Hi! Tom,

On 07 Jan 16 10:13, you wrote to me:

 PQ>> Neat!  I've kept a copy of your note, Tom.  Thank you.

 TW> Despite my last post here is a keyboard/command lne reference for
 TW> Linux mint

 TW> http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/244

Nice!  Thank you.  Despite your misgivings on the distribution, I
appreciate your recommendation of it.  I have read of other reviews of the
OS, but I can't recall when or where I saw them.  :)

I'm kinda pre-disposed to using a recent Puppy Linux, 6.0.2-something.  I
already have a copy and have run it once or twice on two of my machines,
just from a USB boot.  It has 'promise', particularly as it supposedly can
use Ubuntu packages.

OTOH, I have a hankering to run Xubuntu but that really depends on what
they'll do with the next LTS version due in April.  I've been running their
14.04 LTS on & off in a VirtualBox and found it to be
"useable".  :)  I intend to hang on to Windows 8 till the X'u
'.1' update that might sprout in June, or maybe October.

I'm happy to give Mint a whirl in a VirtualBox, based on your say-so.  I'm
not averse to command line voodoo mumbo-jumbo but your insider knowledge
has already given me an 'edge'.  :)  Thank you.

Cheers,
Paul.

... Pun: the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it first.
--- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox