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JustARegularNerd Mar 21, 2025

Until I get a nice computer to pair with it (that is, not my Linux server), this just felt right to do with it

JustARegularNerd Mar 21, 2025

Purchased an Osborne MPV1024 monitor and it just works

https://lemmy.world/post/27120440

Purchased an Osborne MPV1024 monitor and it just works - Lemmy.World

Last week I made a post asking if I should buy an old vintage monitor. Well, I went back to the recycled goods store this week and it was still there, so $30 later I have it, and it seems to just work* There’s very little about this monitor on the internet, so I’m thinking of documenting as much as I can about it, especially as it’s Osborne branded so there could be some interesting history behind it. * The power button is stuck on, and it does an occasional unsettling arc sound and the image slightly distorts for a millisecond. I believe the latter is fairly common among old CRTs but I don’t know much more than that. [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fe60b169-5401-42e5-8b00-ad2eb6545813.jpeg] [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/15284943-0979-4807-92d0-a710d824f934.jpeg]

JustARegularNerd Mar 13, 2025

Osborne MPV 1024 CRT monitor - worth buying?

https://lemmy.world/post/26761940

Osborne MPV 1024 CRT monitor - worth buying? - Lemmy.World

Hello! I came across a cosmetically good condition CRT monitor at the local recycled goods shop, but I can’t seem to find much information about it. It is an Osborne MPV 1024 14" CRT monitor. I was able to find a manual for it on the Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/osborne-mpv-1024-ni-vga-monitor-users-manual], and an old forum question about using it with a then new Windows 95 machine [https://ia601904.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/8/items/pcw-may-2000/PCW_MAY2000.iso&file=Hscreen%2FNT0000_8.HTM], but that’s about it. The thing that confuses me though is that I wasn’t aware of Osborne making individual computer monitors, or peripherals of any kind. I also don’t seem to see anyone online talking about these monitors. I want to find out if it’s rare or otherwise special in some way, or if it’s just a generic CRT monitor of the 80s/90s that just reused the Osborne branding.

JustARegularNerd Jun 13, 2024

Found a security bug in LMDE6, need some help

https://lemmy.world/post/16469251

Found a security bug in LMDE6, need some help - Lemmy.World

I have an older Intel laptop that has a 1600x900 display, and I find that if I put the machine to sleep, connect an external monitor with a higher resolution, and then turn it back on, the login screen doesn’t adjust to the new resolution and it reveals what I had open (see photo). However, I’m not that familiar with Linux Mint (even though I’ve daily driven Linux for nearly 10 years, I very casually use LMDE) and I’m not sure if this is a Cinnamon problem or if the lock screen is under a different program. Looking at Linux Mint’s webpage on reporting a bug (https://projects.linuxmint.com/reporting-an-issue.html [https://projects.linuxmint.com/reporting-an-issue.html]) they seem to mostly use Cinnamon as an example, but I don’t want to report this issue as a Cinnamon issue if it’s the wrong project. In case this is platform specific, my device’s details are below: - Host: Dell Latitude E6420 - CPU: Intel Core i7-2630QM (Sandy Bridge) - GPU: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family - Kernel: 6.1.0-21-amd64 - DE: Cinnamon 6.0.4 - WM: Mutter (Muffin) - Display Server: X11 I’ve never filed a bug report in my life before, usually I just put up with the issue until it’s eventually fixed, but I feel this is a moderate security issue that should be flagged.