October 29, 2018 Nasty Nouveau problem I had a problem with X.org using way too much shared memory with the Nouveau driver. The shared…
August 31, 2018 Is secure boot becoming mandatory? The gift that keeps on… is now making it difficult for me to install Linux on it. Back in the good old days you…
August 12, 2018 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 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….
April 30, 2018 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….
June 30, 2016 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…
April 30, 2015 The desktop virtualization dearth I can’t believe how few options there are for desktop virtualisation (or virtualization) on Windows. I’m using VirtualBox to host Linux on Windows but…
February 28, 2015 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…
January 29, 2015 Notification to nowhere Most operation systems have notification services that attempt to notify, if not inform, the user when a significant even has occurred. Such as? Hmm……