Barrowman

Thanks, I run the standard WineHQ version of wine and have installed WTLibrary on my Linux Mint laptop. This starts up and runs quicker than on Windows. I get automatic updates to it. That's not the problem I had. It's running JW library that can't be done because i can't even download the installer at all so there is no way to run it. However I am no longer bothered about it as I have installed a version of Android on Virtualbox and have installed JW Library on that. So I can run it now. However I don't bother while I have internet access as I use the online library which is more comprehensive than JW Library.

I have installed Android in Virtualbox and can now run JW Library that way so if I lose my internet connection I can run it still. I think it's not as good as WOL and even though I have given it 4GB Ram it's a bit slow. I have been running Linux for over 25 years and using virtualbox for about 15 and didn't find it an easy thing to get working correctly. So I don't think it would help a new Linux user much without help. Still some silly selections have to be made to get it to boot straight up without going via a menu but it will do.

Daniel's Prophecy is available on WOL under Books Titled as Daniel's Prophecy. If it disappears I will be in a mess. I don't run Windows and a Tablet is nearly useless to me. I have poor eyesight and my hands shake. WOL is brilliant for me. I used to use Watchtower Library but this is easier to use. I don't think the Governing Body will approve of depriving many of such a useful resource.

I used to run Watchtower Library under wine on Linux but now I use Watchtower Online Library as it is similar to WT Library and JW Library. It offers more than JW Library and soon Watchtower Library will not be getting updates if they haven't already finished.

I have seen some asking about JW Library and I know that it only works on Windows machines and android/IOS tablets. I use Linux and don't worry about JW Library as I use Watchtower Online Library. It seems to work as well as JW Library and may even provide more. For example it goes back farther than JW Library for older magazines and other things. I hope this helps as it can save a lot of money if you don't use Windows and avoids all the problems with Windows updates. Obviously there are many Windows programs which will not work on Linux but usually there are alternatives and it runs well on hardware which is too old for Windows.

We have a TV, a freesat box, a freeview box, a roku, 2 android phones, 4 android tablets 3 raspberry pi's and an 11" as well as my laptop which all share the same ip address. How can that work? very easily using a thing called NAT ( Network Address Translation ) So here is a simplified explanation as to how it works. There are a few sets of ip addresses which never appear on the internet. 192.168.x.y is one range. In this x can be between 0 and 255 and so can y be. So all the devices in my home are in the range 192.168.1.2 up to 192.168.1.253 Now this NAT is handled by the router. It only has one ip address which it is given by your internet provider. Supposing my laptop has an address of 192.168.1.200 and it wants to go to Amazon's website. My browser sends a request and the router knows the request comes from my laptop.It passes the request to Amazon and when it get a reply it passes it back to my laptop. If it was my TV which sends some request the same thing happens. Now because these addresses never gets out onto the internet to the internet all of my devices share the one ip address. Because of this you could use those same set of addresses and so could everybody else. All of these are IPV4 addresses. The newer range are IPV6 addresses and with those everyone could have dozens of ip addresses without any need for NAT. They will be needed before long because so many things are connecting to the internet the available IPV4 addresses is running out.

Well the group creator can remove anyone who doesn't stick to the rules so that shouldn't be a problem

We have several whatsapp groups set up. We have one for anyone who goes on ministry outside of field service meeting times to ask for a partner to work with. We have one for Brothers covering sound desk, microphones, attendants and security. Another one is used by the School overseer to remind ones they have an item on the meeting or ask for volunteers if someone is not able to cover their items. We have a google sheet set up to cover using the carts. Anyone who has access can look to see which time slots are free and can enter their name. It also includes a section showing where each cart is kept. Each cart has a unique number so it can be identified. I agree that whatsapp is much better as it allows large numbers in a group and via wifi doesn't use up your allowance.

Looking at the pictures 3 things come to mind. 1/ Reflections from something in or around the Hall. 2/ Maybe JW Library needs uninstalling then a fresh installer needs to be downloaded and run. 3/I use Linux at home not Windows. In Linux it's possible to have an application showing with a level of transparency so you can see other applications behind it. I don't know if that can be set in Windows but that may possibly explain the problem. Do you remember how we used to get the yeartext send and it was a scene with the yeartext on it? Well we have been creating or own for use with Soundbox but our new C.O said we shouldn't do that but just have the plain text in white on a black background and that we should be using JW Library.