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"https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/jitsi-meet-my-favourite-video-conferencing-platform-and-a-way-to-share-audio-when-using-it-in-linux/", "published_at": "2020-04-29T00:45:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c53c-4b28-728b-b40b-b20fa1878501", "title": "Using Bash scripts in Linux to delete the history, cookies and cache files of Firefox, Google Chrome and Thunderbird", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/19/using-bash-scripts-in-linux-to-delete-the-history-cookies-and-cache-files-of-firefox-google-chrome-and-thunderbird/", "published_at": "2020-03-19T18:06:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c53c-4b28-728b-b40b-b20fa27a1c54", "title": "My system upgrade procedure for Gentoo Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/07/my-%ef%bb%bfsystem-upgrade-procedure-for-gentoo-linux/", "published_at": "2020-03-07T18:22:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c53c-4b28-728b-b40b-b20fa34dc98c", "title": "Porteus Linux: A portable Linux with a difference", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/porteus-linux-a-portable-linux-with-a-difference/", "published_at": "2019-11-22T11:43:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-5b68-72a7-9eba-c423e3d150fe", "title": "Installing and using NeXT OPENSTEP in VirtualBox for Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/12/installing-and-using-next-openstep-in-virtualbox-for-linux/", "published_at": "2019-11-12T05:41:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-5b68-72a7-9eba-c423e3d55306", "title": "Replacing the KDE Plasma widget ‘Thermal Monitor’ with ‘Kargos’ in Gentoo Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/01/replacing-the-kde-plasma-widget-thermal-monitor-with-kargos-in-gentoo-linux/", "published_at": "2019-11-01T02:31:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-5b68-72a7-9eba-c423e48691d1", "title": "How to enable a Windows application in WINE to access a Samba share on a NAS (continued)", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/how-to-enable-a-windows-application-in-wine-to-access-a-samba-share-on-a-nas-continued/", "published_at": "2019-10-26T18:10:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-5b68-72a7-9eba-c423e4c9190f", "title": "Creating a RAID of USB pendrives in Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/creating-a-raid-of-usb-pendrives-in-linux/", "published_at": "2019-10-17T14:38:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-5b68-72a7-9eba-c423e4db0205", "title": "Firewall zones (profiles) in Linux, and how to switch them automatically if you use UFW", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/firewall-zones-profiles-in-linux-and-how-to-switch-them-automatically-if-you-use-ufw/", "published_at": "2019-10-04T01:44:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-5b68-72a7-9eba-c423e549af99", "title": "Paul Gideon Dann’s patchset for Poppler to enable Okular (Qt5) to use Cairo rather than Splash to render PDF files", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/paul-gideon-danns-patchset-for-poppler-to-enable-okular-qt5-to-use-cairo-rather-than-splash-to-render-pdf-files/", "published_at": "2019-09-27T13:17:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-5b68-72a7-9eba-c423e54ee0ec", "title": "Preventing Lubuntu 18.04 from leaving a user process running after the user logs out", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/23/preventing-lubuntu-18-04-from-leaving-a-user-process-running-after-the-user-logs-out/", "published_at": "2019-09-23T15:24:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-5b68-72a7-9eba-c423e56676ae", "title": "How to run KDE Dolphin, Kate and KWrite as root user", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/19/how-to-run-kde-dolphin-kate-and-kwrite-as-root-user/", "published_at": "2019-09-19T23:15:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-5b68-72a7-9eba-c423e6288b00", "title": "How to change the height of the Kickoff Application Launcher menu in KDE Plasma", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/how-to-change-the-height-of-the-kickoff-application-launcher-menu-in-kde-plasma/", "published_at": "2019-09-12T23:21:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-5b68-72a7-9eba-c423e6ed1de2", "title": "How to stop inactive user sessions triggering Suspend to RAM in a single-seat, multi-user installation of Lubuntu 