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LinuxMint or Ubuntu: How to Automount Synology Shares

Posted on January 15, 2013November 30, 2019

UPDATE:  As of Ubuntu 13.04, these directions no longer work.  I figured out a way to get this to work, however.  See the updated directions at the bottom of this…

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ubuntu: HP Elitebook 8540p wireless

Posted on June 14, 2012

This is primarily a note for me, but I just spent 3 hours reformatting my HP Elitebook 8540p because I couldn’t get it to connect to my new 802.11n router….

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Ubuntu: Adding Non-Repository Program to Menu and Dash

Posted on May 17, 2012

If you’ve ever downloaded a program to run in Linux from the web and not installed it from a repository, that program may not appear in your menu or dash…

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LinuxMint or Ubuntu: Automount Server Share

Posted on October 16, 2011

(Updated to reflect changes in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS – 5/15/2012) While I’m still not 100% sure how I got my file server to share all the files across the network…

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LinuxMint: Keyboard Shortcuts to Move Windows Between Monitors

Posted on October 16, 2011

If you don’t have multiple monitors hooked up to your desktop computer, you’re really missing out.  Having dual monitors is a delight when it comes to being able to see…

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Ubuntu: two versions of Firefox at once

Posted on November 13, 2010

Ever since I switched to Linux I’ve been toying with running two versions of Firefox simultaneously, even though I now use Google Chrome as my primary browser.  Why two versions…

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Ubuntu: keyboard shortcut to switch mouse orientation

Posted on October 3, 2010

In order to minimize the risk of repetitive stress injuries, I have learned to use computer mice ambidextrously – I can do it either right or left-handed without any problems….

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Ubuntu: Adequate OCR for free on Linux

Posted on July 18, 2010

Even though I have mostly switched from Windows to Linux, I do have to emulate Windows for a few things just because the software for Linux either isn’t very good,…

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Android: An e-book reader that copies, pastes, and highlights text

Posted on July 13, 2010December 2, 2021

As my regular readers know, Debi and I recently bought new cellphones that run the Android operating system. For about three years before that, we were running an old Windows…

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Google Chrome doesn’t work with YouTube?

Posted on June 30, 2010February 25, 2020

I just received an email from YouTube inviting me to apply for “revenue sharing” for one of the videos I posted on that has quite a few views (about 15,000)….

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