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  • New bits for “old” computers [3]

    So since writing last my main achievement has been to complete the Windows 10 PC, and put it in its little corner, along with building the sliding shelf for the scanner to sit on directly above. This means I now have what I needed the most, a scanner that is much easier to access because…

  • New bits for “old” computers [2]

    The next step in redoing things with computers 3 and 4 has been to strip out the Inwin mini tower chassis and put the mini ITX board (GA-E350) into it for the Windows computer. When I switched the disks over, with the same type of board as the Antec chassis, Windows didn’t notice any hardware…

  • New bits for “old” computers

    As of today the new SSD for the bedroom PC (NUC) and the one for the “server” have arrived. The NUC has now got the SSD installed and Xubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) installed on it and the video clips now being downloaded over the wireless from the mediapc. The difference in sound level is quite notable…

  • Linux “server”

    So linux PC #3 at my desk is going to become a server of sorts. Backup server for borg is one of the key roles it can do. Another one is Virtualbox server or PC running vboxes natively, depending on how I set it up. Another way of working around disk space limitations on MainPC…

  • Linux backup solutions

    So since I started to use Linux I have used rsync as a backup system. This has some limitations, and this week I decided to see if there is an actual backup solution. Well it turns out there are a number of FOSS backup packages to choose from. As usual the Gnome one (sbackup) isn’t…

  • Debian 10, bye

    So I had this computer running Windows and then I put Debian 10 on it for testing. And now, I am putting Debian 9 on it. Because just as I wasn’t prepared to have a valuable computer sitting there hardly being used for the few times I would need to run Windows, I can’t have…

  • NUC as HTPC or small portable computer [2]

    Last time I posted about this. Here are some further thoughts after using a NUC for 2 1/2 weeks. In addition to HTPC, I took the NUC with me on a holiday in the south of New Zealand, leveraging its tiny form factor to save on transport space/weight. The NUC has been a very useful…

  • Using a NUC as a HTPC

    So I have been having a play with a NUC as a HTPC. It looks like it could be a good replacement for the AMD E350 I am currently using to play movies and do a few unrelated things in my bedroom. The main issue with the NUC is getting Linux support for its hardware.…

  • Interview with Gary Sherman, the founder of the QGIS project

    Gary Sherman is the GIS industry professional who started the Qgis project way back in 2001. Here is a two-part interview with him on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CuSMDjhmow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeeF7bXQRsc

  • Windows 10 downgrade

    When I started using Linux I did not know how successful a changeover to it could be. I set up a new computer at the beginning of this year to have Windows 10 on and deemed it worthwhile to have a PC in a space wasting tower case with new hardware to run Windows 10…