18.04", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/01/how-to-stop-inactive-user-sessions-triggering-suspend-to-ram-in-a-single-seat-multi-user-installation-of-lubuntu-18-04/", "published_at": "2019-09-01T14:18:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-f7d9-7317-a304-bdfa4657754f", "title": "How to make LightDM suspend to RAM automatically from the login screen and lock screen in Lubuntu 18.04", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/08/29/how-to-make-lightdm-suspend-to-ram-automatically-from-the-login-screen-and-lock-screen-in-lubuntu-18-04/", "published_at": "2019-08-29T12:55:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-f7d9-7317-a304-bdfa46c6bc79", "title": "50th anniversary of Apollo 11", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/07/20/50th-anniversary-of-apollo-11/", "published_at": "2019-07-20T17:07:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-f7d9-7317-a304-bdfa4758afa4", "title": "Why I switched from WhatsApp to Signal", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/07/01/why-i-switched-from-whatsapp-to-signal/", "published_at": "2019-07-01T22:39:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-f7d9-7317-a304-bdfa482d328e", "title": "How to chroot in Sabayon Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/02/how-to-chroot-in-sabayon-linux/", "published_at": "2019-05-02T18:40:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-f7d9-7317-a304-bdfa484fea34", "title": "How to change the keymap (keyboard layout) used by the GRUB shell in Gentoo Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/21/how-to-change-the-keymap-keyboard-layout-used-by-the-grub-shell-in-gentoo-linux/", "published_at": "2019-04-21T21:36:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-f7d9-7317-a304-bdfa485e89d2", "title": "Automatically clearing the /usr/tmp/portage directory in Gentoo Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/07/automatically-clearing-the-usr-tmp-portage-directory-in-gentoo-linux/", "published_at": "2019-04-07T09:50:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-f7d9-7317-a304-bdfa4866cd7a", "title": "KDE Device Notifier work-around", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/11/kde-device-notifier-work-around/", "published_at": "2019-03-11T01:45:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-f7d9-7317-a304-bdfa48a60127", "title": "HEIC image files in Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/15/heic-image-files-in-linux/", "published_at": "2019-01-15T09:42:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-f7d9-7317-a304-bdfa496b3de9", "title": "How to display the times in various time zones from the LXDE Panel", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/12/how-to-display-the-times-in-various-time-zones-from-the-lxde-panel/", "published_at": "2018-11-12T21:31:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54d-f7d9-7317-a304-bdfa49e677f6", "title": "Configure a keyboard shortcut in Lubuntu 18.04 to take a screenshot of a screen region", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/configure-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-lubuntu-18-04-to-take-a-screenshot-of-a-screen-region/", "published_at": "2018-10-31T09:58:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-7234-71aa-90d6-639a54c79a3e", "title": "How to create missing favicons for your bookmarks in Firefox Quantum for Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/13/how-to-create-missing-favicons-for-your-bookmarks-in-firefox-quantum-for-linux/", "published_at": "2018-10-13T01:07:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-7234-71aa-90d6-639a556ff1d8", "title": "A brief discussion about package installation times in Gentoo Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/a-brief-discussion-about-package-installation-times-in-gentoo-linux/", "published_at": "2018-10-01T22:15:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-7234-71aa-90d6-639a56339cd1", "title": "Automatic backup of users’ files on a NAS device to an external USB HDD", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/automatic-backup-of-users-files-on-a-nas-device-to-an-external-usb-hdd/", "published_at": "2018-09-17T21:26:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-7234-71aa-90d6-639a57214d78", "title": "Installing Dropbox in Gentoo Linux following the recent restrictions introduced for Dropbox for Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/installing-dropbox-in-gentoo-linux-following-the-recent-restrictions-introduced-for-dropbox-for-linux/", "published_at": "2018-08-29T20:36:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-7234-71aa-90d6-639a57572258", "title": "How to move a mouse pointer automatically in Linux to simulate user activity", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/06/how-to-move-a-mouse-pointer-automatically-in-linux-to-simulate-user-activity/", "published_at": "2018-08-06T12:09:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-7234-71aa-90d6-639a57cf7db8", "title": "Configuring Lubuntu 18.04 to enable hibernation using a swap file", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/14/configuring-lubuntu-18-04-to-enable-hibernation-using-a-swap-file/", "published_at": "2018-07-14T11:53:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-7234-71aa-90d6-639a57d4e765", "title": "Getting the lock screen to work reliably when resuming from suspension in a single-seat, multi-user Lubuntu 18.04 installation", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/08/getting-the-lock-screen-to-work-reliably-when-resuming-from-suspension-in-a-single-seat-multi-user-lubuntu-18-04-installation/", "published_at": "2018-07-08T13:27:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-7234-71aa-90d6-639a5884c060", "title": "Installing the Onboard on-screen keyboard in Gentoo Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/installing-the-onboard-on-screen-keyboard-in-gentoo-linux/", "published_at": "2018-06-25T16:53:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-7234-71aa-90d6-639a595aae86", "title": "Lubuntu 18.04 ‘Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device’", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/15/lubuntu-18-04-gave-up-waiting-for-suspend-resume-device/", "published_at": "2018-06-15T15:11:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c556-7234-71aa-90d6-639a59a17558", "title": "Trouble again with PulseAudio and Thunderbird sound notifications", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/26/trouble-again-with-pulseaudio-and-thunderbird-sound-notifications/", "published_at": "2018-05-26T15:39:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-8d54-7338-b340-807a05dccf20", "title": "Getting the lock screen to work properly when resuming from Suspend-to-RAM with multiple sessions in Lubuntu 17.10", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/20/getting-the-lock-screen-to-work-properly-when-resuming-from-suspend-to-ram-with-multiple-sessions-in-lubuntu-17-10/", "published_at": "2018-04-20T19:42:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-8d54-7338-b340-807a05ded2fe", "title": "Sharing a folder between a Linux host and Sabayon Linux as the guest OS in a VirtualBox VM", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/sharing-a-folder-between-a-linux-host-and-sabayon-linux-as-the-guest-os-in-a-virtualbox-vm/", "published_at": "2018-04-02T20:31:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-8d54-7338-b340-807a0697beec", "title": "Syncing browser bookmarks between browsers and machines in Linux", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/syncing-browser-bookmarks-between-browsers-and-machines-in-linux/", "published_at": "2018-03-26T20:52:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-8d54-7338-b340-807a06c16998", "title": "Gentoo Linux: A work-around to be able to Resume from Suspend to RAM when using the NVIDIA closed-source driver", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/gentoo-linux-a-work-around-to-be-able-to-resume-from-suspend-to-ram-when-using-the-nvidia-closed-source-driver/", "published_at": "2018-03-14T18:36:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-8d54-7338-b340-807a0727d527", "title": "How to display a user’s avatar instead of the generic avatar on the LightDM GTK Greeter screen in Lubuntu 17.10", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/how-to-display-a-users-avatar-instead-of-the-generic-avatar-on-the-lightdm-gtk-greeter-screen-in-lubuntu-17-10/", "published_at": "2018-02-23T13:41:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55e-8d54-7338-b340-807a07ea0027", "title": "Prevent Lubuntu 17.10 from leaving an external HDD mounted incorrectly for other users", "url": "https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/16/prevent-lubuntu-17-10-from-leaving-an-external-hdd-mounted-incorrectly-for-other-users/", "published_at": "2018-02-16T18:17:16+00:00" }, { "id": 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2025

