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Kubuntu/Linux – batch convert HEIF images

Posted on November 14, 2022November 14, 2022

My son recently went on a field trip. The teachers who went with him took hundreds of photos… on their iPhones. Since I want the photos of him, I downloaded…

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Kubuntu 22.04 – Pending update of “firefox” snap

Posted on September 10, 2022September 10, 2022

In the 22.04 version of Ubuntu/Kubuntu, Firefox was switched from a repository to a snap. I don’t know enough about the technical reasons for that, but it does mean that…

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Kubuntu 22.04 – How to Reset Plasma 5 Desktop

Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

Kubuntu is my distribution of choice. I really like the flexibility of the KDE Desktop. But, pretty much every time I install Kubuntu, something goes haywire with the desktop, typically…

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Backing Up Files to Prevent Data Loss

Posted on March 22, 2022March 22, 2022

It took years to figure this out and it’s not free, but I don’t ever lose files anymore. Not losing files is worth the $240 I pay for these services…

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LibreOffice Calc – Conditional Formatting

Posted on March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

I haven’t used this feature of spreadsheet software as much as I probably should, but I have a spreadsheet I have been working with a lot lately and conditional formatting…

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How To Fix PDF Forms Not Showing Contents in Okular (Linux)

Posted on January 18, 2022January 18, 2022

I have had this problem happen twice now, and I don’t know exactly what is causing it, but I found a solution. Here’s the situation… I received a PDF that…

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LibreOffice – address label merge (from spreadsheet)

Posted on September 14, 2021September 15, 2021

I’ve been using LibreOffice for over a decade and have only had to do an address label merge twice in that time – both of which have been in the…

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R – Finding and Setting Working Directory

Posted on August 27, 2021August 27, 2021

R, like many software programs, likes to have a folder or directory on your computer to operate in. When you start R, depending on how you start it and whether…

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Launching HandBrake 1.4.0 in Kubuntu 21.04

Posted on August 22, 2021August 22, 2021

The fine folks at HandBrake have updated their software and distribution system to a Flatpack approach. Their Flatpack for Linux is based on Gnome, not KDE, which is fine, but…

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Linux FFMPEG – Flip Vertical Video to Horizontal

Posted on August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

I was recently shooting some videos on my phone to share with someone else and accidentally flipped the phone before filming a clip. I never film vertically as I know…

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