited by Enormous Johnson at August 1, 2012 5:29 PM PDT
August 1, 2012 1:57 PM PDT

in the topic Docky and xcompmgr in the forum Tips and Tricks

I can never get Docky to work right on my old P-IV Dell. Seems like its too much prog for my system to handle. Dock disappears or locks up all the time.

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