Category: NZTekonverse -> InstallMyPC
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Configuring Docks in Gimp by editing the sessionrc config file.
Anyone who has used Gimp is familiar with the use of the toolbox and the docks that appear on the screen. People naturally have their own preferences about how to arrange these user interface elements. I worked for a long time with screens in landscape mode, with a dock on each side of the screen.…
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HOWTO: Enable Hibernation in Kubuntu 24.04
Long-time readers of this blog may recall a similar article about how to enable hibernation in Kubuntu 20.04 LTS. These instructions did not need to be updated for 22.04 LTS because they were the same. For Kubuntu 24.04 these do need to be updated however. Part of the previous post is copied below. Before you…
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Upgrade from Debian/KDE to Kubuntu
So I have upgraded one of my systems from Debian bookworm to Kubuntu 20.04, this system was freezing a lot on bookworm so it is better to have something more stable/reliable. The other bookworm system has also been migrated to Kubuntu. Current plans are to use the built-in upgrader to take it up to 22.04…
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HOWTO: Enable Hibernation in Kubuntu 20.04
One of the little annoyances of the Buntus is they don’t have hibernation enabled by default; you have to set it up yourself. This entails a few extra steps, fortunately these are fairly straightforward. [Re-enable hibernate by default in upower]Identity=unix-user:*Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernateResultActive=yes [Re-enable hibernate by default in logind]Identity=unix-user:*Action=org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate;org.freedesktop.login1.handle-hibernate-key;org.freedesktop.login1;org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate-multiple-sessions;org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate-ignore-inhibitResultActive=yes After you reboot, hibernation should work correctly. There is…
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Debian Falling Behind In Hardware Compatibility
One of the great controversies in the open source world is manufacturers who supply closed source drivers for their devices for open source operating systems like Linux. Debian uses the term “firmware” to describe these drivers and Debian, more than almost any other Linux distribution out there, prides itself on a firm policy of “officially”…
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NFS Mount Options For Part-Time Servers
A lot of posts on this blog are more in the way of tips and howtos, short articles that explain how to get things done in Linux. Here’s another one and the subject today is to explain how to configure NFS to work with “part time” servers. By this I mean a computer that is…
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HOWTO: Fix “python: no such file or directory” error with youtube-dl or other scripts
If you use Python scripts or apps that depend on python to run, you may see an error message similar to the following on Debian Bullseye (possibly other distributions or versions as well). This occurs because the python application has been replaced by python3 in Debian Bullseye and so the system cannot find anything simply…
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Setting up Apache on Debian
Apache is a well known webserver that is currently the second most webserver used worldwide. It is only two percent behind nginx at the time of writing, and each has about a third of the webserver market. The remaining third is made up of several products; MS IIS only has a single digit percentage. As…
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Manually specifying network interface parameters on Debian
I have two computers I use regularly which have two (or with a Vodem, three) network adapters. The reason for this is at present I have two different internet connections I use regularly. One is unlimited data but has certain restrictions on it, the second is unrestricted but has a data cap. I hope to…
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Gimp Config Files
Gimp now seems to be consistently storing its config files in ~/.config/GIMP/x.xx (where x.xx is the version/release number). This applies even to the flatpak version, which is supposed to be sandboxed within the var area. The files such as menurc which stores the keyboard shortcuts can be copied from one computer to another using these…