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Yeah...............wine and beer................but normally with a Pub Lunch and I'm still discovering new Pubs and great country cooking. When it comes to beer it reminds me of what my dear departed Father always said "there's no such thing as a bad beer just better beer"..............gotta have a sense of humour

Well said hazelnut...............however it's still a excellently well disguised "finger painting" well fingers, thumb and hand

Look closer, enlarge it, look for the persons "thumbnail".................bottom of the beak.................it's a painted hand

As ROCKNROLL said "I think the best setup is to just dual boot. 1 OS for Windows, 1 for Linux." Well folks I have done and completed just that..........installed Linux Mint 18 Sarah 64bit Cinnamon alongside my Windows 10 game PC. However I did decide to follow the easy instructions/guidelines as listed above in my initial post. My PC is based on a Gigabyte BIOS/UEFI MOB with a AMD A88XFCH CPU, 16GB of RAM and MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 GPU with 4GB of RAM - built last May 2016. MBO production date of Dec 2015 In my case I needed to make some space on my small 128GB SSD HDD as there was not much space left as I had about 69GB of Steam Games sitting there, so I needed to move them. This was an operation that I have never performed before however following Steam's instructions, 2 cups of coffee and about 45 minutes of "I hope I've done this correctly" feeling, I crossed my fingers and logged into my Steam account to perform the update and verify my cache profiles and....Yahoo.............all OK. Tested one of my driving games just to make sure.......all OK............a win for me but I am as they say "waiting for the other foot to drop.". Next shrink my Drive C partition by 25GB, disable the "Fast Boot" in the BIOS and re boot the box with my USB Flash drive plugged in. press the old F12 function key, up pops the complete boot menu including listing my USB Flash drive containing my USB installed Mint OS. Once the Mint desktop had loaded I proceeded to launch the icon titled "install Linux Mint". This process commenced at 14.37 hours and was completed asking me to restart at 14.45 hours.That's what I call a quick install.............assuming it worked. Well yes it did I rebooted, selected F12 and both Linux Mint OS and Windows OS were listed, I proceeded to test/run Mint 18, shut it down. Cold restart to test/run my Windows 10 OS which I ma happy to say worked as it should. I was also connected to the net and several updates also took place. So all's well that ends well.................well so far that is, next I will install Steam OS and a game or two to test my F10 wireless gamepad. Some of you may remember my last effort some 18 months ago when I ran Win 7, win XP Pro and Ubuntu 14.01 LTS side by side which if you remember was a much more complicated process and time consuming although eventually all went well. That time I used "Easy BCD" boot loader and I have only just 3-4 months ago re built that PC as a Ubuntu 14.04 stand-a-lone. This PC is now on loan to a Uni student that had a broken laptop that could not be repaired or replaced and that box is being used daily and still running well. Interesting that the user normally uses a Mac............go figure, she loves Ubuntu. Hope the above helps someone.

For those interested in installing Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" 64bit Cinnamon in a Dual boot situation it is vitally important to read/follow this link re Pre installed Win 8.0 / 8.1 / 10 OR you intend to do a "fresh" Windows OS install. How to Install Linux Mint 18 Alongside Windows 10 or 8 in Dual-Boot UEFI Mode http://www.tecmint.com/install-linux-mint-18-alongside-windows-10-or-8-in-dual-boot-uefi-mode/

Not an Eagle?................it's a Hand?...................what is he talking about?.....................take a closer looks...................left mouse click

I do indeed agree with both login123 & mta, Linux is not yet anywhere near good enough for the average punter to say "goodbye" to MS Windows of any version or Mac. However this version of Linux Mint 18 Sarah Cinnamon 64bit is getting closer, probably several years away still but with either dual booting or running it from a USB flash drive this one's worth the effort folks (my humble opinion only). So far I've had no problems with things like sound, video, mouse, keyboard, graphics, USB printing, internet, Gmail, installing other various apps using default deb packages. Next I will attempt to test things such as writing DVD's, operating things such as my Logitech F710 wireless game-pad, my web and vehicle dash cam, video editing and my network TV media player. Even at this early point in time I am much more interested in this OS version than I was with Ubuntu 14.04LTS, it somehow just feels better which is probably such a silly thing to say.............but as they say nothing ventured nothing gained.

Back in the old days (1971.................long time ago) there was a great American Rock Band called The Eagles. While searching for a particular music track I found this great well crafted Eagle Face/hand painting attached to their music. So well done I thought that I wanted to share as my mid September Desktop. Check it out folks.

You are quite correct ROCKNROLL with all of your comments....................however as a 70 year "Ole" retired geek and still building business/gaming PC's I also love experimenting with alternate OS's and believe me when I say this Linux version is worth looking/working with as they have made some excellent improvements. This version is definitely worth looking under the hood when time permits...............many user tweaks available.

For those Linux interested tragics like me I recently installed Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" 64bit Cinnamon Edition on my trusty USB flash drive. After downloading the 1.6gig ISO file I used the following SW to install Mint 18 "Sarah" on my flash drive: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/download. Complete details, what's new/features etc. and 32bit/64bit downloads can be found here: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sarah_cinnamon_whatsnew.php For me personally I was speechless when I discovered that my music and my movies "had sound" straight "out of the box". Well.............not really but almost. Once I had booted to the Mint 18 desktop, selected some mp3 music files (whilst connected to the Internet which is advised in the install notes) following a 15 second SW download I not only had wonderful sounds emanating from my attached sound system I also found that my next step...............playing a MP4 movie favourite of mine "14 Blades" produced both excellent video and sound. My previous experience with Linux SW variants which I enjoy using on a day to day basis except for music and movies.......which never seem to work. This version of Mint is nice and fast, even has a similar bottom task-bar to Windows. So Folks, for those interested in using/experimenting/testing or trying something different to Windows and Mac give this one a go..............................I'm impressed so let me know what you think. NB: Booting and running from my USB flash drive is surprisingly fast and very very usable.

