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Acer Chromebook 15 for Linux and Wimbledon
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 17th of July 2015 09:18:09 PM Filed underEarlier this month my husband and I needed a replacement for the Chromebook that I had installed Linux on after Christmas because the keyboard developed a fault. This was a good opportunity to get an upgrade and to connect the 28-inch monitor to it, allowing us to watch Wimbledon over the Internet (we don't watch TV).
Unboxing photos:
Setting up the machine:
It comes with Chrome OS, but I don't want that:
Switch to developer mode:
Setting it up to not be so locked down:
With Roy's help, installing Ubuntu LTS:
Nearly done:
Running KDE/Plasma (my favourite):
Running XFCE:
Running Unity (which I still try to use on a daily basis after using KDE for years):
We have since then bought a cabinet for the external screen and Roy finished building it 2 days ago, so now we can watch shows while we work (4 screen combined using Synergy). █
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5 Best Data Recovery Tools For Linux To Recover Data Or Deleted Partitions
Submitted by Mohd Sohail on Tuesday 14th of April 2015 05:02:48 PM Filed underRead At LinuxAndUbuntu
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Airdroid - Transfer Files Between Android Phones/Tablets And Linux (Any Distribution)
Submitted by Mohd Sohail on Sunday 1st of February 2015 02:51:37 AM Filed underRead at LinuxAndUbuntu
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PostInstallerF Prepares Post Install In Ubuntu And Fedora
Submitted by Mohd Sohail on Saturday 24th of January 2015 10:30:39 AM Filed underRead at LinuxAndUbuntu
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My Chromebook with KDE
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Wednesday 31st of December 2014 08:02:25 PM Filed underI got my new Chromebook... Yes, you've heard me right, but wait before you raise your eyebrows...
I installed Ubuntu on it as my default OS, though I can go back to Chrome OS any time I want. I don't see any point in doing it.
Roy helped me do the partitioning, configuration and tweaking. We configure it in a way so that I can use it in my work, not just for Facebooking, tweeting and chatting's sake.
I am still exploring the machine, basically familiarising with the keyboard and all the function settings on it. The Kubuntu environment which I chose will need some adjustments; also the applications which I downloaded are a bit different from the other laptop's (which I used to work on).
Change is good, but it requires a lot of patience and adaptation to the new environment.
I like my Chromebook very much. It is one of the best gifts I have received from my husband. It is more practical, it gives me more confidence to learn and to develop more of my computer skills. Innovation is fast-moving and technology is progressing, so you definitely need to catch up with it. Unless you want to be left behind by choice... █
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Is Nokia Really Dying?
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Wednesday 30th of April 2014 11:16:32 AM Filed underIt was almost two months ago that I wrote about Nokia's most-awaited comeback, for the new designs and innovation of their mobile phones, but it did not happen. In fact, Nokia's ordeal became worse because Nokia is dying. Yes! Nokia is dying as Microsoft once again used their power 'trick' to get a stranglehold on the most influential and trusted company when it comes to innovation and technology. No matter what changes and what Microsoft is doing, there will be no difference. Chances are, only the features and profiles have changed, but the personal interest and infrastructure most likely are the same or even worse than that. Now Nokia has become the new platform of surveillance, it will never be the same again. The trust has been tarnished, the public has become more aware of Microsoft's anomalies and all sorts of devil's advocate games. Doing business with Microsoft is a big mistake. Take Nokia's example. I hope Android and Tizen will not consider deals or any tie-ups with Microsoft, and to all the rest who support and advocate open source, rest assured that FOSS will prevail. █
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OpenSUSE from an Ubuntu users point of view..
Submitted by fieldyweb on Monday 8th of July 2013 09:09:43 PM Filed underI'm not a huge fan of VS posts, you know, Linux Mint VS Fedora.. I'm a Linux user, and i've recently migrated from Ubuntu to OpenSuse to see what the other side of the fence is likem what's done different, what is good, what is not so good. I've put together a few observations
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Pandora FMS 4.0.2 released!
Submitted by geniususer on Wednesday 27th of June 2012 09:18:18 AM Filed underA new version of Pandora FMS http://pandorafms.com is ready! Artica ST http://artica.es has released Pandora FMS 4.0.2 with the aim to improve the tool, keep reliability and improve the performance. In this new version of the IT monitoring several new features were added but the big effort was to fix bugs and improve existing features.
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Ulteo 3.0 on Ubuntu 10.04.x
Submitted by fieldyweb on Sunday 8th of April 2012 07:06:33 PM Filed underThin Client computing is the current system of choice in so many enterprise systems today with the big players being VMware and Citrix and even Windows 2008 trying to nudge its way into the act with its Seamless Remote Desktop Applications. All of these systems provide clients which will access the applicaitons which are run from a central server and all of them are well tested and run on thousands of systems.
Not to be left out Opensource is now getting its act together and the rudimentry underpinnings of a thin client infrastructure with the recent release of Ulteo 3.0 and its Open Source Virtual Desktop and Application Delivery solutions
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XBMCbuntu Eden on the ASRock 330
Submitted by fieldyweb on Friday 6th of April 2012 09:01:57 PM Filed underThe latest release of XBMC my preferred application for viewing my Movie collection on the TV and there has been an updated release just recently. I was urged to give this a whirl as it has an Apple Airplay server built in for streaming video on the TV from the iPad.
I have been running XBMC 10.0 on a Sabayon system for the past few months and it's beeen running well, however always one for the new and change I wanted to give XBMC 11 a bit of a go. The first stage was to see if the Sabayon repositories had an update, they did however it wasn't to the release version it was to the release candidate 2. This doesn't include the airplay functionality so an alternative was needed.
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