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So many people are getting blocked these days for posting misinformation online. Perhaps social media should block Google till they get their act together.

(Wouldn’t that be fun to watch!)

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Finally, I was able to create a link on the file server to my Videos folder on my Linux Mint machine – now I can copy files back and forth, and save videos to the Videos folder.
* On the main Remmina screen, right-click on the quick connect profile that you want to configure, and choose Edit.
* Right in front of you is an option called Share Folder. Check the box. Now click in the dropdown area to the right of that, and select a folder on your Linux box to be the shared folder on your Windows file server.
* Restart your connection to the file server.

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Susan, I found an option for sharing printers in Remmina:
* On the main Remmina screen, right-click on the quick connect profile that you want to configure, and choose Edit.
* Click on the Advanced tab.
* Scroll to the bottom.
* Check the box for “Share Printers”.
* At the bottom, click Save or Save and Connect.

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I figured out the sound issue:
* On the main Remmina screen, right-click on the quick connect profile that you want to configure, and choose Edit.
* Click on the Advanced tab.
* Set Audio Output Mode to Local.
* At the bottom, click Save or Save and Connect.

All of my videos are stored on the file server, and I can’t seem to connect to the shared drive on the file server from my Linux Mint computer. Remmina is my only way of getting to the shared drive; so I need for audio to work when I remote to the file server!

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The one thing I haven’t yet figured out with Remmina is how to get it to play sound. When I play a video, there is no sound. Any idea how to get sound to work?

The video is not the best, but it’s high enough resolution for now. Any suggestions for improvement on the video resolution? Perhaps they kept the resolution a bit low in order to make it fast, because it is very fast.

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I haven’t done any setup in Remmina for remote printing. I haven’t investigated whether that feature is available in Remmina.

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Do you have full access to the various online newspapers when at the library? In other words, does the library have access to what is behind the paywall? If so, that would be a great reason to visit the library.

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I haven’t been to the library in a very long time. But when I went years ago, I checked out DVD movies and CD music for free. It wasn’t as convenient as the local video store, but it was free.

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I mainly use Startpage. In a pinch, when I am at a computer whose browser isn’t set up for Startpage, I use Duck Duck Go.

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I have an old computer running Windows 10 on my living room computer. The TV is an external monitor on the computer. I have a wireless mouse and keyboard on my coffee table. Connects wirelessly for now, until one of these days when I wire my house with CAT6.

Works very well.

I turned off wifi connectivity on the TV. I prefer to use a computer for the video streaming, because it is easier to secure a computer than a TV.

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How do you plan for getting rid of your old phone?

I use my wife’s old iPhone as a camera. She had a small iPhone, and the camera is excellent quality.

As for logging into my bank account when I have a flip phone, not only could I not do that, I couldn’t even talk to them on the phone, because I was unable to read the authentication text message back to them while talking to them! (I would have had to hang up the call in order to read the text message.) They finally enabled PIN access on my account, so all I need to do now is enter the PIN when I call them or when I log in.

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A lot of people have a lot of email in PST files. I wonder why they have dropped support for PST?

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Strong encryption is the only protection ordinary people have for doing normal day-to-day business, such as banking and online purchasing. And it’s the only protection people have against government control of pretty much every aspect of our lives.

Encryption on our communications serves the same basic purpose as curtains on our windows – privacy.

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I really like Microsoft Publisher. It is a really great and useful program. And Microsoft has nothing else at this time to replace it. I wonder why they have decided to retire it?

I’ve downloaded and installed a free program called Scribus. I guess now I have a reason to figure out how to use it.

My wife uses Canva. She really likes it. Maybe I’ll go that route. Won’t matter if I’m running Windows or Linux, because it is web-based.

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I would never use Wordpad online for the same reason I never use my free Office online account – too much of a hassle. I occasionally use Word or Excel online from my MS Office subscription account, but even that is rare — I much prefer using the version that is installed on my computer.

Outlook is the one exception. I do use Outlook Web App regularly. But that is not at all the same as Word or Excel.

If I had to guess, I would say that moving Wordpad online is step one to eliminating it. Step two will be to tell the user that they can use the free version of Word online, a more powerful program.

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