by Shane Grantham | Mar 28, 2026
My latest computer is a 2018 Dell desktop. I got it last year for free and replaced the power supply and hard drive. Originally, it was a Microsoft Windows 11 computer and I installed Linux Mint on it. Another storage drive was added and it had a different version...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 26, 2026
I have a Dell XPS desktop PC made in 2018. It’s used for testing operating systems like Linux and Windows. This year I wanted to test Windows 11 on it along side Linux Mint 21 which is already there. I ran the Windows 11 compatibility tool from USB and found...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 3, 2026
A few days ago I wrote about finding two programs with the same name installed on one of my computers. I looked at the names again and it was obvious that they were Chrome remote extensions for two browsers: Brave and Chrome. If one of them is deleted, then one of...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 27, 2026
I don’t know how it happened but I found a picture of two instances of the same program on a Windows computer. It was probably my Windows 11 computer. It wasn’t done purposely but by accident, The program is Chrome Remote Desktop and it allows a...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 25, 2026
This week I’ve been reviewing my old laptops to see if they are still working and which are dead. One of them is a Dell Latitude D610 business model which originally came with Windows XP. It still runs well and it now has Linux Mint 18 on it. This OS is...
