by Shane Grantham | Jan 2, 2023
Yesterday I wrote about my HP laptop that has Linux and Windows XP on it. It’s used only for my Video hardware convertor and programming my ham radio Handie-Talkie. I didn’t mention that It’s never put on the internet in Windows XP – So...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 1, 2023
Around 2005 my wife got a business-class laptop with Windows XP on it. She used it for several years and then stopped using it and opted for a tablet instead. It was still in great shape when it was retired and I held on to it and stored it for the future. Typically,...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 27, 2022
I’m always trying to stay up on operating systems as they change and improve. It would be hard to have a dedicated computer for every operating system that comes out so it could be tested and used. About 10 years ago I discovered a nice alternative to a...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 26, 2022
The last week or so my main Linux computer in my office has become so slow that I cannot use it. It used to be a windows 7 computer that I installed Linux Mint 20.02. It’s been good most of the time but lately it got very slow and I was looking in the top...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 25, 2022
I was reading a Unix book last week and discovered an option within the top command in Linux. Top is run from the command line and shows all processes in real time. A process is a running program. Top allows you to kill a process with a few key strokes. It won’t...
