Category Archives: Linux

Handbrake to the rescue

Posted on May 15, 2020 by

Recently my son asked me if I could locate a video of him scoring 35 points in one half of a high school basketball game. The game happened about eighteen or nineteen years ago. Fortunately many years ago I transferred … Continue reading →

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Talking about Linux and open source

Posted on May 13, 2020 by

Yesterday I collaborated with long time friend and fellow Linux enthusiast Phil Shapiro. Recently we had been exploring open source solutions for video conferencing. There are two platforms with which we had some experience and those are BigBlueButton and Jitsi. … Continue reading →

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Pandemic is good for Linux

Posted on May 6, 2020 by

A month or so ago after receiving calls from friends that their Windows machines were having troubles and needed attention I thought this is the perfect time to switch to Linux. Apparently I wasn’t the only person thinking that way. … Continue reading →

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Pop!_OS 20.04 Window Tiling

Posted on May 2, 2020 by

One of the really useful and neat features of Pop!_OS 20.04 and what sets it apart from the standard Ubuntu 20.04 release is window tiling. It’s quite amazing and I know that I’m going to find this really useful going … Continue reading →

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Upgrade Day

Posted on May 2, 2020 by

Pop_OS 20.04 was released a couple of days ago and for whatever reason my System76 laptop wouldn’t upgrade to the latest release. I had rebuilt the computer is February after outsmarting myself one day. Learning the hard way is frequently … Continue reading →

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Chromebook thoughts and virtual meetings

Posted on May 1, 2020 by

I’ve been a fan of Chromebook’s since the first time I saw one seven or eight years ago. I bought my first Chromebook in 2013 and loved it so much that it became my daily driver, replacing the MacBook Pro … Continue reading →

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Linux Mint on MacBook Air

Posted on April 27, 2020 by

I have an early 2015 MacBook Air that developed problems a couple years ago when it’s battery gave up the ghost after an upgrade to MacOS Mojave. Then last fall the SSD drive gave out. I ordered a new battery … Continue reading →

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Linux News

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

Today was a big day in the Linux community with the release of Ubuntu 20.04. A long time friend of mine reached out to me a couple of days ago asking me to familiarize him again with how to create … Continue reading →

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What is a Happiness Manager?

Posted on April 8, 2020 by

I’ve been listening to Linux for Everyone since its inception almost two years ago. I’ve been a Linux user for almost twenty years and it’s my daily driver for most of the last fifteen years. Prior to December 2018 most … Continue reading →

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What would you like to learn?

Posted on March 28, 2020 by

I’ve been involved with Linux and open source software for almost twenty years now. I’m writing this post using a Linux laptop from System76. I’ve been writing a lot of thought pieces lately which come my heart. Linux and open … Continue reading →

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