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 Message 1796 
 Jonathan A Lloyd to Daryl Stout 
 Whats your favorite Linux 
 05 Sep 25 16:13:56 
 
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  Re: Whats your favorite Linux
  By: Daryl Stout to Jonathan A Lloyd on Thu Sep 04 2025 10:31 am

 >  >   I tried to put Linux Mint Cinammon on what was my late Mom's
 >  > computer, but apparently the motherboard was too old to support
 >  > it. It apparently installed OK, but after I reboot, I couldn't
 >  > get past the password prompt to login.

That is unfortunate. What was the motherboard, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm wondering what specifically would hinder the password prompt but not the
installation itself.
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J.A. LLoyd
Roanoke, VA
Criminologist
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