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Ubuntu 10.04 to 20.04 comparison video released!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 8 September, 2020 - 22:12 |8 September, 2020 Linux Distros

In this Ubuntu 10.04 to 20.04 comparison video, Bhuna and I look back at the first Linux distro we ever used, and explore how Ubuntu has changed. Continue reading →

A quick dip into Linux Mint 20 (Cinnamon and MATE)

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 14 July, 2020 - 13:48 |14 July, 2020 Cool Apps, Linux Distros

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Seeing as I’m a long-term user of Linux Mint, I thought it’d be good to have a quick look at Linux Mint 20 and share my thoughts on it. Continue reading →

Linux Mint 19.3: My review – mostly great with a few issues

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 3 February, 2020 - 17:53 |3 February, 2020 Cool Apps, Linux Distros

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In this post, I review Mint 19.3, making note of some of the good new features, and some of the minor issues I’ve had. Read this post to learn more. 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 |4 February, 2020 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 →

Damn Small Linux on the Raspberry Pi! Why did I do this?…

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 15 July, 2018 - 20:27 |19 July, 2018 Linux Distros

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For some unknown reason, I decided to run damn small linux on a Raspberry Pi. Read this post and gasp in amazement at how slow it is! Continue reading →

Linux Mint 19 MATE: Detailed Review and breakdown – another awesome release!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 9 July, 2018 - 20:43 |9 July, 2018 Linux Distros

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In this post I review Linux Mint 19 MATE, which brings a lot of new features and improvments. This is probably one of the best releases I’ve used! Continue reading →

KDE Plasma Mobile – Initial thoughts and basic review

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 21 February, 2018 - 13:46 |3 March, 2018 Cool Apps, Linux Distros, Upcoming programs

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I’ve been excitedly following KDE Plasma Mobile for a while now, and jumped at the chance to try it out :). Unfortunately, as I found out after talking to the dev team, virtualbox doesn’t play nicely with it. The issues you see/read about in this post are mostly virtualbox’s fault, not the KDE team’s, but enjoy anyway! Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 10.04 to 20.04 comparison video released!

A quick dip into Linux Mint 20 (Cinnamon and MATE)

Linux Mint 19.3: My review – mostly great with a few issues

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

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

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

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

Damn Small Linux on the Raspberry Pi! Why did I do this?…

Linux Mint 19 MATE: Detailed Review and breakdown – another awesome release!

KDE Plasma Mobile – Initial thoughts and basic review

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