"Tips"?

2025-05-14 Thread Gregory Forster
Hi,     On Wednesdays, I volunteer at a Senior Center to teach computers.  Well, few, if any, showed up. I'm  now known as, "Greg, the gadget guy." helping people with their cell phones, computers and tablets.  Well, last Wednesday, nobody showed up for anything.  So I alleviated my boredom by

Bluetooth

2025-02-10 Thread Gregory Forster
I've been looking on Amazon.  Is there a bluetooth dongle I can plug into my desktop PC USB port that will work with Debian GNU/Linux 12.8?  Everything I find specify s for Windows. -- -- Greg

Zoom

2025-01-29 Thread Gregory Forster
Hi, I've been using Debian for about 3 months, still a newbie. I'm trying to get totally off of Windows.One program I'm not sure about is Zoom.If you go to their web site, they detect you're using Linux and ask which distro you're using.  I'm a little apprehensive about downloading from a vendo

Newbie to Debian 12.7

2024-11-05 Thread Gregory Forster
Hi     I have an older 14" HP Probook 440 with Intel core I3-4000M, 1TB HDD, 12GB RAM. After several weeks of debating and switching back and forth between Debian and Fedora, I settled upon Debian 12.7 with the Cinnamon desktop, for several reasons. However, there is one question I have regar