Resurrecting my legacy ASRock ION330HT nettoporiginal ↗
4 Sept 2025
After using Gentoo Linux and KDE for 15 years I have switched to Lubuntu (LXQt)original ↗
18 Aug 2025

2024

Replacing XScreenSaver with XSecureLock for the lock screen in Lubuntu 22.04original ↗
8 Aug 2024
PID file path discrepancy for the clamd service in Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
7 May 2024
Upgrading the Portage Profile to 23.0 in Gentoo Linux (OpenRC) and merging /usroriginal ↗
3 May 2024
Installing TrueType font files in Lubuntu 22.04original ↗
23 Apr 2024
Migrating the ebuild repository locations in my Gentoo Linux installations to the current defaultsoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2024

2023

Investigating an OpenVPN connection problem in Gentoo Linux and Lubuntu 22.04 but not in Android 13original ↗
3 Oct 2023
Layman overlay manager in Gentoo Linux superseded by eselect moduleoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2023
Disabling the DebugLoggerUI service app in Androidoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2023
Replacing the cracked screen on a Blackview Tab 10 tabletoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2023

2022

Continuing my familiarisation with GeckoLinux/openSUSEoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2022
Prevent Lubuntu 22.04 (SDDM and LXQt) from leaving an external drive mounted incorrectly for other usersoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2022
Blackview Tab 11, a good budget tabletoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2022
Using GeckoLinux to resurrect my old nettoporiginal ↗
3 Feb 2022
Gentoo Linux: Building/rebuilding a kernel and Intel CPU microcode in an installation with initramfsoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2022

2021

Work-around if movie subtitles restart after the final subtitle is displayedoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2021
‘IP configuration was unavailable’: a laptop cannot connect wirelessly to a routeroriginal ↗
11 Nov 2021
Gentoo Linux: Building/rebuilding a kernel and Intel CPU microcode in an installation without initramfsoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2021
Browsing a WebDAV share in Linux and Windows 10original ↗
27 Sept 2021
Removing PipeWire in Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2021
croc – another file transfer methodoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2021
Using adb tools in Linux to remove bloatware from my Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultraoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2021
Is Gentoo Linux an anachronism?original ↗
29 May 2021
Review of an MT-ViKI 2-port automatic KVM switchoriginal ↗
26 May 2021
Digital audio fidelityoriginal ↗
18 May 2021
Configuration of the APC UPS Daemon on my Linux serveroriginal ↗
10 May 2021
How to prevent CUPS omitting the bottom of the CUPS Printer test pageoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2021
Implementing a quick and easy way to check from the Linux Desktop Environment if the ClamAV signatures database is up-to-dateoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2021
Using open-plc-utils in Linux with Powerline (HomePlug) adaptersoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2021
Resurrecting my Iomega Zip 100 parallel-port drive – Linux comes to the rescueoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2021
Notes on keyboard configuration in X Windows: Keyboard layout, Modifier Key and Compose Keyoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2021
Installing Linux on an old Motorola Xoom tabletoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2021
How to patch kde-plasma/plasma-firewall-5.21.2 for UFW in Gentoo Linux with OpenRCoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2021
Recreating missing WINE menu entries and Desktop Configuration Files in Lubuntu 20.10original ↗
11 Mar 2021
Removing qtwebengine from a Gentoo Linux installationoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2021
Using NetworkManager in Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2021
Enabling other users to login from the xscreensaver lockscreen in Lubuntu 20.10original ↗
25 Feb 2021
Implementing a scheme for system-wide automatic Suspend to RAM in Lubuntu 20.10original ↗
13 Feb 2021
Installing the Interactive Deep Colorization application in Linuxoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2021
A farewell to Sabayon Linuxoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2021
Moving from Lubuntu 18.04 to 20.10original ↗
11 Jan 2021
The phone name assigned automatically by Android on my new phone prevented Bluetooth pairing and connecting in Linuxoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2021

2020

Deleted e-mails in an Office 365 Outlook account keep reappearing in the Thunderbird e-mail clientoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2020
Work-around in Linux to switch between single-sided and double-sided printingoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2020
Why does Thunderbird add ‘\A0’ and other strange-looking strings in e-mails I send?original ↗
15 Nov 2020
Migrating to libglvnd in Gentoo Linux on a laptop with NVIDIA Optimusoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2020
That UPS you bought for your home server may not be as useful as you thinkoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2020
Re-enabling OpenGL compositing automatically after it crashes KWin at login to KDE Plasmaoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2020
Updating the Powerline adapters in my home networkoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2020
A Linux command-line utility to discover and list WSD-enabled computers and printers on a home networkoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2020
Reconfiguring the time zone, locales and keymaps in Sabayon Linuxoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2020
Quick work-around for bug in KDE Plasma 5.19.1 (Restart and Shut Down from system menu result in Log Out instead)original ↗
23 Jun 2020
Using WS-Discovery to enable Windows 10 to browse SMB shares in my home network of Linux computersoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2020
How to send a message to running X Windows sessions in a multi-user Linux systemoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2020
Powerline adapters and IPv6original ↗
7 May 2020
Jitsi Meet, my favourite video conferencing platform (and a way to share audio when using it in Linux)original ↗
29 Apr 2020
Using Bash scripts in Linux to delete the history, cookies and cache files of Firefox, Google Chrome and Thunderbirdoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2020
My system upgrade procedure for Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2020

