THANK You GOOGLE-Please Help me with the LAPTOP.

This is to say Thank You, GOOGLE.

I was Linux Nerd long before Google came into existence.

My Red Mi cellphone and Nokia are running Android 13.

I was Android user from Kit Kat on cheap Chinese Tablets. At one time I had assortment of10 cellphones in Ceylon for various academic activities.

Never on nefarious activities. 

I do not use Kali and Tails.

In some sense I am a maverick.

Thank again, for GOOGLE Keyboard.

It is Excellent and I can type in bit of SINHALA, I know.

I am a practising Buddhist and believe in gift of knowledge as the best Gift.

Gift of Dhamma is the Best Gift of all.

By the way, this is the month of Wesak when Buddhists all over celebrate Birth of Buddha, his Enlightenment and his Passing away.

I have encountered few problems and I list them below.

I have an old ACER Laptop.

Its BIOS is Blocked by Microsoft and I cannot boot using a USB stick.

I can boot with DVD and DVDs are not available in Australia, now.

When I Press Enter Key 3 times, I got 7 numbers not 8, in the past.

When I entered that number nothing happened.

Today I get 8 numbers but that also does not work. 

I know Microsoft has secretly embedded a code to snoope on my computer for which I paid for.

It does not belonged to Microsoft. 

I solved this problem in 2018 by using TrueOS which has gone defunct.

Second Problem 

Before coming to Australia, using a DVD I installed Endless OS.

That is my second problem.

It has installed XFS file system.

I cannot download Gparted as a SOFTWARE from Flatpak.

Hence, I cannot resize the Hard Disk and use it to dual boot with Debian. 

I left all my Bootable DVDs in Ceylon and I cannot buy any Writable DVD in Australia.

Today, I did a survey to see whether I can buy one at eBay.

I can but only from Canada and USA.

These guys are selling old DVDs as brand new. I do not fall into a TRAP and dpend fifty dollars.

Postage is additional.

I do not mind payimg the Post Office and I want Post Office to survive the digital onslaught.

Third Option 

Next option left fir me is to remove the Hard Didk and stick it in with my Intel NUC. 

I brought two from CEYLON and then I throw the Old Laptop to the Dustbin. 

I wish not give it to an unsuspecting guy.

It is criminal on this month of Wesak.

My son also has lost interested on this Laptop which I bought for him.

Fourth Option 

The next option is whether GOOGLE can help me through my Gmail with 18 number password to make my computer Bootable using a USB without erasing the existing Endless OS.

All my Android Cellphone are working

I feel like INSTALLING Android 16 on this Laptop albeit without dropping to a dustbin. For that ti happen Android should be on a Bootable DVD.

It should be also available in Australia not in Canada or USA.

I  do not want to buy an Air Ticket to go to CEYLON bring some DVDs.

With that money I can buy a Tuxedo Linux Computer. 

Probably NOT.

I begin to HATE bulky laptops.

I can buy several Mini PCs

Photnicat2  is my choice.

From Me to Bill

From Me to Bill 

From Me to Bill

Posted on June 18, 2011 by asokaplus

From Me to Bill

Dear Mr. Bill

This is my adaptation from an Email I received.

This letter is from so and so to so and so.

I bought a computer recently and unfortunately I found the following problems.

1. When I connect to the Internet and opened the email and whenever I type my name I get a CAGE called password and a number of asterisks  ****** .

I leave the asterisks and type my password in the rest of the fields.

As soon as I type letters appear as true to form and nothing else happens afterward.

I do not know how to solve this problem.

I checked with the hardware vendor (Kandy) and he checked the keyboard and said it has no problems.

I got a brain wave and opened the email with the word password  and asterisks ***** but that did not work.

2. When I  click the “Shut down” button I am unable to do anything else afterwards with the computer.

I thought the computers work 24 hours without a break and without any complaints.
Please let me know how to solve this problem.

3. However, there is a button called “Start” but there is no button called “Stop” when I want to go to the loo.
I request you to solve this problem.

4. I find there is a ‘Run’ button in the menu .

I don’t want to have runs after a meal-diarrhoea- especially the type of meal called “On the go” I have in my office.

One of my friends told me I should do a run in the evening after sitting long hours in front of the TV screen learning new computer techniques and concepts.

5. Click and Run is dangerous even in Kandy with so many “Bills on the Beat” with a AK45s in their hands.

I don’t like to run.

Please change it to “Sit and Wait”.

In fact ,I do this when I have a problem with my computer.

I believe even the ordinary citizens do the same thing (“Sit and Wait Patiently”) nowadays especially when they come to Colombo for some work.

6. I would prefer a “Bicycle” with a click of a button instead of a  "Pizza"available in the system.

With petrol going up that is good for my health and my purse.
As I find only “Re-cycle” and  that is a gross oversight by the computer wizards of America.

7. By the way for people who have money and a scooter another option called “Re-scooter” is desirable.
Unfortunately I do not own a scooter.

8. The ‘Find’ button is not working properly.

My wife lost the door key and we tried a lot  to find the the key with this “Find”  button but it was  not possible.

Is it due to a bug?

9. Every night my sleep is disturbed since the "Cat" come looking for the “Mouse” at odd hours in the night.

I propose you should make a game called "Cat, Mouse and the Dog" and ask the Disneyland to train all the domestic cats, dogs and mice to play this game without killing each other like the humans do.

We humans can learn from this game a few earthly visions.

10. My child likes to learn the Microsoft Word now.
It is better one should develop the Grammar and the Sentence Structure since our children are very poor in English as a language.

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