Old laptops love Linux - new ones as well
I'm using Linux on more than a dozen (previously 2) own laptops and have installations running on 6 (previously 3) others. One is a 7 year old siemens-nixdorf laptop used by a retired person for...
View ArticleMy software under Linux - usability of the distro
I have promised a bit about the software I regularely install on my Linux machines. For brevity I give the program name which can be searched for on the internet and for the apt-get users the package...
View Articleaaargh - Windows
Have to get this off my head. Today I've spent 4 1/2 hours on installing Windows and 35 minutes on Linux. Plus 4 hours in vain on a couple Zyxel USG 50 Routers setting up a VPN connection. Result = no...
View Articleffmpeg - and why it mostly won't work for normal users
Since I've got a new compact digital camera about a year ago I have the trouble that it's internal format is .MTS .MTS ? What the heck is that? A question a lot of people will come up with as not all...
View ArticleACER Aspire One A150 running dual boot Linux and WIN XP now
Updated: see at end of article Had some time to fiddle with my netbook lately. As I use it only for work abroad to connect to the internet and listen to music it was not a priority to change the OS on...
View ArticleMajor disk trouble DRDY ERR and UNC error
Just happened: Got a nasty error on my laptop running Debian Squeeze. Unable to boot further than initramfs with errors preventing the file system from mounting. Nasty bugger. Seems to be a bad sector...
View ArticleCD-ROM data recovery - ddrescue respectively gddrescue
I have a lot of pictures stored on CD-ROM's which over time start to loose data. I want to recover as much data as possible and store it on my NAS. I have assembled my experience in this blog sort of a...
View ArticleLINUX getting information about the system
Have you been in this situation? You have finally installed your first linux and have a problem. Now everybody wants to know what you have installed in order to answer your question. But how to get...
View ArticleDebian 8 on ACER Aspire E15 - E5-573
A new laptop with Debian 8 with KDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Just bought the latest from ACER an ACER Aspire E15 E5-573-74BW Nice laptop. Nice large...
View Article.xpm File format - additional information border width in Xfce
Most xfce themes have the shortcoming of having very narrow borders. Resizing such a window with the mouse is hard, awkward and can drive one nuts. BTW this may not work at all if the applications use...
View ArticleDebian 8.2 on ACER E1-532
Debian 8.2 "Jessie" on ACER Aspire E1-532 Again a new laptop with Debian 8 with KDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Just bought the latest from ACER: ACER...
View ArticleDEBIAN - unable to start X Server
Sometimes it happens that x won't start Symptoms: - No graphical interface login (kdm) (gdm) do not start - Terminals are available except for #7 which normally is the x Server's - When trying to start...
View ArticleDebian 9 - 64bit on ACER E5-573
This is another update on last years laptop with Debian 8.5 in 64bit with KDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ As google has stopped support for the 32 bit...
View ArticleDebian 9 on ACER E5-571
Installation of Debian 9 via CD-ROM with an image including firmware. ACER Aspire E5-571 with dual Celeron and 4GB RAM. Pre-installed Windows 8.1 fully patched OCT 2017. I will give a short overview...
View ArticleGnuCash - Jahresabschluss und Neueröffnung
Fast nirgends findet sich eine einfache und auch für Laien verständliche Anleitung zum Jahresabschluss mit GnuCash. Die meisten geben zwar gute Tipps, z.B. für jedes neue Jahr eine neue Datei...
View ArticleEPSON PERFECTION 4490 USB permission issues Debian 10
EPSON Perfection 4490 Photo Flatbed Scanner This is a USB scanner and has no network connection. The information showed to be valid as of 04/2020 and has been working on: Debian 8 Jessie - no further...
View ArticleSONY XPERIA X Compact - KDE connect issues
Since updating Android to version 8 and Debian to version 9 or 10 KDEConnect is no longer working. It can connect to the phone and can issue all the functionality of KDEConnect except for the most...
View ArticleWACOM DTU-2231 on Debian 8, 9 & 10
Lately got this great display-tablet. It can be used either as a display mapped to the screen or as a separate monitor. When not connected to the VGA/HDMI it will act as a digitizer tablet inputting...
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