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…
Tag: Refurbishing
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…
Steam on Linux Mint XFCE 21.3 (Virginia)
Debian package over flatpak, but get it from Steam Moving from Xubuntu to Linux Mint XFCE was not as seemless as I’d hoped it would be. The last time I gave Linux…
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 – Part II – TrueNAS
Mixed drives of similar size worked In my last post I mentioned the concern that I might not be able to mix drive types. The NAS is currently running 2 x 3TB…
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…
Xubuntu 22.04 – cannot right/left click after laptop lid closed and opened again
You’ve installed Xubuntu 22.04 on your laptop and things are going smoothly… Then you close the lid on your laptop and discover when you open it back up again that when you…
Running out of space on our media center
Our media center configuration Tucked inside a Corsair Spec-01 case, alongside one of the walls in our living room, is the hardware for our media center. The hardware inside the case is…