On 07/01/2010 23:13, UnsteadyKen wrote:
Keith Garratt said...
could I use it
with another OS? What's 'Ubuntu' all about then?
Give it a go Keith, works very well on older slower computers, I've
installed various versions on my heap, a P3 933Mhz with 512mb ram and
it runs much faster than XP,.
Currently installed is Mint Helena, mainly cos it looks nice.
http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Hardware support in all the versions is truly excellent and
installation is easier than any flavour of windows.
Download the iso disc image burn to cd and you can boot and run the OS
from the cd which lets you see how it looks and feels and whether it
gets on with your hardware.
OK, that's excellent, Ken - that seems a nice 'reversible if need be'
way in! Many thanks!
If you decide to install then you can set up a dual boot system and can
choose which OS to run on start up.
Yes.
Using it is hardly any change from Windows, it all works in much the
same way but a few controls are in different places, no worse than
jumping into a strange car and taking a few minutes to learn the new
control layout.
How *apt* - I got rid of my car today and am now a 'non car' owner!!
(Gave it to Swim Bo - hers died a few weeks ago!)
Oh, and have a look at this DIY turntable, the main bearing is made
from a Harley shovelhead valve, combine two hobbies in one.
:-)
http://www.altmann.haan.de/turntable/
I have seen that before - it's superb!!
Reminds me - the guy at Moth (name escapes me) has got a turntable that
has been (presumably still is) running *non-stop* for the last 13 years,
I think it was (18?) - and that was a few years back now! It's using one
of their own bearings and has not been stopped ever for any maintenance
of any kind!
http://www.britishaudio.co.uk/mothrcm.htm
(Power cuts excepted, I suppose!)
That's one of the things that I find appealing about turntables, the
simplicity of them, you could probably knock one up from the contents
of the average garden shed, where would you start with a DIY digital
disc player? Hand carve your very own laser assembly, yeah right.
Turnables never seem to die out - the latest crop are USB with built-in
phono stages and A2D converters for 'digitising' and all for about 50
quid and up!
Ever done this for a chuckle - make paper cone, stick a needle through
the bottom end and hold it in the groove to make your deck into a little
'acoustic gramophone'??
:-)
Now, I have tried to remove the crossposting (??) but it wasn't
convincing - we'll see...
Anything positive to say about BBC HD quality.
Hybrid Mode
