Alien 13

I think a USB dew heater would be ideal for a SA setup and as said it will stop a power bank turning off. Alan

Behemoth... Alan

Might be a daft question but are there any good tiny precision printers around, ideally I would want an absolute max print size of 80 mm cubed? Alan

Nice, I like the camera too Alan

Completely crashed a little while ago and now slower than its ever been. Alan

I think you will find that the stock lenses are far better than their price would suggest and more than good enough to get you going. Alan

I think the old M42 lenses wont achieve focus with Nikon cameras as the camera flange to focal plane distance is too great so you will be stuck with the own brand lenses or third party ones from Samyang/Sigma etc. Alan

Took ages to log in just now.. Alan

Couldn't get in just now and been slow on/off for a week. Alan

Its suddenly gone very slow again for me, clicked on notifications and wouldn't respond. Alan

Very slow with laptop/win10 and chrome, took 5 mins to load site and get to this page. Alan

I too have been looking at printers and been put off having to buy one then spend months modifying it, would only need a max of 120mm in each axis.. Alan

I would keep the lens, cant imagine any two element frac like an ED80 could match it. Alan

I have quoted you out of context but that sums my experience up. Its painfully slow compared to Win 10 and so difficult to even install. Alan

It will happen one day Alan

I do have Linux on my redundant laptop but its never going on this one, dont think it could handle the graphics card, SSD,HDD or the soundblaster card and all the RAM or the processor, not sure about the Graphics amplifier and thunderbolt ports either Alan P.S. I almost forgot about the FX and Tact lighting schemes to.

Note quite I am a very happy Win 10 user and have NEVER had an issue plus it can play Fallout 4 and work with Photoshop and control my DSLR fully over wifi... Alan

I do have Linux Mint on a stick and part of a dual boot with Win 7 and its fine for those general office or browsing tasks, the one thing that does annoy is its constant requirement for entering a password for most menus.. Alan

My Lamb was an i5 Dell XPS, eventually managed to set it up as a dual boot with Win 7 and Linux Mint but not as straightforward as I had hoped, the result is the best of both worlds and to be honest Mint is very MS like. Alan

The Linux community... Alan

I think that sums it up, do they make it hard on purpose to make themselves look good. It cant be that difficult to make it all more user friendly and why so many versions, cant they be just one Linux for all. Alan

I must admit Linux mint was easy to install after days of trawling looking for software to create a bootable USB stick and one other issue which now slips my mind, would be nice if all you needed was in one place. Alan

Thats the point, canon apps are what I want not some half baked attempt at getting a connection. Same with a lot of stuff. Alan

You are correct with most of that but I run EOS utilities and Canon camera connect with wifi control and neither are supported by Linux, as for printers I find it hit and miss I can use my Epson XP605 but not a lot of options are available same with my R.A.T mouse. The real deal breaker is gaming. Alan

Maybe its just me but linux cant handle the latest high end graphics cards and has difficulties with most ancillaries like Canon cameras, printers and other drivers...it seems to default to some kind of generic option without all the proper options. I do use Linux mint on one of my laptops but find it limited, would be nice if I could use Photoshop and play the latest PC games with it. Alan