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Linux Mint 22
Version 22 is the first new (major) release of Linux Mint in 2 years. So what are my initial impressions? It’s an awful lot like […]
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Linux Mint 19… I’m here
Some months ago I made a quick post talking about my plan to finally upgrade my old desktop PC running Linux Mint 18 to the […]
Moving on up to Linux Mint 19!
Well the time has finally come for me to upgrade my desktop computer from the previous version of Linux Mint, Linux Mint 18 released back […]
Fixing GRUB installation error in Linux Mint 19
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 […]
Enabling remote desktop sharing (VNC) on Linux Mint 19
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 […]
Fixing error with Google Chrome public key
Recently Google updated the key they use to sign Debian based Google Chrome releases and updates. Unfortunately this means that if you had it already […]
Blast from the Past: Create a GTK+ application on Linux with Objective-C
This post was originally published on December 8, 2010. The original can be found here. Note that while you can still write GTK+ applications on Linux […]
Fixing Areca Backup on Ubuntu 16.04 (and related distributions)
Seems like I’m at it again, this time fixing Areca Backup on Ubuntu 16.04 (actually Linux Mint 18.1 in my case). For some reason when […]
5 apt tips and tricks
Everyone loves apt. It’s a simple command line tool to install new programs and update your system, but beyond the standard commands like update, install […]
Blast from the Past: 10 reasons why Mint might not fail in India
This post was originally published on July 7, 2010. The original can be found here. Last evening while reading the SA forums, I encountered a […]
Blast from the Past: A lengthy, detailed meta-analysis of studies of GNOME Do
This post was originally published on November 23, 2009. The original can be found here. GNOME Do is a fantastic little program that makes Linux […]
Stop screen tearing with Nvidia/Intel graphics combo
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 […]
Removing old Kernels in Ubuntu 16.04/Linux Mint 18
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 […]
Ubuntu 16.04 VNC woes? Try this!
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 […]
A tale of a gillion installs
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 […]
So many flavours – with bonus privacy rant!
It’s interesting reading the old Linux Experiment first posts when people were contemplating which distro to install.  It’s been 4.5 years since then and the […]
Using Linux to keep an old work PC alive
A couple of years ago I helped a small business convert their old virus infected Windows XP computer into a Linux Mint 11 (Katya) Xfce. […]
Limit Bandwitdth Used by apt-get
It’s easy. Simply throw “-o Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=X” in your apt-get command where X is the kb/s you wish to limit it to. So for example let’s […]
On Veetle, Linux Mint, and ICEauthority
Like most people, I use my computer for multimedia. Recently I’ve discovered a multi-platform program called Veetle. It’s a pretty good program, but I ran […]
Create a GTK+ application on Linux with Objective-C
As sort of follow-up-in-spirit to my older post I decided to share a really straight forward way to use Objective-C to build GTK+ applications. Objective-what? […]