Rhaedas

Thanks. I’ve browsed the instructions on how people typically do it, but I was hoping that there might be a way to basically transfer the WIndows copy and all its stuff into a virtual version. That seems to be not that simple. Perhaps the procedure is to establish a new WIndows in VM and then move/install what you have on the old. Which is why I’ve avoided it, that’s a lot of work.

Qa’Pla’!

Lost opportunity to have the image include the torpedo firing.

The best things out of the Motion Picture in no particular order: the jumpstart of the Klingon and Vulcan languages, the beauty shots of the Enterprise, and the opening scene (which would include the intro of the Klingon leitmotif).

I think it depends on how your Windows setup sees it. I’ve never had a huge issue in the various Linux versions over the years, but I have had to tweak things now and then, especially after a Windows update which gets really upset at not being the only OS. My Windows/Ubuntu now works fine, was simple to install (it’s on a separate drive which helps), and the Windows issues are minor things I don’t worry about because if I use it now it’s only briefly and I’m back to Linux. Still don’t know enough to convert Windows to a VM, and I’m not sure that would be better than just keeping it this way.

The best way to find out what works for you is to dual boot. That way you can either use WIndows for things that won’t work or are trouble to fix, but you can start getting used to Linux. Plus you can try out different flavors and see what feels like you. You don’t have to decide to go Linux and throw out what you know. Ideally you can do one drive for Windows, one for Linux, but you can also share the single drive with two partitions as long as there is space.

If you have trouble getting into it when you do read it, consider an audio book. Hearing the names and places instead of trying to figure them out makes it a bit easier to pay attention to the actual story.

The limit isn’t how fast it can go, but at what point control is lost.

A good representative of the people doesn’t wait until it affects them personally, they have empathy for others in situations that they may never experience. Better late than never, I guess.

Why use many words when one pic will do.

Wow, they remembered all of us.

Or the clock is now digital and no one understands what the numbers on the pole were for, but are scared to remove them in case it breaks things.

Data is probably much more than probability rating for choices… but we don’t know how a positronic brain works either, so…

Data actually did very good duplication of art and music until Picard suggested he not be so precise but add a unique difference to make things his own. The question is, did Data adjust masterpieces through some random variation, did he tweak certain things to try and improve, or did he mix other artist work in to give a new style? Is any of this slop if a human does it?

“It’s the same picture.”

Always has been. The only difference is what they’re selling.

Part of the freedom of expression should be the freedom to share. Or not share.

Your point of Ubuntu guides is one reason why I settled on Ubuntu this time around. I didn’t want to have to dig deeper to make things work when there’s usually Ubuntu install instructions. Granted they can often be just .deb, but Debian is a bit too far for me (I tried it a number of years ago and it was too “Linux” for me. But Mint (which I do like, and actually have on a spare laptop) is too Windows-like and doesn’t feel like I can alter it like I want. I guess I’m just saying that Ubuntu has always hit that sweet spot for me, and this time around I’ve stuck with it and very rarely boot into Windows now. So when I see everyone recommending everything else but not mine, I wonder if I missed a memo.

I’m curious why I never see Ubuntu recommended in these kind of questions. I do see people suggest Ubuntu-based, but then name Mint or others and not an Ubuntu variant. Is it strictly a Canonical dislike or anti-snap thing, or something else? The reason I ask is that I’ve tried many different distros over the years on and off, but this time when I went all in because of Microsoft’s pressure, I went with Ubuntu 22.04, and it’s been flawless. So it just seems weird that it’s never named while others that I know of but seem very niche are mentioned.

Just put duplicate programs up in each, some scrolling to look busy, and one window to hide the Galaga game.

Status maybe. The guy with the two monitors is probably doing most of the heavy lifting, and his manager with just one screen in his office watching him remotely or behind his back. The guys with the laptops, they’re the engineers who tell everyone how the spreadsheet says everything is great while there’s actually a fire. Which is what the guy with the two screens is doing, trying to figure out how to put it out.

I already have that. It’s the old code, and I always find myself looking back to pull snippets because I don’t remember how my genius in the past did it. But that’s how you’re supposed to do it anyway, right? Why reinvent the wheel.