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Niagara Falls Photos – the most otherworldly place I’ve been!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 28 August, 2019 - 12:00 |28 August, 2019 Photography

In this post, you get to see some photos I took during my holiday in Niagara last month. There may also be a turtle hidden in there. Continue reading →

Tutorial: Running DDRescue-GUI on Windows with Cygwin

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 14 August, 2019 - 14:03 |25 August, 2019 Programming

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Introduction Hi all. I’ve been wanting to release this for a long while now, but I’ve only just had time to write this all up. I should start by talking about what this is, and what this isn’t. This is a tutorial showing you how to set up Cygwin on… Continue reading →

Disk Verifier Live Disk Tutorial Has Been Released!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 12 August, 2019 - 17:20 |12 November, 2019 Programming

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In this post, I demonstrate the Disk Verifier Live Disk, and walk you through how to set it up, creating a live USB stick, and use it to wipe a disk. Continue reading →

wxPython 4 for Ubuntu 16.04 is now available for my programs!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 7 August, 2019 - 09:17 |7 August, 2019 Programming

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In this quick post, I provide instructions on how to install DDRescue-GUI and WxFixBoot for wxPython 4 on Ubuntu 16.04. Read this post to learn more. Continue reading →

Disk Verifier Parted Magic Tutorial Video Released!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 14 June, 2019 - 11:55 |12 November, 2019 Programming

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I have just released my first Disk Verifier tutorial video. The video is embedded in this post, along with some written instructions and notes to help you get set up. Continue reading →

End of support notice for Fedora 28

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 11 June, 2019 - 16:40 |11 June, 2019 Programming

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Fedora 28 has officially reached its end of life date. This means I no longer support Fedora 28 with any of my programs. Read this post to learn more. Continue reading →

The Darling Project: Running macOS apps on Linux!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 21 May, 2019 - 15:24 |21 May, 2019 Cool Apps

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In this post, I give Darling a go, which is like WINE, except that it runs macOS apps in Linux, instead of Windows apps. Read this post to learn more. Continue reading →

WxFixBoot 3.0.0 has been released!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 3 May, 2019 - 17:05 |3 May, 2019 Programming

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This latest release of WxFixBoot brings many bugfixes, and performance improvements. WxFixBoot 3.0.0 has taken a long time to finish, but the results are really good. Here are some of the most notable changes: Support for Python 3 and wxPython 4 – all of my programs now run on Python… Continue reading →

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 →

DDRescue-GUI tutorial videos released!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 27 March, 2019 - 20:47 |27 March, 2019 Programming, Tutorials

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I have just released a couple of tutorial videos on how to use DDRescue-GUI, talking over what the settings are for, how to mount the output file, and how to restart a recovery, amongst other things. These do not have a corresponding write-up, so this is more of an announcement… Continue reading →

Niagara Falls Photos – the most otherworldly place I’ve been!

Tutorial: Running DDRescue-GUI on Windows with Cygwin

Disk Verifier Live Disk Tutorial Has Been Released!

wxPython 4 for Ubuntu 16.04 is now available for my programs!

Disk Verifier Parted Magic Tutorial Video Released!

End of support notice for Fedora 28

The Darling Project: Running macOS apps on Linux!

WxFixBoot 3.0.0 has been released!

End of support notice for Ubuntu 14.04

DDRescue-GUI tutorial videos released!

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