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Get a Linux OS and use OpenShot. Even I figured out how to use it.

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Can you run that with Ubuntu? I’ve been wondering if I should completely bail on Microsoft and Apple. I run a lot of alternative apps.

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Yeah its a Linux video editor. Works on any Linux distribution.

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Thanks! I'm checking it out. I want my next computer to be linux, and this program runs on mac and windows so I could learn it ahead of time.

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I switched to Linux in early 2020 when the Gates of Hell began his terror campaign. Linux has a Windows emulator (WINE) for any programs I couldnt get on Linux (which for me was only one: E-Sword).

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A loooong time ago, I had heard of an OS called Lindows, and bought it JUST because it was competition for Microsoft. I never had time to really utilize it. But I have watched Linux distros grow over my years in healthcare, while I was tethered to Gates-of-Hell, (which is a great name ).

Would love to have a Linux phone and computer system working together.

Speaking of E-Sword, the U.S.A. has huge growth in those kinds of apps lately.

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Oh, by the way, you don't need a new computer to go Linux. You can replace a Mac or Win OS with it, and get a "new" computer to boot because Linux isn't bogged down with bloatware soaking your memory. My laptop is 12 years old now and only its mechanical parts have failed (keyboard - an easy fix). When I went from Win 10 to Linux Mint the improvement in processor efficiency made it feel brand new again.

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Yeah, I have Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensia, LXX and SBLGNT all as apps, as well as ESV. I would like a Linux distro for my mobile so I can de-GAPP (Google App) it, but it's a bit longer process to install Linux on a mobile.

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Thanks for sharing. I will take a note for future reference. Luckily I have a little elder tree in my garden. A branch fell off in the summer storms so I took cuttings. Now I have a elder sapling. No use for this winter but I will be sorted next winter. I did want to collect the blossom but it seems to make more sense to use the berries.

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It’s great to have your own supply. We have elderberry bushes, and they took about 3 years to start producing. Hope you get a good yield. Some years we get flowers but no berries, so be sure to take a few flowers just in case that happens to you. The berries are more powerful and taste better.

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Thanks for the tip. Do you know a guild to plant with the elderberry?

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Nov 16, 2023·edited Nov 17, 2023Author

Guess it depends on your zone. Elderberry can take sun or shade, and some shade tolerant plants can grow near it. It likes a fair amount of moisture. You can have various trees beside it. Elderberry tolerates juglones from walnuts. Hackberry, huckleberry gooseberry, comfrey could grow near it. Some shade tolerant herbs north of it.. Elderberry is pretty flexible.

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Sorry not sure of the zone thing...I'm in the Highlands of Scotland. Gooseberry and comfort sound good. Thanks

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The USDA designated 13 hardiness zones based on the coldest avg. winter temperatures. Looks like you are in zone 6. That's higher than expected for the latitude, because you're on an island. Inland gets soooo much colder. Weirdly, I'm in zone 6 and couldn't get gooseberry to grow. Probably planted it in the wrong place, though. It's supposed to able to grow here.

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Thank you for taking the time to find my zone. That will be helpful. Gooseberry grows wild in the hedgerows here. I'm 90 m/ 300ft above sea level so one of the colder parts of U K. Can be a challenge

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Setting aside the affect from other ingredients, can't you just eat an equivalent amount of berries for the same benefits instead of doing the trouble of the recipe?

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There are varied opinions on how much elderberry can be consumed raw. Other parts of the plant are more toxic.

What's inside the seeds causes variable GI distress and other issues of toxicity, based on dose. So you don't want to break the seeds in processing or digestion. Boiling inactivates or removes plant lectins and cyanogenic glycosides, lowering toxicity. We recommend a shorter cook time than some others, because there's a trade off of losing benefits with the effort to reduce toxicity and adverse reactions.

Basically, if you want to utilize more elderberry, cook it.

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Making a pot now! Definitely a winter staple! Love your stuff!

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Super!!!! Thankyou!

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Elderberry is indispensable, and weedom gives you the details, with sources for even more.

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Thanks for the mention!

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