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Note-to-self: update-manager

I don’t need a pesky GUI notifier to do updates, that’s what the command line is for. apt-get remove update-manager removes the package containing the “Software Updater”.

Post date May 4, 2018
Post categories In Linux

Linux > Windows?

On-screen keyboard displayed on selecting input field on devices running Windows 8 or greater – Firefox 43 release notes Or greater? I’m going to keep my fingers crossed…

Post date December 17, 2015
Post categories In Linux

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

= 1.2.3 = * Bump up version number. = 1.2.2 = * Fixed mobile drop-down menus. = 1.2.1 = * Encode Google Font URL. — Found in WordPress…

Post date December 7, 2015
Post categories In Code

So Long Farewell Auf… Oh just be off with you!

I’m about to install a linux distro in a way I haven’t done before on my laptop. That’s because I’m going to delete all the laptop’s partitions first,…

Post date November 28, 2015
Post categories In Linux

Oh dear

Only 24 hours left until 'pacman -S pain misery confusion' pic.twitter.com/CO3ipDR6In — Twitch Installs Arch (@twitchinstalls) October 30, 2015

Post date October 31, 2015
Post categories In Linux

Clickbait

Reviewing the site stats I realized that the first article on the site to reach a hundred views is the one where I talk out my ass about…

Post date October 23, 2015
Post categories In Data

Bluetooth Speakers Switch-on-Connect

As a postscript to my previous post about connecting Bluetooth speakers: Getting PulseAudio to switch to the newly connected speakers as the output (and the device receiving ‘Volume…

Post date September 26, 2015
Post categories In Desktop