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		<title>Widely differing approaches</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/01/28/widely-differing-approaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The computer on which I am writing these words is running Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop environment, a fork of GNOME Shell. This looks as if it is going to be the default face of GNOME 3 in the next version of Linux Mint with the MGSE dressing up of GNOME Shell looking more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An in situ upgrade to Linux Mint 12</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2011/12/04/an-in-situ-upgrade-to-linux-mint-12/</link>
		<comments>http://technologytales.com/2011/12/04/an-in-situ-upgrade-to-linux-mint-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=2335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though it isn&#8217;t the recommended approach, I have ended up upgrading to Linux Mint 12 from Linux Mint 11 using an in situ route. Having attempted this before with a VirtualBox hosted installation, I am well aware of the possibility of things going wrong. Then, a full re-installation was needed to remedy the situation. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving from Ubuntu 10.10 to Linux Mint 10</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2011/04/23/moving-from-ubuntu-10-10-to-linux-mint-10/</link>
		<comments>http://technologytales.com/2011/04/23/moving-from-ubuntu-10-10-to-linux-mint-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=2034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With a long Easter weekend available to me and with thoughts of forthcoming changes in the world of Ubuntu, I got to wondering about the merits of moving my main home PC to Linux Mint instead. Though there is a rolling variant based on Debian, I went for the more usual one based on Ubuntu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking at a few Operating Systems</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2011/02/19/looking-at-a-few-operating-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=1912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last few weeks have seen me poking around with a few different operating systems to see how they perform. None of these were particularly in-depth in their nature but brushes with alternatives to what I currently use for much of the time. While I am too sure what exactly has kicked off all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking SUDO beyond Ubuntu</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2010/10/27/taking-sudo-beyond-ubuntu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/2010/10/26/taking-sudo-beyond-ubuntu/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though some may call it introducing a security risk, being able to execute administrator commands in Ubuntu using SUDO and GKSU by default is handy. It&#8217;s not the only Linux distribution with the facility though because the /etc/sudoers file is found in Debian and I plan to have a look into Fedora. The thing that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If all else fails&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2010/06/03/if-all-else-fails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two problems have come my way that were resolved by removing configuration files and going again. Both affected Linux installations that I have. The Ubuntu installation on my main PC is working well but I ran into trouble starting up NetBeans 6.8. No GUI would ever appear but taking away the .netbeans folder from my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Command Line Software Management</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2009/12/02/command-line-software-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=1193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the nice things about a Debian-based Linux distribution is that it is easy to pull a piece of software onto your system from a repository using either apt-get or aptitude. Some may prefer to have a GUI but I find that the command line offers certain extra transparency that stops the &#8220;what&#8217;s it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You always can install things yourself&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2009/11/26/you-always-can-install-things-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=1195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Linux distributions offering you everything on a plate, there is a temptation to stick with what they offer rather than taking things into your own hands. For example, Debian&#8217;s infrequent stable releases and the fact that they don&#8217;t seem to change software versions throughout the lifetime of such a release means that things such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rough?</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2009/11/11/rough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=1167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Was it because Canonical and friends kept Ubuntu in such a decent state from 8.04 through to 9.04 that things went a little quiet in the blogosphere on the subject of the well-known Linux distribution? If so, 9.10 might be proving more of a talking point and you have to wonder if this is such a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A certain lack of speed</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2009/11/02/a-certain-lack-of-speed/</link>
		<comments>http://technologytales.com/2009/11/02/a-certain-lack-of-speed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=1131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A little while, I encountered a problem with ImageMagick processing DNG files in Ubuntu 9.04. Not realising that I could solve me own problem by editing a file named delegates.xml, I took to getting a Debian VM to do the legwork for me. That&#8217;s where you&#8217;ll find all the commands used when helper software is [...]]]></description>
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