03-16-2015, 03:27 AM
Hi guys!
And thankeee verrah much for the kind replies!
My apologies for not getting back more quickly, a bout of the "double dip" flu, mid terms ( I teach physics at a local college), then spring break and of course......SCUBA DIVING!
But an update on the sitiation!
The OS is now residing is on an old 16 gig gigabyte drive on the aforementioned AMD 32, etc, etc. Not much hoss but.......... it has bright red LED fan lights! lol
It is hooked into a Sony large screen t.v. through an RGB port, the very last one which was sold by Sears and Sawbuck.
I use a gyration "airmouse" and wireless keyboard combo to basically use it as a "music server" and to watch YouTube stuff, like old Peter Gunn and Sea Hunt and and Sherlock Holmes videos! kinda dates me! lol
Anyway, I have always wanted to get a setup which would allow me to be able to "stand" while interacting with a computer, I have a full bore Linux setup in my office which I use daily, but it is always in the seated position. And, I have a homemade desk so that I my forearms are ergonomically horizontal, and use an OLD NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN MS ergonomic wireless keyboard etc.
But, after getting used to Linux Lite I then proceeded to just use the stock two workspaces, one for a "desktop" and the other for VLC playing streaming music.
Instead of using a "screensaver" which would be too much hoss for the machine I have a bunch of the "Ubuntu girl" wallpapers and some Avante- garde Ubuntu wallpapers that I have set to cycle through the desktop every five minutes. One of the neighbor ladies, I live in the ground floor of an apartment complex saw the "Ubuntu makes me smart" wallpaper and knocked on the door, I keep it open to the storm door or screen and said......."ya know if I was a few decades younger I'd put that outfit on and chase you around the sofa! lol....... She said it in good fun, we've known each other for a coupla years, and she found out about Linux from that. lol
The reason for VLC being on the second workspace is so that it won't "burn in" to the screen, which I have found DOES happen, on the television screen, of course monitors have been tweaked to have this not happen for a long time, and it happened mainly with CRTs anyway.
Anyway.....
The bottom panel is expanded vertically so that It is about 6 inches on the bottom of the screen, I can EASILY hit the few icons that I need from halfway across the room with the airmouse.
I made a LibreOffice template which has a default font size of 44 so that I can see it from across the room.
I have normally just used the keyboard for logging in or search stuff, sitting and typing with a keyboard on the lap is not really handy, I do have one of those "slide under the sofa" "eat at the sofa" things that makes things a little handier but it was just not going to work well for any kind "work".
And i do not NEED to work on the t.v. it is just that it gives one a "break from routine".
BUT.......... wooot! .... I just a couple of days ago found a "hospital bed" "keyboard and mouse" table/stand at a flea market and now have it set up so that I can "word process" standing up a couple of yards from the screen.
This will not be heavy duty work, but it will be a break from normal routine, and I can do "stuff that occurs to me" when I'm doing other things and the music server is running.
Some comments:
a) the very top thing on the menu about "updating" I have found to BE A WONDERFUL THING......yeah, I update regularly using sudo or Synaptic, but I think that putting that OBVIOUS button there is a great thing for people new to Linux.
b) Again, the terminal popping for the update with no effort except "yes or no" is, again, I think a WONDERFUL thing for people that are new to Linux, it......allows them to see some "guts" of Linux as it were, and it self closes so that they don't have to worry about "clicking something wrong".
c) Having OBVIOUS buttons to click in the menu system for doing things like tweaking the desktop etc. again, I think are marvelous for the NEW to Linux people...YESSSS.... the "old groaners" .... they don't need it, but then they didn't need it when they were going to rescue Napoleon from the Island of Elba!
e) THE ONLY QUIBBLE is that I just have never been able to get a "proper" "one click PIM" in Gnome like the KDE PIM, but I get my e-mails more conveniently on my phone anyway, and google calendar is on it also. As to RSS feeds I'm going to try out a couple of the widgets.
d) Having the weather there and..........JUST WORKING...........duuuhh.......how many times, have how many thousands of Linux geeks BEAT THEIR BRAINS on the screen trying to get a weather applet to work! lol........good job!
woodagainveryappreciativesmoke
And thankeee verrah much for the kind replies!
