Category Archives: *buntu

Asunder Spins Down

Posted on December 14, 2015 by fleamour

Asunder spinning down on you? You may have have selected more than one audio codec.

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Current Setup

Posted on June 25, 2015 by fleamour

elementary OS 0.3 Freya (64-bit) Built on Ubuntu 14.04 Lenovo ThinkPad E325 Dual-Core AMD E-450 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 8GB memory AMD/ATI Wrestler Radeon HD 6320 Samsung 840 Pro (Build quality on this faux ThinkPad was appalling & failed … Continue reading →

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Linux Compatible Wireless PCI Card

Posted on April 19, 2015 by fleamour

Tired of burning through your nano USB n 150 adaptors? Want a dual antenna 300 rated wireless PCI card with great Linux compatibility for your tower? Dual booting Win 7? Then look no further than the Monoprice PCI Wireless Lan … Continue reading →

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Elementary OS Luna

Posted on April 18, 2014 by fleamour
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XFCE 4.10

Posted on September 8, 2012 by fleamour

Installed the latest & greatest window manager via PPA?  Broken your system?  4.10 is not supported by  Canonical.  Uninstall as of Xubuntu’s Google+ page: sudo apt-get install ppa-purge sudo ppa-purge ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10  

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Caffeine; Screensaver Inhibit Applet For Xubuntu

Posted on September 7, 2012 by fleamour

Been looking for just this, for ages!  Sits in the system tray ready to activate on left click, in fact, be sure to check options for auto enable for Flash content & app auto start at login.  Just download the … Continue reading →

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Working Against The Flow

Posted on August 18, 2012 by fleamour

Now then… I wanted to use compact title bar & borders under Chromium on my laptop (XFCE), & system title bar & borders under Chrome on my tower (GNOME.)  After endlessly switching both, I figure Chrome is syncing settings between both … Continue reading →

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Linux On A Lenovo E325

Posted on July 16, 2012 by fleamour

So, buy a Ubuntu Certified Lenovo ThinkPad E325 for £290.00 & run Xubuntu on it seems to have gone well, very well indeed. Few minor bugs all ironed out as configuration issues, with mostly everything working out the box.  Only … Continue reading →

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How To Remap Hardware Volume Keys Xubuntu 12.04

Posted on June 30, 2012 by fleamour

I am running Xubuntu 12.04 AMD64 LTS on a ThinkPad Edge E325.  The hardware volume keys did not control the internal duplex stereo but were mapped to HDMI.  This can be checked by right clicking Sound settings in system tray, … Continue reading →

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O2 PAYG [UK] Huawei E173 USB Modem ~ Xubuntu 12.04 [LTS]

Posted on June 30, 2012 by fleamour

In this guide we will download & install a Spanish utility, then use said utility to completely bypass Network Manager.  Follow these instructions: However, under 12.04; sudo ./install needs to be; sudo bash install Once installed, you will need to switch utility … Continue reading →

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