Opus 2026-192: Change Is Forced on Me

I replace my laptop about every three years. We are past that time and so I set my son on a search for something that would not crash in the first month. That brings changes and adjustments in at least two areas.

First, I need to install the software I want and tweak things so that they work. In the process you have a constant battle with Microsoft trying to force itself into what you want. There is always a learning curve. Part of that is finding where they hid everything to be helpful. Others are changes and you can’t find out why.

Second, software. It has been my practice to purchase a new copy of Word Perfect with each computer. They have been playing the old Find-the-Feature game that they do every time. I finally decided to bite the bullet and move to LibreOffice. I am hoping that I will only need to play the game once. I am already finding a lot of features that don’t seem to be available but I am soldiering on.

There will be a lot of hiccups. A gracious reader informed me that my posts were coming up blank. Who was to know that Blogger would make adjustments without asking. I think I figured that one out but in the process I find other things tweaked. I have always published my full post so you don’t need to click “read more”. Now that seems to be the way it is. That always irritates me but I may not fight that battle.

I have made connections I never bothered with before. I got my printer going on WiFi instead of by cable. I connected my stereo with Bluetooth. Only the future will determine how extreme I will get with this.

Thanks for your patience on my journey.

Now to see if this gets through in readable fashion.

homo unius libri