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  1. Rick Butler

    Friday Watercooler: My Divorce from Windows

    I'd tell you how I feel, but this *is* a PG rated board and not everyone appreciates my very unique sense of humor.
  2. Rick Butler

    CIN APP missing in App store

    I tried using it, personally and found it was tougher than just using the website, IMAO. In most applications, I think the website does just fine. The ONLY thing I wish we could get on the CIN boards are pinned posts on the Home feed. That way, important posts about TTT's (not my ramblings...
  3. Rick Butler

    Friday Watercooler: My Divorce from Windows

    I've gotten into arguments now with folks who are stuck in the Microslop cult, which now is being led by Slopilot. And I've been tinkering with Omarchy as of yesterday...loaded it on a couple machines. It's not very peppy on my Dell Chromebook 3400 - which I've learned is very reliant on the...
  4. Rick Butler

    Omarchy - Have you tried?

    So as I sit here writing Anthology reports and installing Omarchy on an old OptiPlex 7070, and trying to work on my SC300 MSFT learning, I can hear Redmond crying now... Okay, not really, but @jasoneckert should appreciate the joke. But I thought I'd share with all of you the next steps on the...
  5. Rick Butler

    I THINK I'M DEAD!

    Blame these guys:
  6. Rick Butler

    Passed CompTIA CySA+

    Good work!
  7. Rick Butler

    CIN TTT Series: DataSys+ V2

    Locked and loaded. I took DataSys v1 and actually enjoyed doing that one. Looking forward to DS2. /r
  8. Rick Butler

    Passed Linux Plus

    Congrats on the win. What's next on the list?
  9. Rick Butler

    Friday Watercooler: My Divorce from Windows

    Counseling? Nah. I'll just convince any therapist that Linux is better and Microsoft will lose more business - which...may not be a half bad idea. Mostly, those that slink back to Windows usually aren't ready for the commitment of having to relearn all the muscle memory keystrokes and shortcuts...
  10. Rick Butler

    Free Comptia Books/Instructor guides

    Usually, a publisher will offer a promotional copy - this has been a go-to for me when I just needed a text to study. For me, however, that has been less and less. But then, while I call it a blessing to get free copies of texts, expecting it or even demanding it, to me is no good...
  11. Rick Butler

    Friday Watercooler: My Divorce from Windows

    Why do you hate me so much, Brian? So, funny story that. Long ago, I had a lead of our now defunct Personal Training program who saw that we had an iMac in our department that was used to help our Computer students get acclimated to iOS. One day, he came in and told me how he wanted it on his...
  12. Rick Butler

    Passed Linux Plus

    Great work. Linux+ is a good thing to have under your belt!
  13. Rick Butler

    Friday Watercooler: My Divorce from Windows

    So, I've been in IT for about 35 years. There's not much that I've not done with a computer, both above board and well...(yeah, I won't get into all that). But for the greatest part of my life, I've been using Windows. Like so many chained to Redmond, I started with Windows 2.0 and used every...
  14. Rick Butler

    Linux+ study advice

    +3 on Eckert's materials. That dude's brain was programmed by Torvalds, I bet. LOL Linux for me has been elusive. I remember trying to get myself around to take the old RHCE back in the day (still have the book in near pristine condition). And since then, I keep telling myself, "this time...
  15. Rick Butler

    CIN TTT Series CySA+ 004

    Okay...do you not have the links to the content? They would be in the emails.
  16. Rick Butler

    Passed Cloud+

    You, sir, are in need of prayer. And since I'm taking some ministerial classes these days, I think you need to stop by for a little chat, my friend:
  17. Rick Butler

    Office Pro v.9 - Advanced Content??

    That would be a good question - I've never explored the Office Pro content, myself. I flirted a bit with the MOU certs before, but never got around to taking one.
  18. Rick Butler

    Renewing CloudNetX

    I haven't looked into it, but perhaps some of the higher end AWS or Azure certs might help with some of that? I know Data is relatively new as a pathway, so that may have not matured well enough yet. Just spitballin' here, without a lot of info.
  19. Rick Butler

    Exam Rules - BEWARE!

    I don't think I'd be in a good frame of mind to take an exam at 0330. But I guess that's one benefit to OnVUE. I suspect they'll remain out there for folks who can use it. For me, it's a mindset thing - like when I walk into that test center, it's a frame of mind that says, "okay, Rick, time...