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Ubuntu 20 & Video codecs
Tag: Linux
Back to Ubuntu
I have left Elementary and returned to Ubuntu, which is on v20 now. I am tired of having Linux stuff just not work. Elementary’s distro upgrade path is a menace, there’s no RDP, cloud disks are a pain in the butt, and now I found problems with bluetooth. Here are my notes on starting up on Ubuntu again. … Continue reading “Back to Ubuntu”
Raspberry Pi and messages
I logged into find my disk to full to use. Why didn’t it tell me? Here are my notes. Continue reading “Raspberry Pi and messages”
Elementary and Onedrive
This seems to have stopped working, here are my notes. I think I am using onedrive-d, but here are my notes. … Continue reading “Elementary and Onedrive”
Remote Desktop & Elementary OS
Been trying to access my laptop running Elementary using a remote desktop protocol and it’s harder than I’d want. I have not yet finished and so this documents how not to do it. Here are my notes. … Continue reading “Remote Desktop & Elementary OS”
Elementary OS & Printing
I decided to try and get printing to work on elementary, with my HP Envy 4527. Here are my notes … Continue reading “Elementary OS & Printing”
Raspberry Pi III
My third attempt to build a raspberry pi, it seemed easier to start a third page than refactor the last one. Here are my notes. Continue reading “Raspberry Pi III”
About Porteus, yanf Linux
It’s meant to be small and fast, but I want to run it as a virtual box guest. I have suspended this project, but here are my notes. Continue reading “About Porteus, yanf Linux”
Elive (YANF LInux)
I was looking for a small and fast Linux, and chose to experiment with Elive. Here are my notes. Continue reading “Elive (YANF LInux)”
Ubuntu 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. Continue reading “Ubuntu on AWS”
Scuttle 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 … Continue reading “Scuttle and tagging”
Raspberry 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 … Continue reading “Raspberry Pi and LVM”
Silverlight
Some stuff still need it, I want to try it on Linux. Here are my notes. Continue reading “Silverlight”
Raspian & APT
This snip was originally created to document the arse-ache I had building my second Pi; it documented problems with Jesse & Stretch. The current release is buster and so much of this content is deprecated. In April 2020, I had reason to explore the code I use to maintain the currency of the apt cache. I have moved deprecated content to the comments and updated this post. For more, see below/overleaf. … Continue reading “Raspian & APT”
Wifi on my linux laptop
My HP Probook Wifi has stopped working. It uses Elementary OS 0.4. Loki. Here are my notes! Continue reading “Wifi on my linux laptop”