Well said login123.............we shall always remember.

The year rolls on folks..........................just less than 4 months to Christmas, so start saving those $$$$ now. As an Ole "Rev head" my favourite weekend pastime time is V8 Supercar racing.................hence my desktop this month, so now it's your turn to share.

Well said hazelnut........................the Gold goes to you

Well folks it's all over by the shouting. Like most Country Olympic Teams our Aussie Team has now arrived back down under (today) so now the training commences again within a couple of weeks for the next one in 2020...............TOKYO Some enjoyed the Games, some did not, some like me thought perhaps it was a lot of $$$ that could have been spent elsewhere.............however it's much bigger than all of us Folk so if I'm still around and I plan to be, see you and your 2020 Olympic Desktops then.

Not a problem for me................not a Facebook member/user, it's bad enough having to put up with "sneaky" ads rolling across the bottom to the TV in the middle of a TV program. For my part a BIG Thank you to those as-blocker software creators.

My No.2 for August Olympics. The Aussie ladies Rugby team Vs USA - it was a hard fought 12 /12 draw. .

Dennis take a read of this: (OPPS I just realised this one is the same one as hazelnut's suggestion) except I have installed this on a Cobber's phone and all OK. Unfortunately there are a few steps to complete. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/google-android/how-stop-pop-up-ads-on-android-summary-opera-3633127/ this includes a 3.0 minute Video instruction on how to install and configure the ad blocker app.

Interesting reading from Macrium Reflect's Forum http://forum.macrium.com/Topic8364-1.aspx

From Macrium: When I arrive in the office tomorrow I will look into the reported issue with scheduling and Windows 10's anniversary update. Kind regards Stephen - Macrium Support

More interesting information following your Win 10 Anniversary update. "If you have a computer with a large amount of available storage, you might not even notice this useless data. It’ll stick around for 10 days until Windows automatically cleans it up. But, if you’re pressed for space, you’ll want to clean it up as soon as possible." http://www.howtogeek.com/264534/how-to-free-10-gb-of-disk-space-after-installing-a-new-build-of-windows-10/

Here are the details What’s New in Windows 10’s Anniversary Update From "How to Geek" received today http://www.howtogeek.com/248177/whats-new-in-windows-10s-anniversary-update/

Received from "How to Geek" today and makes very interesting reading and provides solutions for those who wish to Disable Cortana. Microsoft doesn’t want you to disable Cortana. You used to be able to turn Cortana off in Windows 10, but Microsoft removed that easy toggle switch in the Anniversary Update. But you can still disable Cortana via a registry hack or group policy setting. This transforms the Cortana box into a “Search Windows” tool for local application and file searches. Cortana has become increasingly restrictive since Windows 10’s release. It was previously updated to ignore your default web browser. Cortana now always launches the Microsoft Edge browser and only uses Bing when you search. If that sounds like something you wouldn’t want to use, here’s how to turn it off. http://www.howtogeek.com/265027/how-to-disable-cortana-in-windows-10/

For my part and the ever reliable Macrium Reflect and multiple HD drives in both my Win 10 PC's I've kept my M/Reflect Win 7 & Win 8.1 backup's just in case I need to go back in time.

OK Folks, tomorrow here in Australia (down under) the 1st of August will have arrived so we are getting very close to that special 4 year world sporting event..........The Olympic Games. The 44th I believe. So for those who enjoy the Games let's see your favourite Olympic "Sporting" type desktop. So it's time to put on your thinking caps or running shoes (or whatever). Your mission (should you accept it...lol) is to deliver to us your favourite "Olympic Sporting" desktop in preparation for the commencement of the 44th Olympic games commencing on the 5th August 2016. So choose your favourite sport, the one sport you dislike, the one that you think should not be included or the one that should be included. Perhaps the one that if you had trained a little harder you may have been selected to represent your Country or maybe the sports you take a keen interest in watching. For this once every 4 year world event try and plan to show us 4 desktops (or at least one) during the month of August. Lets all help celebrate some good times free from all the nasty happenings of late. So Folks give it your best and start searching for those "sporting flavoured Desktops".....................enjoy the moments. I thought I would show my appreciation to the last one..........2012

Attention/Attention: The Olympic Games are just around the corner so Folks it's time to put on your thinking caps or running shoes (or whatever) give it some thought. Your mission (should you accept it) is to deliver to us all on the 1st of August your favourite "Olympic Sporting" desktop in preparation for the commencement of the 44th Olympic games commencing on the 5th August 2016. So choose your favourite sport, the one sport you dislike, the one that you think should not be included, the one that if you had trained a little harder you may have been selected to represent your Country or maybe the sports you take a keen interest in. For this once every 4 year world event try and plan to show us 4 desktops during the month of August. Lets all help celebrate some good times free from all the nasty happenings of late. So Folks give it your best and start searching for those "sporting flavoured Desktops".....................enjoy the moments.