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Q&A: Which version of Linux is most like Windows?

Posted on November 17, 2022

Question from Jules K.: The hard drive on my fairly old, but awesome Acer laptop died and I bought a 500GB SSD to replace it.

Since I have to reinstall the operating system anyway I’m seriously considering installing Linux on it instead of Windows 7 (I still have the Window 7 CD) since Microsoft is no longer supporting it.

The only thing I use this laptop for is keeping up with several of my favorite websites so I’m not really worried about running any Windows programs on it.

If I decide to forge ahead with Linux I’d really like to install the version that looks and works the most like Windows. Can you tell me which version that is? [Read more…]

Q&A: Will my coworkers be able to tell I’m watching videos?

Posted on November 6, 2022

Question from Kerry: My company has about 30 employees working together in one large open room.

We each have mini-offices set up in separate cubicles.

Although there’s very little privacy on our floor I have a corner cubicle that gives me a lot more privacy than my coworkers.

I’m pretty fast at my work so I always get done a couple of hours before everyone else.

That means I have a couple of hours to kill every day so I recently started watching YouTube videos to pass the time. [Read more…]

Q&A: Is it possible to be completely anonymous on the Internet?

Posted on November 4, 2022

Question from Lawrence: I have a very simple question for you Rick.

Is it possible to be completely anonymous on the Internet?

Here’s the scenario that I have in mind: [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is my ‘fast’ laptop running so slow?

Posted on November 2, 2022

Question from Judy: A while back I decided that I needed a new laptop and since it was to be used for work I wanted one that was pretty fast.

Based upon the recommendation of a friend I ended up buying an almost new refurbished Dell with an Intel Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 1GB hard drive and Windows 10.

For a while the new laptop was lightning fast, but then it slowed down to a crawl. And it happened virtually overnight. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why do USB-C hubs only have two USB-C ports?

Posted on November 1, 2022

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Question from Ronnie: I have a MacBook Air that has only two USB-C ports on it, but I have four USB-C devices that I need to connect to it.

I’m looking for a USB-C hub with at least three USB-C ports on it but I can’t find one.

They all have either one or two USB-C ports and about a dozen or so other ports that I don’t need.

My question is why don’t they make USB-C hubs that have more than two USB-C ports on them? [Read more…]