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#1

Help / Issues / Re: Not Getting Alerts For Unr...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - March 29, 2025, 09:48:11 PM

@CreepinDeth Could you check again while we are in the current mode with the forum?  Please let me know if you have a better result with the alerts or not.

#2

General Discussion / Captain America: Brave New Wor...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - March 29, 2025, 09:46:26 PM

The next in the Marvel series was released earlier this year.  Captain America: Brave New World was the next installment of not only Captain America... but also Marvel.

This movie is well done - in my opinion.  It somewhat follows after Captain America and the Winter Soldier.   Ross is now played by Harrison Ford.. and appears to be trying to change the way he's been in the past.   It seems he's trying to make things right.

Obviously (from trailers) ... you know the Red Hulk is involved.  Anthony Mackie is now Captain America (as you know from Captain America and the Winter Solider).  There are other comments and tie-ins from some of the older movies like The Hulk from 2008.

This is a well done Movie - in my opinion.   Has anyone else checked it out?  What do you think?

Thoughts, Comments... post it up!

#3

General Discussion / Picard - Is An Awesome Series

Last post by BLUEVOODU - March 29, 2025, 09:14:24 PM

Late to the party?  Sure.  We got a really good deal on the complete series of Picard Blu-Ray!

The series is really really good.  Ratings were not favorable for the 1st 2 seasons.  Honestly... I really liked them.  Outside a couple oddities, I don't see what the fuss was.  The 3rd season is so far really awesome as well.

We had an older Topic a few years back:
Star Trek Picard - is it good?
There were a couple good comments at the time.

How many have seen this?  Have you gone back and re-watched?

Thoughts? Comments?  Post it up!!

#4

General Discussion / Re: Lord of the Rings: The Rin...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - March 29, 2025, 09:06:08 PM

Next time I'm in the mood for a little masochism, I'll try to power through

Great - Tomorrow is the day LOL 

Do EEEETTTT 

#5

PC Rigs, Builds, and Peripheral Devices / Re: 2012 Macbook Pro Running M...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - March 29, 2025, 09:02:29 PM

I feel a little crazy... I know we are talking about your machine here in another post, but I thought I replied to this thread as well 

$60 is a pretty good steal.  I was not fond of MacBooks up until the last 3 months.  More to come from that on a separate topic.  They take a bit to get used to coming off Windows and Linux... but I could say the same about Linux coming off of Windows.  It's just something to get used to... and it's cool to have MacOS, Windows whatever and several Linux variants that I'm comfortable now using as a daily driver.   NO LIMITATIONS lol 

Since your OS expired... it might be time to look at Linux if you cannot get a newer OS with current security upgrades.  It sucks to get to that point... especially on the Apply Ecosphere where the devices can last longer (IMO).   I'm becoming a little more fond of Apply MacOS and the Ecosphere of iPhone and iPad ... especially combined.   

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PC Rigs, Builds, and Peripheral Devices / Re: Getting my hands dirty wit...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - March 29, 2025, 08:53:07 PM

Linux has been my daily driver for a few years already. I do have a few Windows machines (my gaming PC and a couple of laptops) due to work but I haven't really needed to make those machines my daily driver. There is the odd thing here and there. For example, just today I had to format a USB stick to NTFS because I wanted to transfer some Xbox screenshots. It's nuts that Microsoft requires NTFS just to move some files around but it's required for the console to see it.

@CreepinDeth - yeah.. that's why I was asking if @retro junkie was using it as much as you LOL. 

I am working on making a MacOS topic... there are some really cool things about MacOS. Especially once you get to the integrations between your phone and iPad if you have one.  Obviously, there are additional limitations.  The sound is amazing on these new guys... more to come.

i am presently using my Macbook Pro mid 2012 to type this. It is running MX Linux based on DEBIAN. I use it daily. I also use my chromebook daily. I have a Mac Mini late 2012 running Sanoma 14.7.4 using Opencore-Patcher on an SSD with 16 gig ram. That is my desktop. I am seriously thinking about switching it over to Linux when the updates run its course on Sanoma. But that is still undecided.

Let us know how that goes... that is pretty interesting.

I need to setup a new linux daily driver as well... I have an old small form factor desktop that I'm going to create a Rocky Linux Image machine.  Then I'm going to use that to create a Rocky image to run as my daily driver.  I'll create a new topic on that as well.

Off-Topic: ShowHide

I am working on a tech idea website... more information to come.  Technically I've had the name for a LONG time.  I've been trying to start this idea since before we did World9-3 podcasts... IE 2007.  Just can never seem to get a good entry point.  Life changes lately have me accelerating some of this.  We may also start the podcasts back up under the CDG name.  Totally off topic here, but some of these topics reminded me

#7

General Discussion / Re: Lord of the Rings: The Rin...

Last post by targetrasp - March 29, 2025, 01:29:57 PM

Next time I'm in the mood for a little masochism, I'll try to power through

#8

General Discussion / Re: Lord of the Rings: The Rin...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - March 29, 2025, 10:57:42 AM

Clerks 2, Randalls analysis of the LOTRs trilogy...

LOL!  That's hilarious.

Come on, @targetrasp Time to put some work to it.  Season 2 is great. 

#9

PC Rigs, Builds, and Peripheral Devices / Re: Getting my hands dirty wit...

Last post by retro junkie - March 28, 2025, 11:17:32 AM

I updated my late 2013 Macbook Pro with Open-core Patcher to 15.4 Sequoia. It's such a nice machine that it seemed wasteful to not update it to something more modern and secure. The M series Macs these days are sooooo nice though. I'm glad I have both.

I have considered, but hesitant, updating my Mac Mini to Sequoia. I wasn't sure how it would run. I love taking old stuff and getting it to run with an up to date OS. There is just something enjoyable about it. Some type of pleasure.

Chromebooks seem to be treated like they are disposable by the industry. Those expiration dates are planted in the software, in the settings. It is like they do not want you to use them after that date. Even those Chromebooks that do have the capability to install Linux, they make it hard. You have to open them up and remove something that blocks the install. Not just anyone would tackle such a task.

#10

PC Rigs, Builds, and Peripheral Devices / Re: Getting my hands dirty wit...

Last post by CreepinDeth - March 28, 2025, 01:38:31 AM

@CreepinDeth chromebooks updates are based on the year that the laptop was released. Meaning that if it sat on the store shelf for a year before you purchased it, you have lost one year of service. The one that I am using will receive its last update June 2031. They can extend it. I have an old Lenovo, my first chromebook, that was extended until June of this year. It was the laptop in which I learned all about chromebooks. I am not sure about ChromeOS Flex. I am sure it would be totally different than the chromebooks. Just remember the ChromeOS is accessed by your gmail password. Or at least the chromebooks are.

It's interesting that they have the end of date right down to the month. For most software, normally it's just until a certain release version, but the fact that it's June 2031 is very specific (even if it can't be extended.) That's still a good amount of time at least.

@CreepinDeth @BLUEVOODU i am presently using my Macbook Pro mid 2012 to type this. It is running MX Linux based on DEBIAN. I use it daily. I also use my chromebook daily. I have a Mac Mini late 2012 running Sanoma 14.7.4 using Opencore-Patcher on an SSD with 16 gig ram. That is my desktop. I am seriously thinking about switching it over to Linux when the updates run its course on Sanoma. But that is still undecided.

I updated my late 2013 Macbook Pro with Open-core Patcher to 15.4 Sequoia. It's such a nice machine that it seemed wasteful to not update it to something more modern and secure. The M series Macs these days are sooooo nice though. I'm glad I have both.