From: jgnewsid@outlook.com   
      
   I am trying (again) to get myself going with Linux on a spare PC (Xeon   
   CPU) and have made good progress so far with Ubuntu-MATE.   
      
   I discovered yesterday that no matter how hard you try a Blu Ray disc   
   won't play in a standard DVD player, that's an hour I won't get back. Once   
   I had realised what I was doing wrong I got it working fine even using the   
   terminal to install some libraries.   
      
   I tried to install HandBrake but the web site was pretty sniffy and it   
   seems I need first to install flatpak (?) to install HandBrake, new to me   
   but I will give it a try.   
      
   What has me stumped at the moment is I want to use the Linux machine from   
   a Windows laptop using RDP on the laptop and xrdp on the Linux box. I made   
   quite good progress to the extent I could connect (once I had realised I   
   had to log off the Linux box first) but there was no access to the menu.   
   It seems xrdp doesn't like 3D desktops. I have been going in circles this   
   morning installing xfce4 (which I think is 2D) but RDP just keeps dropping   
   out.   
      
   I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a   
   distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier   
   to start from fresh?   
      
   Good learning process, haven't used a terminal since DOS 6.2 :-)   
      
   Many thanks.   
      
   --   
   Jeff Gaines Dorset UK   
   Remember, the Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe.   
      
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