Most of the hardware is assembled A couple of days ago I mentioned that I was planning on building our first regular NAS after work: https://chaslinux.com/2024/09/23/more-progress-on-the-truenas-build/. The past few weeks have been…
Category: Xubuntu Linux
Posts about Xubuntu Linux, or software that runs under Xubuntu Linux.
Transitioning our KODI media centre
Moving more to a low-power solution Several months back I replaced the motherboard in the KODI media centre PC that sits in our living room. For many years our media centre has…
Linux on the Lenovo ThinStation C20 (MT-M 4265-93U)
Workstation class hardware at a deeply discounted price Every now and then the Computer Recycling Project at The Working Centre gets a really interesting piece of hardware donated. As a not-for-profit project…
Potential webcam issue on Computer Recycling’s Xubuntu 22.04 Installations
Extra software for better experience The “stock” installation of Xubuntu Linux only includes a small amount of software. To make Xubuntu a bit more useful to regular computer users, the Computer Recycling…
Xubuntu 24.04 Bugs [so far] – May 3, 2024
Xubuntu Linux version 24.04 is out Version 24.04 of Xubuntu Linux is now out! Xubuntu Linux has been a staple of the Computer Recycling Project @ The Working Centre since 2010. With…
My home workstation is now Linux Mint XFCE 21.3 (Virginia)
Switching from Xubuntu to Linux Mint After 13 years of running Xubuntu on most of my hardware, I’ve now switched my main (desktop) workstation to Linux Mint XFCE 21.3 (codename: Virginia). I…
Dell PowerEdge T110 II Network Attached Storage (NAS) build
Migrating the KODI entertainment system On May 5th I mentioned that we’re Running out of space on our media center. In the comments of that post I followed up outlining a plan…
Playing Paradroid on Xubuntu 22.04
Another classic game, Paradroid, has a version for (X)ubuntu Growing up in the Commodore 64 era, I’m particularly fond of the games of that age. Games in that era tended to be…
Run “Prince of Persia” in Xubuntu
Prince of Persia was a classic DOS game When I first ran Prince of Persia on PC-DOS I remember thinking, “finally, a DOS game that rivals the fun I had on Commodore…
Reboot to the BIOS from Xubuntu Linux
On systemd-based distributions it’s possible to boot to the BIOS from Linux Have you ever found yourself working on a computer that’s just so blindingly fast that you just cannot mash the…