@cowboysdude

• any SHORT intro on how to put a MM onto an old laptop with Ubuntu running on it?
  I have it on two Pis (2 and 3); managed to get it onto a Win10 box - Ubuntu is next :)

Thanks

@yawns
Upvote.

Sorry that I seem to have kicked a hornet’s nest – I was just reading that people had had problems, and found a way that worked for me. But yes, updating etc is not going to work. And yes, GIT pulls are best…

BUT for real Noobs (been there, done that), GIT might be a bit “weird”, while ZIP is recognized.

Bottom line:
This all works - use @yo-less instructions, then either go the ZIP route (where you have to remove the -master) OR the GIT route (nice & easy).

Thanks everyone for finding all the problems. Let’s leave this with the conclusion that THIS AWESOME MAGIC MIRROR works on Win-boxes too!

@strawberry-3.141

Hmm - you SURE? I must have been lucky, since it worked for me just the way I described it (though I had to rename the extracted ZIPs by removing the -master extension: that’s why I published my results: so that others would also succeed). On my Win10, I successfully installed at least

Wunderground
MMM-forecast-io
Wunderlist
Valentine

(and probably a few others - would need to check).

Like I said, probably I was just lucky. But it worked for me.

[@cowboysdude said I should rename (have not tried it, though you stated that that would not work?)]

Thanks for reading/commenting.

@cowboysdude - DUH. Sorry - good point!

THIS is the setup that worked GREAT for me:
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial

Really - even someone like me could not mess it up.

Works like a charm! (except that folders constantly have the post-name _Master - which you need to remove: after installation, make sure everything “lives” in the folder C:\MagicMirror (or similar)

Notes on how to install modules - here are MY 2 cents:
Find the module you like; go to the GTT depository but select “Downloads as Zip”. Find the ZIP file and extract it into the MODULES subdirectory (in my example, C:\MagicMirror\modules). RENAME the folder you just created by removing the trailing _Master.
Presto. Works great.

@PointPubMedia
Sorry - what are you trying to ask me? I can send you “my” module (basically hacked KirAsh’s a bit - works like a charm). I’m actually trying to use the “Carousel” right now…

@PointPubMedia
I like @barnabycolby 's version (ie exempting all but the ones you want to rotate) a lot.
But here is something KirAsh4 made for me a while ago
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/373/alternating-modules-to-save-on-real-estate/3
that will do the job too - and it will let you learn a bit java along the way

Enjoy

@PointPubMedia
Once I get home, i can post MY CRUDE hack for that…
I am on pacific time, though. So give me at least 10 hours

@samydp Wunderlist was down for most of the day yesterday - try it again now…