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As I was getting ready to call it quits for the day, relax and watch something nerdy on YouTube when I had a catastrophic hardware failure on my IP fire router, firewall system.

The content discusses the process of migrating a VDI image of Windows 10 from Virtualbox to Virt-Manager.

I have been having issues with the Google Groupware Calendar module in KOganizer not remembering how to communicate with Google.

The great news of this month has been that Descent 3 has been freed to the open source.

I have previously written about digital sign solutions, not here, and I wanted to create an updated how-to on Anthias, which was previously known as Screenly OSE.

It seems that just like when I am happily excited about a tool I enjoy and still think it’s the new hotness, I find out it is no longer the new hotness and I’m just an old man that is seemingly behind the times… chronically… This is a brief overview of Bt…

The dysk utility is a sensational addition to terminal life, providing detailed and user-friendly disk listings.

There are not many new things that really grip my attention but this, with its warm, welcoming beige aesthetic and leanings to the Commodore 64 look and feel along with the modern improvements in mechanical switches is a perfect marriage of traditional lo…

I have a couple of, now older, 4th Generation Intel, Haswell, Dell Latitude E6x40 machines that have discreet AMD GPUs.

Valve has been doing a GREAT job of making gaming better.

Almost a year ago, I took a position as an IT Manager in a Microsoft Office 365 environment.

The Framework 13 is my new, all-time, favorite laptop that I believe was made specifically for me and I wanted to give it just a bit of protection with a fancy dbrand vinyl wrap.

The Framework 13 is the best laptop I have used to date.

I purchased a whiteboard at the request of my oldest son for his bedroom to help him be more organized or maybe just to get away with drawing on the wall with markers.

This is not a “how-to” but rather a commentary on this task.

I requested a new monitor in the office because the one I had was developing a cluster of vertical lines running through it.

LocalSend is a the AirDrop for the rest of us.

I enjoy using my 3D printer to create things that are small quality of life improvements.

There are a lot of web based tools out there to create simple QR codes, but why use a website when you can use the terminal?

I suddenly had a sound issue on my openSUSE machine.

Like it or not, this web technology thing is not a fad and is going to be sticking around for the time being.

In the wide, wide world of desktop Linux, there is a lot of buzz and excitement over the release of Plasma 6 and for good reason, it is a fantastic upgrade from 5.27.

I had stepped away from using Kmail as my mail client on Linux for almost a year.

I am not a huge gamer nor am I much into the world of competitive, first person shooters but these are an important part of gaming culture.

Writing a bootable USB Drives is a must if you are one to test out any number of Linux distribution.

With immutable Linux distributions becoming a more in vogue these days and the likes of Blend OS and Nix OS giving you incredible package flexibility, I was starting to feel a little left out of all the fun that everyone was talking about.

Sometimes, hardware breaks and you have to make a modification in software to work around it.

One of the coolest discoveries on the Internet that was introduced by the fine folks in the Maker’s Corner Telegram group is Gridfinity.

This is a kind of follow up to a previous article where I was experimenting with KRDP.

This is a letter to future me for the next time I need to look up the disk usage in the terminal.

I don’t run Windows applications all that often as of late but I needed to add a thing and discovered that Crossover was not installed on my system.

One of the areas that isn’t as mature as I would like with Wayland has been remote desktop, at least, that was until just a few days ago when I stumbled upon this fantastic project.

Sometimes, computers and networking is not as fun as it once was.

I was given the honor and privilege of attending the Ubuntu Summit in Riga, Latvia.

This particular article is targeting a Microsoft Administrator or IT technician who is tasked with building a Teams Conference room.

I think it’s terrible when “best” is ever used in a title, but I have to say that this is absolutely true, at least, calling it the best experience for me.

I have been having this frustrating occurrence with my Ender3 where the machine will get stuck at Extruder Heating, before it begins the printing process and just sit there.

I am continually impressed by the tolerance that openSUSE Tumbleweed has to delays between updates.

One of the joys of rolling distributions is that every once in a while, you get a weird issue that pops up.

It is official, 2023 is the year of the Wayland display server.

My journey with DisplayLink started in 2012 with a USB 2 interface on a Dell Latitude D630.

I was having some issues in openSUSE Tumbleweed where my audio devices would continue to be listed after being disconnected.

Long ago, on a laptop far, far away the web browser and application choices were simple.

Monitors are getting Crazy Cool I am not sure if it is crazy or cool or some sort of mix of crazy and cool or maybe it is completely innovative and 100% practical.

As I have been enjoying this well-built, hand held computer / gaming console, I have had to do some problem solving to get things to work.

I am not what one would call a huge fan of Arch Linux or its derivatives.

The great thing about having a 3D printer and open source CAD software is the ability to make accomplishing projects easier.

Whenever there is an Open Mic Night, there are two things that are likely to happen.

For anyone that has known anything about “CubicleNate” for any period of time will know that I am a huge fan of all things Commodore 64.

I recently had an issue with my SteamDeck where the touch screen would not respond to any input.