Recent content by CottonTexas

Already ordered a used brick from eBay for ~$17. Not exactly ideal, but given the alternatives, it's worth it I guess. Cotton

Actually, I think I've got some 2-pole flat automotive (trailer-style) connectors floating around here that I can use - Yeah, I'm that basic :) Cotton

No worries, I appreciate that you took the time to look into it. Dell did make the whole thing reversed - just to be difficult :)

Sadly, it's a Dell exclusive thing. I figured that if folks were building PSU's that accept the DA-2 connection, then it might be one of those things that are available, but you gotta know where to look (AKiTiO was a bit of a dead-end). Unfortunately, all those Molex connectors posted are not...

I downloaded what I could from the package manager, but I think Lutris was one that I DL'ed from their site. WINE was being especially difficult because Lutris wanted to utilize multiple versions (I guess), & Vulcan was also problematic for reasons beyond my understanding. I wish I had...

I tried POP!_OS, and the first thing I noticed was that it looked a lot like the front-end that I hated when Ubuntu "upgraded", and pushed me to Mint years ago, but while it was unfamiliar, it wasn't confusing. I got a lot further along with Steam, Lutris, & the like, being readily available in...

Grave-digging here, but I finally got my L4 put together, and after months of being restricted to YouTube for entertainment (turns out my crap-top = < potato & Sims 2 was a no-go), I finally got a chance to sit down, and give Mint the good ole' college try on my shiny new machine ...and the...

One year later, and what've I got to show for myself? (Mod edit; fixed image) Well, there she is. I'll be updating things like my sig. to reflect the specs, as well as the Linux vs. Windows thread, but I just got everything all put together, and figured I'd post. It looks like I might be...

For sure, it's all about what suits your needs, and I need to do it all on one drive.

Well, here we are 7 mos. later, and they're back to about that price. I still couldn't afford it, but I got me one anyway. :) I'm afraid by the time I actually build out this machine, it'll be out-dated.

Fixed it! Yeah, when my internet bill came in, and after I picked myself up off the floor, I knew I had to do something, and a $300 OS isn't it. Going to be using Mint for now on the ole' craptop computer. The Sims 2 should run on a potato, so that'll be my first real test is getting that...

This sounds like solid advice here. Good point man.

So, the latest update came this morning when a client called, & asked me to look at Document-PU36_Space_Modulator in my e-mail, so I booted up & guess what... Windows was installing updates. After I told the caller that Bill Gates had something more urgent for me, and I'd have to get back to...

The way I heard it, all the hard-core gamers run TempleOS.

Oh boy, this again. Why is all the hardware I want in my life so difficult to acquire?! ...Oh well, I think I just heard my wallet give a sigh of relief. :)