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Sorting a kernel upgrade error in Linux Mint 13

November 30, 2012 1 Response Shortlink

Linux Mint 14 may be out now but I’ll be sticking with its predecessor for now. Being a user of GNOME Shell instead of Cinnamon or Mate, I’ll wait for extensions to get updated for 3.6 before making a move [...]

Upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8 in a VMWare Virtual Machine

November 1, 2012 Leave a response Shortlink

Though my main home PC runs Linux Mint, I do like to have the facility to use Windows software from time to time and virtualisation has allowed me to continue doing that. For a good while, it was a Windows [...]

Synchronising package selections between Linux Mint and Linux Mint Debian Edition

April 18, 2012 Leave a response Shortlink

To generate the package list on the GNOME version of Linux Mint, I used the Backup Tool. It simply was a matter of using the Backup Software Selection button and telling it where to put the file that it generates. [...]

A new phone

A new phone

February 4, 2012 Leave a response Shortlink

After a few years with a straightforward Nokia 1661 and a PAYG Blackberry 8520, I decided to go and upgrade from the former to an HTC Wildfire S. So far, the new phone has been good to me with only [...]

Yet another useful Windows shortcut

December 11, 2011 Leave a response Shortlink

During the week, I needed to go to a client to upgrade the laptop that they’d given me for doing work for them. The cause was their migration from Windows XP to Windows 7. Office 2010 also came with the [...]

An in situ upgrade to Linux Mint 12

December 4, 2011 6 Responses Shortlink

Though it isn’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 [...]