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My laptop obsession: Part 1 The Beginning
When I first came to Kansas, one of the few possessions I had was my 2012 Windows 7 Asus K55A laptop. This laptop was beat up, to say the least. The screen had these dark blotches on it from having heavy objects placed on it. All the keys had been worn and many of them…
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Trench’s adventures in Linux: Zorin OS 12 Core
As far as Linux distros go, I’ve been a fan of Zorin OS for years. I still have fond memories of using Zorin OS 5 Core for longer than I use most Linux distros. The problem was, that in my opinion, the quality of Zorin OS Core fell off in the following years. With Zorin…
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Trench’s further adventures in Linux: Enchantment OS
One of my favorite things, as a Linux fan, is to read the weekly issues of Distrowatch’s ‘Distrowatch Weekly’, and seeing what new Linux distros are being added to their database. In the August 29th issue, under the ‘Distributions added to waiting list’ section was a distro called Enchantment OS, and it was described as…
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Trench’s Tech Tip: Updating Windows 10 on an Acer Cloudbook
Recently I purchased an Acer Aspire Cloudbook 14 since my regular laptop is probably not too long for this world. A great pickup if you need a cheap laptop to just browse and Facebook and stuff, or in my case writing. The problem with the Cloudbook is that it only has a 32 GB hard…