update to Ubuntu 18.10
20/10/2018
Here’s a useful url with destructions of how to upgarde to Ubuntu 18.10: linuxbabe Important bit: <code>do-release-upgrade</code>
20/10/2018
Here’s a useful url with destructions of how to upgarde to Ubuntu 18.10: linuxbabe Important bit: <code>do-release-upgrade</code>
18/10/2018
Over the years I’ve been keeping these notes of what I’m playing… or sometimes playing with, the site has been hosted in a couple of different hosts. One went out of business; well the owner stopped communicating even though he’s took payment, so shifted my digital assets to another host. They were great over the years, thanks to the support team for answering my daft questions, and keeping the site…
29/09/2018
I tried upgrading Ubuntu to the 18.10 Beta Friday night, all seemed to go well except for when I tried to reboot the desktop wouldn’t load. Tired of looking for a solution I tried installing Manjaro from an iso I have as a working Virtual Box, but each time I tried from a USB I was told corrupt / incomplete file, WTF! So I downloaded it again, check the hash,…
23/09/2018
I’ve been following the talented 8bitboutique [@scg8bit] on Twitter for the past few months, and I’ve been encouraging him to share more about his history and motivations… today it’s my pleasure to share this story that’s as inspiring as his artwork. First, I’ve been dying to ask, why sharpies? Sharpies are awesome! Through doing this I’ve become a bit of a stationary geek, and I have some really expensive pens!…
09/09/2018
I knew I’d heard of searching Google from the terminal before, but I try to use Duck Duck Go whenever possible, banging Start Page then Google if DDG doesn’t give me what I need; which is getting less frequent So a search result yesterday returned this awesome useful terminal function DDGR Github with details and destructions found here: https://github.com/jarun/ddgr Features Fast and clean (no ads, stray URLs or clutter), custom…
09/09/2018
I found this simple guide to update the linux kernel, as I’d tried UKUU with no success, as it couldn’t for some reason write to a temp folder Article here: nixCraft: How to install the latest/stable version of Linux kernel on Ubuntu Linux using apt-get Reference of mainline kernels to download from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ & here’s the code I used download kernel debs wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.18.7/linux-headers-4.18.7-041807_4.18.7-041807.201809090930_all.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.18.7/linux-headers-4.18.7-041807-generic_4.18.7-041807.201809090930_amd64.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.18.7/linux-modules-4.18.7-041807-generic_4.18.7-041807.201809090930_amd64.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.18.7/linux-image-unsigned-4.18.7-041807-generic_4.18.7-041807.201809090930_amd64.deb…
26/08/2018
Over the past week I’ve battled through The Old Hunters DLC, and have enjoyed it more than I expected, and thankfully the final foe is finished 🙂 This has been my issue with Bloodborne, and the rest of the Souls series; I put the game down, only to consider it too tough to come back to for casual play. Only to pick them back up and drool over the quality…
03/08/2018
Over the past 2 days I’ve ticked off Colossi 11 to 16, then had the pleasure of watching the end story and the credits roll, and see how Shadow of the Colossus is the spiritual predecessor to Ico. Never have I taken as many screenshots… except maybe Final Fantasy XV. Only this time I didn’t want to share them on Twitter as I was scared of spoiling the game for…
16/07/2018
w00t Horizon Zero Dawn complete, and what a journey 🙂 I’m a little split on how I feel, perhaps one of the best open World games I’ve had the privilege to play, certainly ranks up there with Skyrim and Ocarina of Time. Deep story, thoughtful various characters, detailed graphics, quality character acting, intuitive combat, and the farming didn’t feel like a grind. After ~70 hours of game play I was…
13/07/2018
Picked up Horizon Zero Dawn to complete today; but the completionist in me came out and I had the need to find the last of the metal flowers, and now I find myself on Hunter Lodge trophy quests. I’d like to unlock all of the skill trees before I finish the game, although from what I understand the map is still playable after the final mission is complete, without having…
05/07/2018
Via Twitter I’ve had the pleasure of meeting the talented indie developer Donovan Bell (@Savage__Dragon), creator of the cool Tears of A Dragon RPG published on Steam Sad to say that I don’t currently have time to invest into playing through a role play game, although I’ll certainly add Tears of A Dragon to my games to complete list 🙂 A review from me wouldn’t have been fair or done…
03/07/2018
Well nearly complete… With the help of the awesome informative fextralife wiki Game Progress Route, and grinding blood in the lecture building, I made it to the Wet Nurse Wet Nurse. I had a memorable experience of being joined by 2 other Hunters after I’d beaten up the Brain of Mensis, after I’d ‘made contact’… which seemed to take far too long, I thought I was doing something wrong. Daykoh99…
03/07/2018
My free time recently exploring one of the latest challenges from Kaggle: PASSNYC: Data Science for Good Challenge I’ve been working with Python, but considering switching to R to run k-means. My code is still a working progress so please be gentle 🙂 Overview PASSNYC is a not-for-profit organization that facilitates a collective impact that is dedicated to broadening educational opportunities for New York City’s talented and underserved students. New…
19/06/2018
or do bows make a game good? I started pondering this today, and here are the first ones that came to mind, with Metacritic scores Turok2: Seeds of Evil 85 The Ledgend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 99 Shadow of the Colossus 91 Tomb Raider 86 Horizon Zero of Dawn 89 Far Cry 3 90 Dark Souls iii 89 Bloodborne with DLC 92 Skyrim 96 Something to consider if you’re…
15/06/2018
Motivated by a player I met playing CoD Black Ops iii last night I’ve decided to try and complete Bloodborne He had Platinum trophies in each From Software title, so I can learn to master the parry… and remember the controls again. 8.5 GB download though, it’s been a while since I last booted it up! The OLd Hunters DLC is only 10 bucks, is it worth picking up? I…
15/06/2018
My SolusOS 3.99999999 #Linux #Budgie #Solus #GNU pic.twitter.com/bugVrO4SKY — 4rm4nd0 r3gn4u1t (@armandoplc) June 16, 2018 Inspired by this tweet I’m currently downloading the Budgie Desktop to try. I quite like my current Gnome setup, but I’m all for trying something new 🙂 Easy as to install, just drop the below code in your terminal, and choose a display manager sudo apt install ubuntu-budgie-desktop Also downloading Solus, as I have an…
notepad plus plus for Linux I use notepad++ at work on a windows machine, I find it great for taking notes, and editing SQL scripts on the go. For a long time Geany has been my goto Linux file editor, but it might now get more limited use in the future now that notepad++ is available in Linux, via snap 🙂 Crazy too, that I think this is my first…
07/06/2018
Think I’m close to the end of Horizon Zero Dawn, but don’t want to rush to the last mission… only 47 hours in and 57.87% complete 🙂 Think I might try and unlock all abilities before I finish the game, so will look to unlock more locations and side quests. I still have the hunting ground and tutorials to complete, they should be easy exp
03/06/2018
From my post history you can read how I’ve made a pledge to myself to finish the awesome games that I own before I purchase any new ones…. Doom was an exception, but I did complete it within a couple of weeks of purchase 🙂 Here’s a list of my outstanding AAA PS4 games collection, limited to non digital versions: Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Bloodborne Dark Souls ii Dark Souls iii…
I’ve been playing Fortnite Battle Royale off and on since it first went free to play on the P, I’m not the biggest fan, but neither have I put in much game time. I game across this guide by Kieth Stuart in the Guardian the other day the other day that has helped me a little… or more curbed my desire to jump out of the bus at the first…