The gift that keeps on… is now making it difficult for me to install Linux on it. Back in the good old days you used to be able to install a boot loader to the MBR of the first hard … Continue reading
August 31, 2018
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August 12, 2018
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Display manager bug
I noticed this display manager bug in KaOS. The default DM has the month number generated alongside the month name. Let’s see what happens.
May 31, 2018
by Rodney Gedda
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Korora’s on ice
I have one system with the Fedora-based Korora installed on it. This month the maintainers decided to take a break from developing the distro. This leaves me in a bit of a pickle as I need to reinstall something else. … Continue reading
April 30, 2018
by Rodney Gedda
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New Ubuntu release, old PC donated
I scratched together a working desktop from old components lying around the house. With the release of Kubuntu 18.04 she’s as good as new. Well, the USB Wi-Fi dongle and the keyboard and mouse are new, but everything else is … Continue reading
March 31, 2018
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USB headset usability
Hot on the heels of my last post about USB key usability I have another one to share, this time about headsets. Nate Graham’s usability series is going full steam ahead and we have a lot to look forward to … Continue reading
April 30, 2017
by Rodney Gedda
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Well done GNOME
By now volumes have been written about why Canonical will replace its own Unity desktop with GNOME so I won’t bother to express any further opinion on the matter. The only thing I will say is well done GNOME! I … Continue reading
June 30, 2016
by Rodney Gedda
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It’s good to be back on Chakra
I installed Chakra Linux on an old notebook after a few years away from it. I now have Kubuntu, Korora (Fedora) and Chakra systems on the go. Out of those it seems Kubuntu has the least direction. It seems to … Continue reading
October 31, 2015
by Rodney Gedda
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AsteroidOS: An open smartwatch platform
Last week I came across an interesting open source project in AsteriodOS. It’s a free and open-source smartwatch platform based on OpenEmbedded, libhybris and Qt5. I have a Samsung Tizen-based smartwatch so it’s great to see a community project in … Continue reading
February 28, 2015
by Rodney Gedda
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What to do when the NBN comes to town: Copper cable cut
Being at one of the early release sites, it’s now been over a year since I moved to the NBN. In truth, I did have to keep my copper connection active in order to keep my POTS phone number, but … Continue reading
April 27, 2013
by Rodney Gedda
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Another local KVM host
A while back I mentioned a number of global VPS hosting providers were adopting KVM alongside Xen and OpenVZ, but I could only find one local provider. Since then I have found another. Ransom IT Offers managed and unmanaged KVM … Continue reading