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Category: NZTekonverse -> Qgis

  • Computing resources optimisation [1A]

    After looking at the best use of the computing resources I have the following changes are being implemented: Mediapc taken down from 12 GB RAM to 4 GB RAM The 8 GB from mediapc put into mainpc as they have similar memory specs, this gives mainpc a total of 32 GB. Mediapc manages just fine…

  • New bits for “old” computers [11]

    After looking yet again (as I must have already done hundreds of times) at where I could put a fourth keyboard on the desk, I cut up a spare piece of melamine shelf and then screwed it to the desk top on the left hand side and that is where the Win10PC’s keyboard and mouse…

  • KDE vs XFCE [2]

    So I have been testing some VMs to see how things compare with different GUIs running on Linux. First tryout has been KDE running on Kubuntu. So far so good. The right click issue hasn’t gone away but drag and drop looks good. Second tryout was LXQT with Kwin running on Debian. This isn’t a…

  • KDE vs XFCE

    Whilst I have been generally happy with both Xubuntu and Debian with XFCE as the GUI, there have been a number of issues running programs under XFCE that have caused me to doubt its capabilities. Mostly these surface with Qgis because of the nature and extensive use of the software and are in three two areas:…

  • New bits for “old” computers [9]

    Unfortunately I have not attended to any of the tasks in my last post yet because some aerial photos I was working on last week for mapping have to be redone. This time I have just closed off all web browsers and other applications in mainpc and used that one for Gimp so its full…

  • New bits for “old” computers [8]

    After a week or two with the new keyboard layout it has bedded in well and is now pretty much the default as I have been using serverpc to do a lot of time consuming and resource intensive Gimp stuff and are freed from a lot of thumb twiddling as I wait for it to…

  • ReinstallMyPC: Symlinking /home/patrick/Maps to /mnt/share/mainpc/maps

    This week I started using serverpc to store some Qgis maps resources for NZ Rail Maps. Because everything has to work across network and local access (directly from mainpc) it means mainpc has to have a symlink created as mentioned in the title. Using the command to do this: ln -s /home/patrick/Maps /mnt/share/mainpc/maps whereby maps…

  • New bits for “old” computers [7]

    The serverpc is now being used to store additional mapping resources, specifically aerial photos as the amount of space these take up is significant and at times has filled up a lot of disk space on mainpc. I am working on a new layout of my keyboards so that I can use both computers at…

  • New bits for “old” computers [5]

    So serverpc is now complete with RAM and excluding the HDD bracket which should come on Monday. It proves to be quite capable of running 12 GB VMs for different versions of Qgis so that part of it looks OK. I have it installed with Debian 9.3 and not much more than Virtualbox at the…

  • 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