Thursday, March 17, 2016

Fixing failed Update when using a Launchpad PPA (Geany)

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I use the Geany Text Editor as my programing/txt file editor.  I installed it from a Launchpad PPA . When updating I kept getting the error...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Kill All Wine Processes (Command Line)

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Sometimes  Wine programs crash and leave some processes running making it hard to restart them. Here's a nice command line program that...
Sunday, February 21, 2016

Canon i9900 Printer Working Ubuntu 14.04

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I've owned a Canon i9900 printer for a long time.  I've had it since Windows XP was new. It's a great photo printer and can hand...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Speech Recognition for Ubuntu?

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You ever wish you could have speech recognition for Ubuntu? Now you can with the Chrome Browser and Google Docs.  This one is really easy t...
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Thursday, November 26, 2015

VirtualBox: Getting USB to Work Ubuntu 14.04

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Don't ask why but I installed a Virtualbox of Windows 10 (I wanted to experiment with all it's new features, some of which required ...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Preserving the life of your SSD (Linux)

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Your new SSD drive has a limited number of write cycles that it will take before it fails.  This number is pretty high and it should last a ...
Monday, October 05, 2015

Installing Nvidia GTX 950 Drivers in Ubuntu 14.04.3 Linux

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STEP 1. Download the correct nvidia-driver for your Nvidia Graphic Card. You have to pick the right Graphic Card and Operating System (O.S...
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Sunday, October 04, 2015

Built a New Linux (Ubuntu 14.04) Box

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I wanted to build a new Linux compatible box but couldn't find much information about which parts would work and which wouldn't.  Af...
Thursday, April 02, 2015

Startup Disk Creator doesn't make DVDs

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Just a quick note;   Startup Disk Creator will only make bootable USB Drives NOT Bootable DVD's.  To make a bootable DVD use a Disc Bur...
Monday, October 13, 2014

XnViewMP for Linux (Graphic Viewer)

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I was updating some of the MS Windows software I use when I saw that XnViewMP released a Linux version.   XnViewMP is a graphic image viewe...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Auto Mount SMB Share at Boot

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I have an Asus RT-N66U Router and it has two USB ports, one of which I have a 1 TB Western Digital Hard Drive attached.  To access it from ...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Garmin ForeRunner 210 on Ubuntu 14.04 Update

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After doing all the steps in my last Garmin ForeRunner 210 post, my FR 210 started showing up as a storage device (usb thumb drive) in Naut...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Garmin Forerunner 210 and Ubuntu

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My trusty Garmin Forerunner 305 died.  After shopping around, I decided to get a Garmin Forerunner 210 to replace it (I thought about gettin...
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