Hi lonewolf, you can get updates by installing package-update-indicator from synaptic. We are on the verge of a new release! I don't understand what you are talking about concerning Discord. DO YOU USE PHONE OR PC TO ACCESS IT? If you are using pc, what browser are you using? Try a different browser. Please do not give up! Leenie

A friend gave these instructions how to get Discord without phone number: Start by visiting Discord’s website and registering for a new account. Add your details and add your email address. Once Discord opens, you will be required to add your phone number. However, click the resend email option, open your email account, and click the verify button. Once your email gets verified, you can use your Discord account without adding a phone number.

OK. I'm back. I had a couple of serious health issues knock me out for a long while. I won't bore anyone with the specifics. I will say that right now I'm off my feet for a while. I've got a knee that has decided to go out on me. I'm waiting right now to go see an orthopedic specialist to determine what the problem is. Being confined to bed, the couch, and my recliner, I found I had the time to get back to trying to get R12 running for me. Oh, and I just tried logging into Discord. As soon as I did, I got that stupid "Enter a Phone Number crap I got last December. I obviously will NOT be trying that social disease site again. Hopefully a few people still use this forum. I'd sure hate to find out that no one logins in here because you're all over on Discord. leenie had asked if I use a browser or app to try to access the forum on Discord. I can answer that quickly and easily. A phone is used to make or receive phone calls. A desktop or laptop computer is used to access a website.

I have WattOS R12 loaded on this laptop I'm using right now. I haven't tried applying any of the tweaks I usually apply. I have installed all the packages I need or want. I have also changed the default appearance of the install. So far, so good.

I do have a couple of questions. First, is there an easy to use updater like Mint Update that will work on R12? I can easily update my laptop, but I'd like an updater to put on my wife's laptop and on the laptop I use as a file server in my office. Using Mint Update allows me to set the updater to automatically apply updates. That way I don't have to check the other laptops and manually update them. If there is no such package for R12, I can make a point of hitting each laptop once a month and updating them. That's not a big problem, but thought I'd ask if there was anything available.

One other really minor glitch for me is that there doesn't seem to be a way to change the number of rows that the Desktop Pager uses. Other distros I have used with XFCE have had the ability to set 2 rows for the Pager. It takes less space on the Taskbar that way. Again, this isn't a biggie at all. Just wondering if that is an option somehow.

Finally, I see that Timeshift is available for installation. Is that the best method of backing up the system, or is something Like Foxclone better. I'm not too concerned with backing up my /Home directory. I have 3 partitions on my hard drive, a linux-swap partition, a / partition for the system, and a /Home partition. I regularly back up all my files to a second, spare laptop and also to my server laptop. So, my personal data files are secured. I just need to know what anybody else is using to backup the system files.

Once I get the system backed up, I'll try just a few of my favorite system tweaks to improve performance. I won't be attempting them all due to previous experience of Borking my own R12 system.

https://planetwatt.com/newforum/index.php?topic=1326.0 You have not read this.

You must make a Disord account. Then search wattOS. Microwatt is not available yet.

what is the link to DIscord - wattOS?  thanks