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How To Enable Bash on Windows 10 (In 5 Simple Steps)
Windows 10 Anniversary Update is here, and it’s rolling out now. Among the new features it brings is Bash for Windows — an Ubuntu-based tool that lets you run familiar Linux apps on Windows...
View ArticleInstalling Mint Cinnamon 18 64bit on a separate drive
Hi Uncle Urmas, can I delve deeply Into your mind. I have decided to install Linux 18 Cinnamon onto my PC as this is a long term Distro until 2021. At the moment I am running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.3...
View ArticleMy thoughts on moving from Windows to Linux Mint
I am writing this in the Linux Forum as was not sure where to put it perhaps it should be in the general. Well anyway I have been a Microsoft user from 1999 using XP,Vista, W7, W8, and then W10. I had...
View Articlehdparm -Tt ?
I'm bored. So lets have a looksee at how speedy folks hard disks are. Want to play along ? It will only take a few seconds and you may be surprised at the results. Open up a TERMINAL and run as root or...
View ArticleBoot time for Linux Mint Cinnamon 18 64bit
I have just timed the boot time for Mint 25 seconds from the switch on to the login window, not bad.
View ArticleWhat to do with a Raspberry Pi Zero?
I bought a Raspberry Pi 3 to use as a 3D Print server (using Octoprint, but more on that later!). I noticed that the same shop had a Raspberry Pi Zero in stock for just £4... crazy to think that you...
View ArticleThe Beginner’s Guide to Nano, the Linux Command-Line Text Editor
The Beginner’s Guide to Nano, the Linux Command-Line Text Editor When getting used to the command-line, Linux novices are often put off by other, more advanced text editors such as vim and emacs. While...
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Torrid weekend
Well you can laugh but lots of tears this end. As you know my last SSHD disc died on me and I installed a new 2TB one. I reinstalled Mint downloaded all my files and at the end of that found all my...
View ArticleHelp needed using Raspberry Pi Zero for audio server
Below I have posted a few pics of the various parts I've put aside for a project I started several months ago but shelved due to confusion on my part. I have all these parts in a carry case stored...
View ArticleDocker on a Pi
For while now I have had an itch to host a Ghost blog running from a Pi located at home. So have finally made a start. I am attempting to run Docker on a Pi2 with a ghost instance running in a docker...
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Disable HDMI/Display from terminal?
This may not be the right section, as I'm using an AndroidX86 build, but it's essentially a Linux OS so I hope one of you Linux gurus will know the answer . I'm putting together a touchscreen Android...
View ArticleLinux Root Hole Security Flaw
Thought some of our Linux users might be interested in this security flaw labeled "Dirty COW." I read that it can be patched, thankfully. Here is the link:...
View ArticleFirejail
https://l3net.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/firejail-a-security-sandbox-for-mozilla-firefox/ Firejail is a SUID sandbox program that reduces the risk of security breaches by restricting the running...
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Linux Mint 18 KDE
Hi gang any one know about Linux Mint 18KDE, I am thinking of going over to Linux Mint 18 KDE 64Bit has anyone had any experience of this Distro? At the moment I am running Linux Mint Cinnamon 18 but...
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Well I have done it again
Evening all, well guess what I have done , well I have broke it Mint that is but now back on the run. so no harm is done. I do not know what I did but but it wasn't working correctly so did a reinstall...
View ArticleLinux Mint 18 KDE
Well I downloaded KDE on a spare drive and had a good go on it all day in fact, what did I think of it. Firstly it downloaded faultlessly and was easy to install. I found the boot up was quick and the...
View ArticleMX-15 a sweet os for older pc's.
Recently inherited a Dell 4700 which is a 2005 era pc. I added more ram and popped in a more modern gfx card and gave it a dust out with the ol' fire extinguisher. What to do next ? Install a os of...
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Linux Mint Cinnamon 18.1 beta releast 2 days ago
New features in Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon Linux Mint 18.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2021. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features...
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Makulu Mate v Mint Cinnamon v Zorin shootout.
Or as one person described it Erik's Easter ramble. Well I had quite an exciting Easter weekend linux wise.If you caught up with my E2B thread you will know that I was looking for a distro to install...
View ArticleInteresting AMD article
Just come across this artificial about AMD producing kit for Gaming with Linux PC's, Here is a link:-... Interesting AMD article
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