I was looking for a small and fast Linux, and chose to experiment with Elive. Here are my notes.
Read moreUbuntu on AWS
While writing my piece on DAAS, two years ago, where I came to the conclusion that Azure was a better host, I also looked at Ubuntu on Amazon. Here are my notes which consist mainly of videos.
Read moreScuttle and tagging
Having found my old delicious list, I thought I might see how useful it remains. The tags are not visible and so I would need a tool and my mind turned to Scuttle, which I have used before. As ever, here are some notes …
Read moreRaspberry Pi and LVM
My NAS Box Fan has failed, I need to decide to repair or replace. One obvious answer is to use my “Pi” to serve out a pair of mirrored USB connected disks. How to do that on a PI? Here are my notes …
Read moreRaspberry Pi Part Deux
I have decided to have another look. Here are my notes, since re-factoring the old page seems a bit of a chore. And now part three, I may need to rebuild the OS image from scratch.
Read moreUpgrading Elementary OS
I needed to update my Elementary build, by quite a bit. Sadly it still needs a re-install via a USB, and so some of the notes on Installing elementary OS using a USB remains useful. I am upgrading from Freya to Loki (0.4.x) , will version 1.0 be Odin.
Read moreSystemd (ptui)
It seems systemd can’t be avoided. I am annoyed at having to relearn stuff for a problem not worth solving. Here are my notes as I learn to use it.
Read moreFedora 24
This is quite different, in particular the System V init files don’t work any more and so I need to implement a systemd solution to mount the virtual box shared folders. I think these need to run after the vboxaddclient service. Some documentation suggests that LSB compliant scripts will work. I am about to stop…
Read moreRaspberry Pi
I bought a Raspberry Pi to act as a Media Server in the home. I bought a PI, case, SD card and power source. As ever here are my notes. Currently, getting started (or 1st boot), 1st customisations, and early days with the media browsers and XBMC/Kodi. I have BBC, ITV and YouTube working, Channel…
Read moreUbuntu 14, add user visible
I screwed up the installation of a U14 Gnome installation and the user was not prompted on the desktop login panel. This was fixed by using the settings -> user accounts control.
Read moreLinux Power Management
Been trying to get my latest Linux Laptop to behave nicely while on battery. It’s an Elementary Luna build. I came to the conclusion that there’s not much that can be done; it’s one of those things we leave to the OS authors, in this case Canonical.
Read moreCairo Clock
I fancied a desktop clock for my elementary builds. I found cairo-clock, which has a bunch of default themes and a bunch of add-ons also. It can be obtained via the package managers; I found this, as the package documentation.
Read moreixquick and midori
I am playing with Elementary and have decided I want to add ixquick to Midori’s search engine list. Here’s how I did it.
Read moreInstalling Elementary OS using a USB
I am planning to install a linux on my last laptop, It is an HP Probook and has no CD/DVD. I need to choose a Linux, this, elementry os looks good and is derived from Ubuntu. I’ll need to create a bootable USB stick, this page might help. Unetbootin is also poined to on the…
Read moregNewSense 3.1
get the .iso from here don’t make a mistake in creating the Vbox image, it needs a bridged network adapter
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