Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to work with people at all computer skill levels. Regardless of what others say, my experience is that people at any skill level can learn…
Xubuntu Linux – Interface Basics
Anyone can learn Linux I’ve been blessed/cursed to have used Linux in one form or another since 1997, starting with the Slackware ’96 Linux distribution. I’m doubly lucky in that I’ve been…
[FIX] Crashing after Kalypso startup screen – Vikings – Wolves of Midgard
Vikings – Wolves of Midgard (crashes after the Kalypso video) Vikings – Wolves of Midgard is a linear action role playing game (ARPG) that lets you go back and repeat quests several…
Legend of Grimrock – a better Bard’s Tale III
Bards Tale III – my introduction to 3D like adventure Back in the late 1980’s I worked for Simcoe Computer Consultants at the 400 Market, outside of Barrie, Ontario. The 400 Market…
Why does Computer Recycling still use Xubuntu Linux?
There are so many other Linux distributions Xubuntu Linux looks very old fashioned when compared to DeepinOS, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, and other beefier Linux distributions. So why does the Working Centre’s Computer…
Torchlight II for SteamOS and Linux
Almost 11 years old, and still fun Torchlight II (opens to Steam page) was released in September of 2012, several months after the release of Diablo III. Max Schaefer and Matt Uelmen,…
findmonitor.sh – a Linux BASH shell script to create a PDF of monitor information
About findmonitor.sh The Working Centre’s not-for-profit Computer Recycling Project sometimes receives donations of many monitors all at once. Our previous method for handling monitors was to set them up, run them through…
Handbrake performance on more than 6 cores
Diminishing returns after 6 cores Handbrake is a video transcoder. It’s normally used to convert and compress video from a format into a more compressed format. Handbrake comes in a command line…
36 Extra programs Computer Recycling installs on our Xubuntu Linux systems
A mix of extra software designed to make transitioning to Linux easier The Computer Recycling Project at The Working Centre has been installing Linux on computers as far back as late 2001….
Sometimes a newer computer isn’t better
Most of the time a newer computer *is* better Conventional wisdom dictates the newer a computer is, the better the computer is. This bit of advice generally holds true comparing an earlier…