You’ll know when to use it.
Enabling remote desktop sharing (VNC) on Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop
If you’ve ever wanted to access your Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop remotely (and securely!) you may have come to the conclusion that it isn’t as simple […]
You’ll know when to use it.
If you’ve ever wanted to access your Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop remotely (and securely!) you may have come to the conclusion that it isn’t as simple […]
Recently I was installing Linux Mint 19 onto a computer and discovered that the installer consistently failed to setup GRUB correctly. This left the system […]
There is an updated version of this tutorial here! As of Linux Mint 19 there is no longer a menu option for the old vino-preference […]
In my previous post I mentioned that I installed Zorin OS onto an older laptop I had lying around. Since that post went up I […]
This post was originally published on December 23, 2009. The original can be found here. With the linux experiment coming to an end, and my […]
This post was originally published on November 27, 2011. The original can be found here. As you may be able to tell from my recent, […]
This post was originally published on December 23, 2009. The original can be found here. Earlier this week I had an experience where using Linux […]
This post was originally published on December 12, 2009. The original can be found here. As we prepare to bring The Linux Experiment to a […]
This post was originally published on December 8, 2009. The original can be found here. The following is a cautionary tale about putting more trust […]
This post was originally published on October 2, 2009. The original can be found here. In a nod to Dave’s classic top ten segment I […]
Ever since upgrading my laptop to Linux Mint 18 I’ve noticed some pronounced screen tearing happening. Initially I figured this was something I would simply […]
Recently I’ve noticed that my /boot partition has become full and I’ve even had some new kernel updates fail as a result. It seems the culprit […]
You may recall a few years back I made a very similar post about Ubuntu 14.04’s ‘VNC woes’. Well unfortunately it seems things have changed […]
I have an Ubuntu 16.04 desktop installation with Unity and wanted to try KDE, so I ran sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop. apt failed with the […]
Have you ever had a window in Linux freeze on you and no matter how many times you tried to close it, it just wouldn’t […]
If, like me, you’ve recently upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 only to find out that for whatever reason you can no longer VNC to that machine […]
The default sort order in Nautilus has been changed to sorting alphabetically by name and the option to change this seems to be broken. For […]
Install number one: LMDE 201303. Â I was hoping for the best of both worlds, but I got driver issues instead. Â LMDE has known ATI proprietary […]
As mentioned before I am having some issues with my laptop’s hardware and controlling the screen brightness. Previously my work around was to set acpi_backlight=vender […]
If you’re like me you’ve been suffering through a crazy high-pitched sound emanating from your laptop speakers. Apparently this is a common issue with certain […]