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And I'm not sure - we sold it more than 20 years ago - but I think that one of the lines - the one that stopped the rudder from floating up - was actually shockcord. That would make sense: it would allow the rudder to rise when it hits the bottom. I do remember that these two lines oftem...

We bought a new Wanderer in '94. It had a fancier tiller than that - not just a pole. My recollection is that it had no blocks, just a couple of jam-cleats. And the uphaul didn't pull it right up. You might find some pix on wanderer.org.uk

Is that picture really Kalamata? The bit about veering about in Vulcano brought back memories!

I just converted a 10-year old Win 10 Thinkpad to Debian, with a new SSD, and had an unusual problem. For years Thinkpads had a physical radio switch, but later ones use Fn-F5 to toggle wifi on and off (and Bluetooth I think). I always install over ethernet, because sometimes the wifi card...

You get a number in brackets in front of the thread title as well as the little red flag at the top. I tend to notice that first because I usually immediately scroll down, I suppose it depends on your browser whether and where you see that.

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You can run rsync under WSL in Windows, if that helps.

That's encouraging. Canon actually produce Linux drivers for that. They used not to for the the Pixma printers we had.

You could probably get both to work in VirtualBox under Linux. It's not simple to set up though. I run an Epson film scanner under Win 7 in VirtualBox. But firing up VirtualBox - in effect booting up Windows inside Linux, just to scan a document, is not something you'd want to do often. There is...

You've been lucky, then. I've had several programs that wouldn't work under wine - particularly ones that use USB. My Garmin map updater won't. But it depends what you do. (Some might work these days with virtualbox - but I that's not for a beginner.) My wife's Canon flat-bed scanner won't...

Read what ShinyShoe wrote - it depends what you do. If you need a program that only runs under Windows then use Windows. Your USB printer might not work. If you think Linux might work for you, select a distribution that's aimed at you - novice ex-Windows user or whatever. Mint is often...

Not deliberately. But, no - it's unlikely. I use a DVD - but that depends on your machine having a DVD drive. Good luck. I've mainly used Linux for 15 years - but I have a Windows 10 machine too to update my Garmin satnav.

Fair enough. So long as you realise that you're paying for the convenience - and that you are buying something that just might contain malware. Is that a 32bit or a 64bit version? (The Mint download site should have instructions, but - yes - you'll need a USB stick if that's the method you...

I don't know why you posted that, but Mint (and just about any other Linux) is free and should only be downloaded from the distribution's own site - see, e.g. DistroWatch.com: Linux Mint

1803 support ended in 11/19. You'll still have Home with 1903 https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet Windows 10: A guide to the updates