Lazy Linux installation
This weekend, aside from various childrens parties, my uncle asked me to take a look at a laptop, and install Linux on it. It is my cousin's, had previously had…
A quick tip when upgrading your distribution…
Don't do what I did, and leave a live USB drive in your PC when upgrading distribution from Xubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 - especially when your PC has a quirk…
And on to 12.04 – Precise Pangolin
I had (somewhat) successfully upgraded from 10.10 -> 11.04, more successfully upgraded from 11.04 -> 11.10 and then I had used Popey's tip for selecting the fastest mirror. So I…
Upgrade problems…
Okay, so the first round of updates (10.10 to 11.04) didn't go so well. I'm typing this up at my main PC next to my server, which has been hit…
Time to Upgrade…
With Ubuntu 12.04 on the horizon, it looks like it may be time to upgrade my trusty fileserver. It's currently running 10:10 - I originally held off because I was…
Scan-to-Email using a sendmail relay
Last week, I got a printer from Freecycle. It's a Samsung CLX-3160FN Multi-function colour laser. I got it because A) it was free, B) it had a scanner, C) it…