2019

Porteus Linux: A portable Linux with a differenceoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2019
Installing and using NeXT OPENSTEP in VirtualBox for Linuxoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2019
Replacing the KDE Plasma widget ‘Thermal Monitor’ with ‘Kargos’ in Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2019
How to enable a Windows application in WINE to access a Samba share on a NAS (continued)original ↗
26 Oct 2019
Creating a RAID of USB pendrives in Linuxoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2019
Firewall zones (profiles) in Linux, and how to switch them automatically if you use UFWoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2019
Paul Gideon Dann’s patchset for Poppler to enable Okular (Qt5) to use Cairo rather than Splash to render PDF filesoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2019
Preventing Lubuntu 18.04 from leaving a user process running after the user logs outoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2019
How to run KDE Dolphin, Kate and KWrite as root useroriginal ↗
19 Sept 2019
How to change the height of the Kickoff Application Launcher menu in KDE Plasmaoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2019
How to stop inactive user sessions triggering Suspend to RAM in a single-seat, multi-user installation of Lubuntu 18.04original ↗
1 Sept 2019
How to make LightDM suspend to RAM automatically from the login screen and lock screen in Lubuntu 18.04original ↗
29 Aug 2019
50th anniversary of Apollo 11original ↗
20 Jul 2019
Why I switched from WhatsApp to Signaloriginal ↗
1 Jul 2019
How to chroot in Sabayon Linuxoriginal ↗
2 May 2019
How to change the keymap (keyboard layout) used by the GRUB shell in Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2019
Automatically clearing the /usr/tmp/portage directory in Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2019
KDE Device Notifier work-aroundoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2019
HEIC image files in Linuxoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2019

2018

How to display the times in various time zones from the LXDE Paneloriginal ↗
12 Nov 2018
Configure a keyboard shortcut in Lubuntu 18.04 to take a screenshot of a screen regionoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2018
How to create missing favicons for your bookmarks in Firefox Quantum for Linuxoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2018
A brief discussion about package installation times in Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2018
Automatic backup of users’ files on a NAS device to an external USB HDDoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2018
Installing Dropbox in Gentoo Linux following the recent restrictions introduced for Dropbox for Linuxoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2018
How to move a mouse pointer automatically in Linux to simulate user activityoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2018
Configuring Lubuntu 18.04 to enable hibernation using a swap fileoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2018
Getting the lock screen to work reliably when resuming from suspension in a single-seat, multi-user Lubuntu 18.04 installationoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2018
Installing the Onboard on-screen keyboard in Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2018
Lubuntu 18.04 ‘Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device’original ↗
15 Jun 2018
Trouble again with PulseAudio and Thunderbird sound notificationsoriginal ↗
26 May 2018
Getting the lock screen to work properly when resuming from Suspend-to-RAM with multiple sessions in Lubuntu 17.10original ↗
20 Apr 2018
Sharing a folder between a Linux host and Sabayon Linux as the guest OS in a VirtualBox VMoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2018
Syncing browser bookmarks between browsers and machines in Linuxoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2018
Gentoo Linux: A work-around to be able to Resume from Suspend to RAM when using the NVIDIA closed-source driveroriginal ↗
14 Mar 2018
How to display a user’s avatar instead of the generic avatar on the LightDM GTK Greeter screen in Lubuntu 17.10original ↗
23 Feb 2018
Prevent Lubuntu 17.10 from leaving an external HDD mounted incorrectly for other usersoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2018
Backing up users’ home directories in a Linux installation that uses systemdoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2018
Running a shell script at shutdown only (not at reboot) – a comparison between OpenRC and systemdoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2018
Bye bye Windows 10, and good riddanceoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2018

2017

Moving to the slotted WINE package system in Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2017
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