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First look at Ubuntu 18.04 or Bionic
With the date for the first 'Alpha 1' releases of the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 code named Bionic Beaver having silently slipped by I decided to respin the latest daily build of Ubuntu MATE (20180123)...
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Second look at Ubuntu 18.04 or Bionic
The latest daily builds of Ubuntu 18.04 or Bionic Beaver now includes the newly Ubuntuised v4.15 kernel (Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11) which includes config support to keep sound and BT working on Intel Atom...
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Ubuntu 16.04.4 for Intel Atom and Apollo Lake devices
Canonical have released the fourth point release of Ubuntu 16.04 Long-Term Support (LTS) as Ubuntu 16.06.4. This release is built with the hardware enablement stack using the Ubuntu...
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Third look at Ubuntu 18.04 or Bionic: Beta 1 Pre-Release
As part of preparing for a new release the Ubuntu Release Team issue pre-releases in line with a Release Schedule. For Ubuntu 18.04 codenamed Bionic Beaver the Release Schedule looks like this.Not all...
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Fixing broken HDMI audio (again)
Back in October I noticed that I had no HDMI audio when running kernels starting from v4.12.0 on an Intel Compute Stick model STK1AW32SC (Cherry Trail) and wrote about how to fix this.Unfortunately...
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Ever wondered whether you are running the latest version of 'isorespin.sh'? I've now added a '--check' option that does exactly that. Starting with version 8.1.4 when you check and you are on the...
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An initial look at Plasma Mobile
Plasma Mobile is the mobile version of the desktop Plasma user interface and is focused on mobile devices like phones. Users of Kubuntu and KDE neon will already be familiar with Plasma as they are...
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Fourth look at Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Beta 2
Canonical have now made available the Beta 2 (Final Beta) of the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) release.I've respun the ISO using my 'isorespin.sh' script and created ISOs suitable for Intel...
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A summary of HDR usages and dependencies on Intel Graphics
When purchasing a mini PC for use as a HTPC it is useful to know whether HDR (High Dynamic Range) is supported by the embedded Intel graphics. A recent document released by Intel provides a useful...
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Introduction to installing Ubuntu on a mini PC
(Image: SJVN Credit: www.zdnet.com)With Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) soon to be released I thought I'd document a couple of features that will be available and how to install the release both as a dual...
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Installing Ubuntu along side Windows (i.e. dual boot)
First insert the Ubuntu 'LiveUSB' into the device and after powering on immediately start the boot menu. This is normally achieved by 'mashing' the F7, F10 or F11 or another function key depending on...
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Replacing Windows with Ubuntu (i.e. single boot)
Follow the steps in my guide Installing Ubuntu along side Windows (i.e. dual boot) up to the 'Installation type' screen:On that screen this time select 'Erase disk and install Ubuntu' and continue by...
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Installing Ubuntu on a new device (i.e. single boot)
First insert the Ubuntu 'LiveUSB' into the device and after powering on immediately start the boot menu. This is normally achieved by 'mashing' the F7, F10 or F11 or another function key depending on...
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Upgrading an existing Ubuntu
Follow the steps in my guide Installing Ubuntu along side Windows (i.e. dual boot) or Installing Ubuntu on a new device (i.e. single boot) up to the 'Installation type' screen:On that screen this time...
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Introducing 'isorespin.sh' templates
Sometimes when respinning an ISO using 'isorespin.sh' you find yourself using the same combination of options. Typically each combination is to include a specific type of functionality. An example...
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First look at Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) with Communitheme
Ubuntu 18.10 will be known as Cosmic Cuttlefish and daily builds are available for testing. It is expected that when Ubuntu 18.10 is officially released on October 18th it will include the...
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Introduction to Crostini - Part 1: HP Chromebox G2
What is crostin?Official definitionCrostini is the umbrella term for making Linux application support easy to use and integrating well with Chrome and Chromium OS. It largely focuses on getting you a...
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Introduction to Crostini - Part 2: VORKE V5 Plus
In Part 1 I've provided a brief introduction to what Crostini is (essentially running Linux on a Chrome device) and in this part I'll cover how to use Crostini on non-Chrome device.I'm using the VORKE...
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Introduction to Crostini - Part 3: Using Ubuntu by default
When starting the default Crostini container Debian 9 (stretch) is run. Whilst you can add containers of other distros it is also possible to change to default container to Ubuntu or even potentially...
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Introduction to Crostini - Part 4: Applications
Chrome OS already supports both applications and Chrome extentions as well as Android applications together with locally created shortcuts. With Crostini, support extends to Linux applications and as a...
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