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Mouse handling on laptop

I do not like the touchpads, that most laptops have. They are ok, if you have a quick task to do, but for real work you need a mouse. I often work with my laptop on one knee, and the … Continue reading

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iconv – your savior from unicode

I never stop to be amazed of the amount of tools that you have on linux.I had to compare two tables from dos, one generated from excell the other from a custom database.Both were supplied as csv files.I wanted to … Continue reading

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Remmina, bluetooth and cabled network

I have worked a little more with remmina, but no luck with the NX plugin so far. It keeps failing in the ssh connection, and I have tried both password login, and certificate based login. Tried over vpn as well … Continue reading

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reminna

I have different hosts I need to communicate with. I use ssh for linux boxes, rdesktop for windows boxes, NX for connecting to my workstation at work, and scp for file transfer between linux boxes. All tools that works well. … Continue reading

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Software to be installed in Linux Mint 18.1

After finishing the installation of Linux Mint 18.1 I have installed the following software: Chromium      Change default search engine      Set as default browser      Hangout extension thunderbird calibre libreoffice clipboard manager evernote evernote web-clipper extension … Continue reading

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Gramps language issue

The newly installed gramps refused to speak Danish on the buttons on some of the dialog windows. Filed a bug report for gramps, and shortly afterwards I had an answer from the team. Amazing! Turned out that I had to … Continue reading

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Gramps issue with the graph view plugin

I have installed Gramps on my laptop and got it to work. After updating and installing plugins, I got the following error: The view Graph View did not load and reported an error. ***No error found, probably error in gpr.py … Continue reading

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Linux mint on lenovo ideapad 710s-13IKB

OK, a lot of stuff has happened since did anything on this blog. But I decided to give it a try again. I just bought a lenovo ideapad 710s-13IKB It has ann Intel I7 7’th generation 8 Gig memory 256 … Continue reading

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Screen resolution

OK, so the 1600×900 screen resolution that my laptop have is not supported. Well – I have to admit that google sure have a lot of solutions for Ubuntu. far more than what I normally see for Centos/RedHat I quickly … Continue reading

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Going Ubuntu

Got a litle trip to the hospital, and after the fever got down from 39.8 Centigrade, I find my self in isolation, until they know I am not contagious. so what to do? Got my laptop with VmWare installed so … Continue reading

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