Category Archives: Linux Distros

End of support notice for Ubuntu 14.04

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 23 April, 2019 - 14:26 |23 April, 2019 Linux Distros, Programming

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Ubuntu 14.04 has officially reached its end of life date. This means I no longer support Ubuntu 14.04 with any of my programs. Read this post to learn more. Continue reading →

Disk Verifier Live Disk Released, and Parted Magic module updated!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 21 March, 2019 - 16:21 |21 March, 2019 Linux Distros, Programming

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Disk Verifier’s live disk has just been released with standalone functionality! TheParted Magic module was also updated. Read this post to learn more! Continue reading →

A look at Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) – a thing worked first time!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 28 February, 2019 - 16:26 |28 February, 2019 Linux Distros, Other Posts

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In this post I take a quick look at Windows Subsystem for Linux, and even see if I can get graphical applications running like I’ve heard you can! Continue reading →

CloudReady Part 2: Another stab at getting Linux containers to work.

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 24 January, 2019 - 22:16 |24 January, 2019 Linux Distros

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In this post, I try to get the Linux containers working in CloudReady again, this time on my laptop. Surely this will be easier than in VMare? Continue reading →

CloudReady Review! Similar to Chrome OS, but works in VMware!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 26 November, 2018 - 17:19 |29 November, 2018 Linux Distros

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In this post I review CloudReady, which is a free alternative to Chrome OS that works in VMware. You can also install CloudReady on your old netbook. Continue reading →

Finally: A dip into OpenBSD, a year after I planned it!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 14 November, 2018 - 14:21 |14 November, 2018 Linux Distros

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In this post and video, I take a quick dip into the world of OpenBSD, and install and configure some software, to see how similar it is to Linux. Continue reading →

Linux Mint 19 MATE vs XFCE: A speed and CPU usage comparison.

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 10 October, 2018 - 16:37 |10 October, 2018 Linux Distros

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In this post, and the associated video, I test Linux Mint 19 MATE and XFCE against each other on my laptop to see which is faster and uses the least RAM. Continue reading →

Cygwin Part 3 – The finale, where it actually works properly!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 11 September, 2018 - 16:28 |11 September, 2018 Linux Distros, Programming, Upcoming programs

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DDRescue-GUI finally works well enough in Cygwin to demonstrate. This is a big milestone; DDRescue-GUI will come to Windows! Read this post to learn more. Continue reading →

Cygwin Part 2.5 – a brief interlude

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 10 August, 2018 - 13:45 |10 August, 2018 Linux Distros, Programming

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In this quick followup, I demonstrate DDRescue-GUI running in Cygwin in a more native-looking way, which shows how it may operate if I release for Windows. Continue reading →

LXQt Review – the replacement for LXDE. Very, very fast, even on old hardware.

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 27 July, 2018 - 19:34 |27 July, 2018 Linux Distros, Upcoming programs

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In this post, I review LXQt, to see how it compares to LXDE, and how fast it is on a simulated Pentium 4-era virtual machine. Read this post to learn more. Continue reading →