My apologies for not getting back more quickly, a bout of the "double dip" flu, mid terms ( I teach physics at a local college), then spring break and of course......SCUBA DIVING!
But an update on the sitiation!
The OS is now residing is on an old 16 gig gigabyte drive on the aforementioned AMD 32, etc, etc. Not much hoss but.......... it has bright red LED fan lights! lol
It is hooked into a Sony large screen t.v. through an RGB port, the very last one which was sold by Sears and Sawbuck.
I use a gyration "airmouse" and wireless keyboard combo to basically use it as a "music server" and to watch YouTube stuff, like old Peter Gunn and Sea Hunt and and Sherlock Holmes videos! kinda dates me! lol
Anyway, I have always wanted to get a setup which would allow me to be able to "stand" while interacting with a computer, I have a full bore Linux setup in my office which I use daily, but it is always in the seated position. And, I have a homemade desk so that I my forearms are ergonomically horizontal, and use an OLD NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN MS ergonomic wireless keyboard etc.
But, after getting used to Linux Lite I then proceeded to just use the stock two workspaces, one for a "desktop" and the other for VLC playing streaming music.
Instead of using a "screensaver" which would be too much hoss for the machine I have a bunch of the "Ubuntu girl" wallpapers and some Avante- garde Ubuntu wallpapers that I have set to cycle through the desktop every five minutes. One of the neighbor ladies, I live in the ground floor of an apartment complex saw the "Ubuntu makes me smart" wallpaper and knocked on the door, I keep it open to the storm door or screen and said......."ya know if I was a few decades younger I'd put that outfit on and chase you around the sofa! lol....... She said it in good fun, we've known each other for a coupla years, and she found out about Linux from that. lol
The reason for VLC being on the second workspace is so that it won't "burn in" to the screen, which I have found DOES happen, on the television screen, of course monitors have been tweaked to have this not happen for a long time, and it happened mainly with CRTs anyway.
Anyway.....
The bottom panel is expanded vertically so that It is about 6 inches on the bottom of the screen, I can EASILY hit the few icons that I need from halfway across the room with the airmouse.
I made a LibreOffice template which has a default font size of 44 so that I can see it from across the room.
I have normally just used the keyboard for logging in or search stuff, sitting and typing with a keyboard on the lap is not really handy, I do have one of those "slide under the sofa" "eat at the sofa" things that makes things a little handier but it was just not going to work well for any kind "work".
And i do not NEED to work on the t.v. it is just that it gives one a "break from routine".
BUT.......... wooot! ....
I just a couple of days ago found a "hospital bed" "keyboard and mouse" table/stand at a flea market and now have it set up so that I can "word process" standing up a couple of yards from the screen.This will not be heavy duty work, but it will be a break from normal routine, and I can do "stuff that occurs to me" when I'm doing other things and the music server is running.
Some comments:
a) the very top thing on the menu about "updating" I have found to BE A WONDERFUL THING......yeah, I update regularly using sudo or Synaptic, but I think that putting that OBVIOUS button there is a great thing for people new to Linux.
b) Again, the terminal popping for the update with no effort except "yes or no" is, again, I think a WONDERFUL thing for people that are new to Linux, it......allows them to see some "guts" of Linux as it were, and it self closes so that they don't have to worry about "clicking something wrong".
c) Having OBVIOUS buttons to click in the menu system for doing things like tweaking the desktop etc. again, I think are marvelous for the NEW to Linux people...YESSSS.... the "old groaners" .... they don't need it, but then they didn't need it when they were going to rescue Napoleon from the Island of Elba!
e) THE ONLY QUIBBLE is that I just have never been able to get a "proper" "one click PIM" in Gnome like the KDE PIM, but I get my e-mails more conveniently on my phone anyway, and google calendar is on it also. As to RSS feeds I'm going to try out a couple of the widgets.
d) Having the weather there and..........JUST WORKING...........duuuhh.......how many times, have how many thousands of Linux geeks BEAT THEIR BRAINS on the screen trying to get a weather applet to work! lol........good job!
woodagainveryappreciativesmoke