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New Plymouth splash screen for Dell XPS 13 (Sputnik) users
I’ve taken five minutes to generate a new splash screen for my new XPS 13 laptop, it’s a silhouette of the famed Russian Sputnik satellite: Download here
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My Dell XPS 13 `sputnik’ Linux configuration
So, back in September I decided to purchase a new laptop, the one I decided on was the Dell XPS 13 Sputnik (9333). This is an Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB mSATA based laptop which ships with Ubuntu...
View ArticleDell XPS 13 (9333) with A05 BIOS
So over the last few weeks I’ve been trying to sort out the final problems with my XPS 13. The last, and most annoying problem I’ve seen is the frequent and seemingly random lockups on suspend. This...
View ArticleMy HTPC finally died…
So over the last few years I’ve been a very simple HTPC setup. It consisted of an Intel E4500, 4GB ram system with a GTX 780 Nvidia card running Kubuntu Linux 12.04. For storage I booted off a simple...
View ArticleGetting the Nvidia distribution drivers installed with Ubuntu 14.10 and...
So do to the fact that my HTPC died, and I didn’t want to restore the OS from a backup, I opted instead to install a fresh (and reasonably modern) version of Kubuntu. Once installed I quickly ran into...
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Kubuntu 15.10
Upgrading from 14.04.3 to 15.10 and plasma 5, I have to say, I like it, it’s very polished, looks great, and usability is still there from earlier revisions. I’m looking forward to further customizing...
View ArticleUpdate: Kubuntu 15.10
Well after a few days of usage I found some major problems which prevented me from adopting Kubuntu 15.10 with the lovely Plasma 5 setup. Auto mount of NFS shares is broken again Desktop backgrounds...
View ArticleImporting .sdtid files with stoken
So this morning I was kindly reminded again by my corporate IT overlords that my RSA soft token was going to be expiring in 9 days. Having had this token in place for a year now I had forgotten how to...
View ArticleKubuntu 17.10
Well I finally decided I wanted to upgrade KDE on my personal machine so I did. I’m very impressed.. Kubuntu 17.10 runs great on my system, I love some of the andriodesk features such as true gamma...
View ArticleDisabling systemd-resolvd service on Ubuntu systems
What is systemd-resolved? systemd-resolved acts as a systemd based DNS proxy system which has intelligent request handling both from a D-BUS interface as well as a DNS server to intercept traditional...
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