29/11/2018
I lost the network indicator from the Ubuntu Budgie top panel; frustrating as I couldn’t update vpn settings. Finally got around to finding a solution today as I’ve got tired of sub-optimal speed nodes: github:Restore budgie-panel to defaults\ from the terminal enter: dconf reset -f /com/solus-project/budgie-panel/ nohup budgie-panel –reset –replace&
21/10/2018
I received heads up this morning from a friendly Twitter user (@adrianhungate) that my site was down and they were generously offering help to restore. Rebooting the Ubuntu VPS brought it back on-line; but why did it occur? My Duck Duck Fu turned up this useful, if not a little dated gem: Error establishing a database connection (WordPress) grep xmlrpc /var/log/apache2/access.log This showed evidence of several brute-force amplification attacks, which…
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>
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,…
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…
26/05/2018
Doom (2016) This month I finally got around to picking up Doom for the PS4 after playing the demo. Hard to believe that I left it for so long; I’ve had heaps of fun, loving the simple run an gun format, and exploring the maps Bethesda have put together so well. As I was late to the party the update was huge, 30 odd gig iirc, but kudos to Bethesda…
Thought I would post this story of how Windows 10 locked out shared partition in Ubuntu, and how I sorted it. Hope I don’t require this again [yeah right], but hope it might be useful to others. Fix, or TL:DR, first, story below 🙂 solution In Windows 10 I ran chkdsk at the advice of users on the Ubuntu irc when selected it Windows claimed there was an error on…
19/01/2017
No posts lately as I heard that the Thargoids have arrived in Elite:Dangerous last Friday 🙂 How has this caused my hiatus? I rushed out and picked up a new graphics card (Radeon RX 480) and a 256 Gig Samsung SSD so I could play the game with ease. That’s when the trouble began! I found I couldn’t migrate Win7 easily off a partition on a 2TB HD to the…
06/01/2017
Yesterday I did something that I’ve been considering for a while; I burned my installation of Ubuntu and installed Debian. I’ve been a long time fan of Ubuntu, since before the Unity days, I stuck with the Canonical distro through the Amazon debacle, and the community as been awesome and supportive over the years, and I have loyalty to them. Although yesterday the KDE plasma installation started having issues, as ever with…
02/01/2017
Things I’m playing with over the Xmas NY break 🙂 installed KDE desktop, not sure why I haven’t tried it before, although I did try Mate a few weeks ago that I can’t get to work correctly excited about season 2 of Street Fighter V I’ve reinstalled it on the PS4, and I’m more frustrated and annoyed by Capcom’s servers than ever repetatively the server connection keeps dropping, the only…
Poll: Do You Use 32-bit or 64-bit Ubuntu? OMG’s survey, 6 years after the original! Make your vote and see how trends have changed here
27/03/2016
There were a couple of games I’d seen before; a teacher booting up a 5 1/4 inch disk of Elite being the most memorable [this is how long ago it was, none decimal measurements in fractions], on a BBC Micro However the first game I had the privilege of playing, and becoming a trial, was Thrust Thrust is a 1986 computer game released on most home computers. The perspective is…
23/01/2016
I’ve not been posting as often as I’d like due to the Android WordPress app not connecting… that’s another post. What I have been doing over the last couple of days is dropping any stories that I like to Google Keep. This has to be the one mobile app that I find the most useful; from shopping, book, movie, games, and to-do lists, to inspirations, notes, and shit I must…
yubikey-neo + KeyPassX + KeyPassDroid + OwnCloud portable secure password vault Searching through F-Droid for yubico I came across a link to KeyPassDroid; I’d come across a password safe solution on the yubico site using KeyPass, but was shied away as it mentioned the premium version… I don’t mind paying for shit, although if I can solve the issue with free open source alternatives I’ll spend hours trying 🙂 So…
30/04/2014
So it been a slow game month, although I’ve found other distractions! The geek activites that have kept me occupied recently: launch of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr), there are a few cool features installed Kali Linuxon Virtual Box, and have been playing with some of the packaged tools podcasts… think I’m late to the party of this one it took me from the mid 80’s untill the last week…
26/03/2014
After updating to ubuntu 14.04 daily build everything worked as expected, except I couldn’t play video files 🙁 Youtube and flash streamed ok, I installed VLC and ubuntu-restricted-extras, with no luck; each time I tried to open a video file Ubuntu would log out… until I installed xbmc! Issue solved for now, and with a fantastic treat, I get to see Zombieland for the first time! 🙂
07/03/2014
I noticed today that the clock was missing from the Unity funbar, funny I don’t know how long it was gone 😉 Here are the instructions I found from ask Ubuntu to restore it: Reinstall indicator-datetime. It should be installed by default, but just in case you have removed it unknowingly, it is best to run the install command again. sudo apt-get install indicator-datetime Next, we are going to reconfigure…
05/03/2014
I love this time of year leading up to a new Ubuntu release (sad eh?), and the next one is a LTS, so even more exciting 🙂 From my RSS Ubuntu feed this OMG Ubuntu article: 7 Improvements In Ubuntu 14.04 LTS That You’re Going To Love tells of how the Unity Laucher icon size can be reduced even smaller! I didn’t know it could be reduced, and I’ve been…
05/01/2014
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