Installed KDE via Kubuntu v13.04 – My First Thoughts
I moved to Kubuntu early Sunday morning, and it was not without a few minor perils. I wanted a clean install, thus formatting /home was a must. I was coming from Linux Mint 14 XFCE to Kubuntu 13.04...
View ArticleHave You Tried Parted Magic?
In my humble opinion, Parted Magic is simply the best multi-purpose tool-kit anywhere. I know there are competitors if you want to call them that. And they comprise some pretty good tools themselves....
View ArticleLinux Openssl Saves the Day
Recently one of my co-workers needed to create a third-party certificate for wireless authentication. Okay that’s easy enough right? Well it turns out that this wasn’t as easy for her as it should have...
View ArticleGoodbye Kubuntu, Hello Mint Petra
Yesterday I said goodbye to Kubuntu and my venture into KDE. I have to say it was an overall good experience to use it these last few months. But there was one real deal breaker. At some point, and I …...
View ArticleInstalled Ubuntu Server Beta-2 14.04 Trusty Tahr
Last Saturday I decided to change things up and re-install the distribution on my main server. It is really a small desktop, but serves its function as a lonely server. With the release of Ubuntu 14.04...
View ArticleMy Laptop Will Not Start! – Personal Rant
How many times have you heard this: ‘Hey my laptop will not start-up, can you help me?’. My guess is you’ve heard it many times. And if you are like me, you help them out. This story began a bit more...
View ArticleUpgraded to Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Last week I upgraded Mint to Qiana. I don’t like to upgrade my main laptop that often, but when I saw that version 17 would be supported to 2019, I had to do it. I downloaded the ISO and prepared a...
View ArticleRemote Full Upgrade to Linux Mint 17
My Mom lives in Texas and I live in Arizona. So that rules out simply stopping in to upgrade her laptop to the latest Linux Mint Qiana. So the alternatives are, pack up the laptop and send it to me or...
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