I keep most of my media in a data partition which is shared with Windows. I'm trying to make a short easy way to mount/bind some of the directors for easier access. I use sudo mount --bind /media/bg260/DATA/Pictures /home/bg260/pictures It works but it is temporary and laborious by the time I get all mounted. How do I make a script? I don't think I need to modify fstab, just something quick I can do at startup.
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Hmmm, never thought of that.
Look in software mgr for those too..
Finally I can listen to German Metal.
Rammstein!
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
Okay,
an advert popped up in my email today.... doncha just love that stuff? it came inside my Gizmag subscription.
This is CrossOver for Mac and Linux to run Windows apps.
Anyone tried this, and does it actually work on Linux, and if so, how much of the Windows stuff can it run?
I would like to run Quicken Checkbook and Microsoft Word on my Linux laptop.....
https://deals.newatlas.com/sales/crossover-for-linux-free-phone-support
I have zero interest in games, for me, they are a total waste of my time.
an advert popped up in my email today.... doncha just love that stuff? it came inside my Gizmag subscription.
This is CrossOver for Mac and Linux to run Windows apps.
Anyone tried this, and does it actually work on Linux, and if so, how much of the Windows stuff can it run?
I would like to run Quicken Checkbook and Microsoft Word on my Linux laptop.....
https://deals.newatlas.com/sales/crossover-for-linux-free-phone-support
I have zero interest in games, for me, they are a total waste of my time.
Father Guido
Android Enthusiast
I haven't tried this, but IMHO run a copy of Windows 7 in a VM and it will do (almost) anything you want. The only issues I have personally ran into is "direct" (native) support for USB that is critical for some of the development apps.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=231&t=212692?f=231&t=212692
Found this a while ago, thinking of trying it out someday.
Found this a while ago, thinking of trying it out someday.
Father Guido
Android Enthusiast
I too have had limited success with wine myself. I personally use VMware workstation which isn't free, but is much smoother/user friendly than virtualbox. Another benefit is if configured/placed in a shared location (or removable drive), you can run it from other OS's/computers with the free (for personal use) VMware Player.
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Father Guido
Android Enthusiast
Very interesting, thank you! I have a lot of pieces/parts lying around and will try this myself if I ever get some free time. So busy remodeling my house that I barely have time to read my email and pay bills. Tis why I've been rather scarce here (and on other forums) of late.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
oh wow,,, I have a winter time project to play with when it is too cold outside to go ride my motorcycle...
thanks a bunch..
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If anybody can shed a little light. This has been wracking my brain. I can mount the system image and make alterations just fine. Ahh, i'll just sum it up! Where are the other partitions? When installed there are numerous pre-installed user apps. Iv'e been able to glimpse inside ramdisk and have seen the other directories, but they are empty. It's almost like magic.
Yes, When I was in Windows for some reason I was able to get a glimpse inside ramdisk with 7z. Thats where everything else is. It's only 1.2 Mb.....I have mounted it and it was empty.There are no fewer than 6 apps that i can't account for.
Oh yeah, the boot partition appears magically as well.
Oh yeah, the boot partition appears magically as well.
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May just be a conflict with coding? Windows doesn't like looking at or identifying anything Linux/Android
That's what I thought too. I used Furius iso mount. Which works great on system.img. No dice on ramdisk. I'm going to try a command line.
Hey, this is reverse engineering isn't it?
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What does df show?
I just loaded it up too? Think I like Mate a little more. Neither have the power of Nemo, however. Found out not all archive managers are the same. Haven't looked to hard for the package name (seems like a secret sometimes) but cinnamon makes a nice iso.
Thanks for the lead. I'll find out here shortly.
http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-check-disk-space-in-linux/
Sometimes I post links so that I know where to find them.
Thanks for the lead. I'll find out here shortly.
http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-check-disk-space-in-linux/
Sometimes I post links so that I know where to find them.
Dngrsone
Android Expert
I just loaded it up too? Think I like Mate a little more. Neither have the power of Nemo, however. Found out not all archive managers are the same. Haven't looked to hard for the package name (seems like a secret sometimes) but cinnamon makes a nice iso.
Thanks for the lead. I'll find out here shortly.
http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-check-disk-space-in-linux/
Sometimes I post links so that I know where to find them.
Yeah, I do that, too. I also write tutorials so that I will be able to replicate work I've spent any amount of time doing, just so I won't spend nearly as much time relearning it the next time around.
One thing about xfce that I like is that I can have different wallpapers on my virtual desktops... just a thing I like. Plasma 4 has that, but it's been lost in the new KDE, so I will play around with xfce a while and see if I can live with it. Not to mention I will have a full-powered thunar again: I absolutely love its mass-rename function for music files.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
When I was trying out different ISO releases, Cinnamon just stood head and shoulders above the rest for ease of use for a Linux hater... it made it an easy transition for me because I was looking for something that I can use "right now, not have to learn" different command shortcuts.
Cinnamon uses Windows command sets, shortcuts... why not? most of the computer world already knows those keystrokes.
Alt-F4 closes out the program/application now,
Alt-E opens up the File Manager,
just two examples of what they have done.Alt-E opens up the File Manager,
I have not found a single Windows keystroke combination that Cinnamon does not support.