Tag: Ubuntu
Tags: CentOS, DD-WRT, Debian, Fedora, Firefox, GTK, General, KDE, MATE, Migrate, Mint, Salix, Slackware, Tech_Writing, Terminal, Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Virtual_Machines, Windows, Xfce, Xubuntu
2020
March
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Ubuntu and VirtualBox
At work I am testing Debian 10. The goal is . . .
February
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Ubuntu Printing
At work we no longer could print to the office . . .
2019
December
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Ubuntu Sneaking in Snaps
I'm testing Debian as I prepare to migrate work systems . . .
November
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Ubuntu and Firefox ESR Snap
To avoid admin overhead at work I remove all packages . . .
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Ubuntu and Firefox ESR
At work we use Firefox ESR. That is a sane . . .
June
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The Tragedy of Ubuntu
I am no noob to Linux based systems. I have . . .
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Unable to Reboot or Shutdown
Early in our migration I configured a way to avoid . . .
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VirtualBox Extension Pack License Redux
At work I use the Oracle repository for VirtualBox. With . . .
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Updating Ubuntu MATE 16.04 to 18.04
Our migration from Windows to Ubuntu MATE crashed hard . . .
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Booting to Console
For some years I have noticed on Ubuntu systems, when . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 21
At work we started migrating laptops from Windows 7 to . . .
May
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 20
One of our workstations in our migration continues to be . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 19
At work one of our workstations was not migrated from . . .
April
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 18
At work I have been migrating Windows 7 systems to . . .
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More Software Breakage
At work the Ubuntu 4.4.0-143 kernel update started an avalanche . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 17
I work at a small mom-and-pop business. We make do . . .
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Presumed LAN Design
Recently at work I had a use case to install . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 16
At work I have been migrating laptops and workstation to . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 15
Part of our migration effort includes a disk imaging process . . .
March
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Dual Network Cards
In our migration at work we ran into an interesting . . .
January
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Running a Script in a MATE Launcher
At work in our migration efforts I wanted to add . . .
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Replacing Windows Network Scripts
At work in our migration efforts we still had two . . .
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Network Manager Strikes Again
At work NetworkManager (NM) has been a pebble in our . . .
2018
November
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 14
In our migration efforts we do not plan to migrate . . .
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Multi-User System Challenges
I work at a very small business with less than . . .
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Firefox ESR
In our our migration effort we decided to use Firefox . . .
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WINE File Duplication
In our our migration effort we are using WINE. Currently . . .
October
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LightDM and Expired Passwords
Part of our migration effort includes a disk imaging process. . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 13
NetworkManager saves all connections, which includes saving all pre-shared keys. . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 12
One aspect of our migration that caused some frowns is . . .
September
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 11
After abandoning NFS and moving to CIFS, I decided to . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 10
On our laptops we have no need for user mails. . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 9
NetworkManager (NM) and NFS reared their ugly head to create . . .
August
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 8
Another challenge encountered in our migration at work is the . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 7
One of the challenges encountered in our migration at work . . .
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Package Dependencies
I ran into two moments where I stared like the . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 6
Two days after placing our first two Linux laptops into . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 5
Within the first day of placing our first two Linux . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 4
The second laptop to convert in our migration effort was . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 3
The first laptop to convert in our migration effort was . . .
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 2
I dislike default configurations on any operating system and desktop . . .
July
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Migrating a Business to Linux — 1
At work we have three Windows 7 systems in the . . .
March
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A Newbie Installing VirtualBox
Ubuntu 16.04 with the Unity desktop is installed on a . . .
January
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Odd Fonts in Ubuntu 16.04.3 32-bit
I installed Ubuntu 16.04.3 32-bit in a VirtualBox virtual machine . . .
2017
November
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Exit CentOS Enter Ubuntu
Of late I have been frustrated by annoying CentOS issues . . .
October
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Boot Splashes Redux
Recently I had to fix the boot splash on an . . .
May
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Mouse Woes
A coworker told me about laptop trackpad issues with Ubuntu . . .
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Another Big Purge
I decided on another big purge . . .
2016
October
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Isolating Untrusted Virtual Machines — 2
Searching the web using keywords sandbox, isolate, and VirtualBox for . . .
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Isolating Untrusted Virtual Machines — 1
I have used VirtualBox since the original Innotek days. Each . . .
September
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Proverbial Last Straws
I am not a distro hopper. While I enjoy updated . . .
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Ubuntu Package Updates
In Ubuntu MATE 16.04, Firefox was updated to 49.0. Firefox . . .
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Installing Ubuntu 32-bit In VirtualBox
For some time I have been unable to install in . . .
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Verifying the Ubuntu Apt Proxy Server is Running
I wanted a scriptable way to verify my Ubuntu Apt . . .
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Updating the Ubuntu MATE Kernel
I updated Ubuntu MATE with the usual kernel-of-the-week updates. Not . . .
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Autostarting VirtualBox Virtual Machines
I created an Ubuntu Apt Cache Proxy Virtual Machine (VM). . . .
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Apt Cache Proxy
I face bandwidth caps. For years I have maintained a . . .
July
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Broken notify-send
Somewhere during the recent months I wrote a shell script . . .
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Ubuntu Deleting Cache Packages
Lately I noticed with my Ubuntu MATE 16.04 systems that . . .
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Ubuntu Quirks
In addition to printing woes in Ubuntu, a few weeks . . .
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Ubuntu Printing
For some oddball reason, since installing I have had no . . .
June
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Ubuntu MATE and VirtualBox
Of late I have been dual booting my office desktop . . .
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The Big Purge
I reduced my distro usage to two distros. This has . . .
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GUI System Updates
I updated two Xubuntu 15.10 systems to 16.04 using the . . .
May
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Ubuntu MATE 16.04
For several weeks I tinkered with the beta version of . . .
March
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Another Example of Broken Software
I have been tinkering with Xubuntu to improve my understanding . . .
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Is Ubuntu in My Future?
I am not an Ubuntu user. After some honest thinking, . . .
Tags: CentOS, DD-WRT, Debian, Fedora, Firefox, GTK, General, KDE, MATE, Migrate, Mint, Salix, Slackware, Tech_Writing, Terminal, Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Virtual_Machines, Windows, Xfce, Xubuntu