Foriest Jan Smith wrote to Dr. What <=-

I think my only real option is wait until I'll have the ability to sync the dang thing once I get a Linux laptop. I just wonder if there's a linux compatible version of Documents to Go or if I'll have to use Wine (which--on an unrelated note--can support my Windows XP/98 era
programs).

There were Linux versions of the Palm software. But it's been soooo long since I've use them that I don't remember the names anymore. I will guess that the are long unsupported now.


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Re: Re: Converting Palm Pilot
By: Dr. What to Foriest Jan Smith on Mon Nov 17 2025 06:58 am

There were Linux versions of the Palm software. But it's been soooo long since I've use them that I don't remember the names anymore. I will guess that the are long unsupported now.

jPilot? That one is what I've decided on. It's the Linux equivalent of Palm Desktop, if I recall. Windows 11 is a nightmare and a friend is having trouble even getting his IIIXE to run in Win 11... He got it working through a Win XP vm. I refuse to take off Core Isolation, which assumedly is the cause of my problems. I'm still not very tech-smart (yet) and everyone I know tells me it's probably a bad idea (and reading WHAT it is convinces me of such as well).
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Re: Re: Converting Palm Pilot
By: Foriest Jan Smith to Dr. What on Thu Nov 20 2025 00:39:30

...which assumedly...

Not a word. Go with "Apparently".
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Re: Assumptions
By: Mortar M. to Foriest Jan Smith on Thu Nov 20 2025 09:35 am

...which assumedly...

Not a word. Go with "Apparently".

"Assumedly" does appear to be a word..? It's listed on this page at Marriam-Webster:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assumed

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Re: Assumptions
By: Nightfox to Mortar M. on Thu Nov 20 2025 08:28:38

"Assumedly" does appear to be a word..? It's listed on this page at Marriam-Webster:

Huh, whoda thunk. I stand corrected. Sure sounds wrong though.
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Re: Assumptions
By: Mortar M. to Nightfox on Thu Nov 20 2025 10:36 am

Huh, whoda thunk. I stand corrected. Sure sounds wrong though.

My vocabulary is a mystery to even myself. I think I read it in a Mark Twain short story, or perhaps a Poe short story. Words simply flow from me with little to no explanation to myself as I use them.
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jPilot? That one is what I've decided on. It's the Linux equivalent of Palm Desktop, if I recall. Windows 11 is a nightmare and a friend is

Yup. jPilot is the one I was thinking of. I used to use that WAAYY back in the day with my Palms, then Handsprings, then back to Palm. I stayed on the non-cellular PDA stuff for a long time.

Palm Desktop, if I recall. Windows 11 is a nightmare and a friend is having trouble even getting his IIIXE to run in Win 11... He got it

It seems that Win11 is very problematic. Microsoft admitted the many of the core functions are buggy. I can't help but think that someone there must have rewritten those core functions in Rust.

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Hey Dr!

On Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:04:50 -0500, you wrote:

It seems that Win11 is very problematic. Microsoft admitted the many of
the core functions are buggy. I can't help but think that someone there must have rewritten those core functions in Rust.

Then I'll consider myself one of the lucky ones, and continue to knock on wood or count my lucky stars, or something. I haven't had a single issue with Windows 11 since I upgraded to it, which was whenever I was first offered it probably 3-4 years ago and decided to enable whatever it was in BIOS that it required to install.

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: Converting Palm Pilot
By: Dr. What to Foriest Jan Smith on Sun Nov 23 2025 09:04 am

It seems that Win11 is very problematic. Microsoft admitted the many of the core functions are buggy. I can't help but think that someone there must have rewritten those core functions in Rust.

I upgraded to Windows 11 when it was released, and I haven't had a problem with it. Well, aside from a couple things that are just minor annoyances. Sometimes the desktop background setting changes back to a single picture when I normally have it set to a slide show, which is just a minor annoyance. Also, I have it set to turn off my monitor after 10 minutes of inactivity, and there are times when it doesn't do that. But as far as stability and running software, I haven't had a problem with it. That includes playing PC games as well as things like photo & video editing.

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Re: Converting Palm Pilot
By: Accession to Dr. What on Sun Nov 23 2025 08:57 am

Then I'll consider myself one of the lucky ones, and continue to knock on wood or count my lucky stars, or something. I haven't had a single issue with Windows 11 since I upgraded to it, which was whenever I was first offered it probably 3-4 years ago and decided to enable whatever it was in BIOS that it required to install.

I haven't really had a problem with Windows 11 either. And the BIOS thing may have been to enable TPM, I'd guess?

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Hey Nightfox!

On Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:02:50 -0800, you wrote:

I haven't really had a problem with Windows 11 either. And the BIOS
thing may have been to enable TPM, I'd guess?

Yeah, that was it.

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: Converting Palm Pilot
By: Dr. What to Foriest Jan Smith on Sun Nov 23 2025 09:04 am

It seems that Win11 is very problematic. Microsoft admitted the many of the core functions are buggy. I can't help but think that someone there must have rewritten those core functions in Rust.

Yup... can barely emulate PCs in Win 11.... DOSBox works fine, but 86box is the limit, and even then it's working at its hardest for basic things, lol.
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