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Category Archives: Mint
Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” MATE Edition on Acer Aspire E5-575-33BM
Just completed the installation of Linux Mint 18 on a new Acer Aspire E5-575-33BM as a Christmas present for my wife. Her 2007 Intel Core Duo Macbook 2,1 running LM 17.2 was getting too cranky and the battery life was … Continue reading
Posted in Computer, Linux, Mint, Windows
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OpenVPN on Tomato with Android and Linux Clients
I’ve been wanting to do this for a very long time. When away from home I sometimes need access to the systems (or data residing on those systems) back at home. I wanted to set up a secure means to … Continue reading
gLabels Avery 5167 Template Problem
Was having trouble printing some 5167 Return Address labels using gLabels. The alignment was significantly off in my set-up using the default predefined template installed with gLabels on my Linux Mint LMDE netbook. In comparing the template definition file with … Continue reading
Posted in Computer, Debian, Linux, Mint
Tagged glabels, LMDE, samsung ML-2851ND, template
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Recovery of Files from a Unbootable VirtualBox VDI
I do most everything computer-wise with open source software, but the one hold out remaining that requires the use of a proprietary OS is TurboTax. As a result, TT ran in a Windows XP virtual machine under VirtualBox on my … Continue reading
Posted in Computer, Debian, Linux, Mint, Windows
Tagged Files, Mount, qemu-utils, recovery, Unbootable, VDI, Virtual, VirtualBox, VM, Windows, XP
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Train Firefox mailto: to use Google Apps – Take 2
In a prior post I’d detailed the method of using a javascript entry to add an external mail resource to allow clicking on mailto: links to use the Google Apps version of gmail. Unfortunately, when I tried to repeat that … Continue reading
Password and Files Encryption/Sync/Backup: Gettin ‘er Done!
One of my to-do list items for quite some time now has been to get my computer files organized and to set up automated backup and synchronization across my computing devices. I’d kept putting this one off because I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Computer, Debian, Frugal Living, Linux, Mint
Tagged eeepc, encryption, LastPass, Linux, Linux Mint, LMDE, Password, security, SpiderOak, Sync, synchronization, TrueCrypt
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Palm GnuKeyring Conversion to KeepassX
I was a very early user of the original PalmPilot device. Way back when I actually had the PalmPersonal syncing with my ’90s era Sun Microsystems SPARCstation 4 work calendar and email, etc. I eventually moved on to a Treo90 … Continue reading
Posted in Computer, Debian, Frugal Living, Linux, Mint
Tagged Keepass, KeepassX, Linux, Linux Mint, Password, Sync
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Linphone: a VOIP Softphone for Linux (and others)
In an earlier blog post I mentioned I was using Twinkle as a softphone client for my VOIP service from Galaxyvoice (GV). As I also mentioned in this entry I’ve now switched my netbook over to a Debian Linux. I’d … Continue reading
Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) on an Asus EeePC 1000HA
I’m a long time user of UNIX-based computers and have been using Linux exclusively for my primary computing for close to 10 years now. For the past couple of years Linux Mint has become my favorite distribution for desktop and … Continue reading
Posted in Computer, Debian, Frugal Living, Linux, Mint
Tagged Aurora, battery life, Eeebuntu, eeepc, Jupiter Applet, Linux Mint, Power Saving, Ubuntu
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Using DeposZip Under Linux (Mint 11/Ubuntu 11.04)
Our new credit union provides the capability to do on-line check deposits using an application called DeposZip. Of course, their web site only mentions support/instructions for Windows and MacOS, not Linux. Well, the application is actually server-hosted and uses a … Continue reading
Linux Mint 11 (was Debian/Xfce) on a HP Pavilion ze4600
My brother’s Win XP laptop died. He has limited computer needs, really just needs to use some web applications like Facebook, Yahoo mail, Hulu and Youtube. In the past he has had significant virus issues under Windows and I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Computer, Frugal Living, Linux, Mint, Ubuntu
Tagged LMDE Debian HP Laptop Xfce
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Monster Desktop Renewal with Linux Mint 11
I’ve been having a spot of trouble with my Mint 9 desktop machine recently, where something would lock up Gnome/X periodically. Somehow it seemed related to running OpenOffice and Firefox at the same time with something “video” happening. (Now, to … Continue reading
Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro with Firefox on Linux
I’m a PMI-certified Project Management Professional. As part of my PMI membership, I have access to Communities of Practice (CoP). Among these, I participate in the Innovation and New Product Development CoP. We had a webinar today on Design for … Continue reading
Posted in Computer, Firefox, Linux, Mint, Project Management
Tagged Acrobat, Adobe, Connect Pro, Meeting, Web Conferencing
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