For some (masochistic) reasons, I’m tied to the Thinkpad laptops. A few months ago, I bought a new Thinkpad P16s, and the “thing” is great. Kind of loud, but the …
Category: Mint Linux
Mint 21 – wrong mouse theme
The default theme for the mouse pointer in Linux Mint 21.1 is Bibata Modern Classic and I don’t like it. No problem. It can be easily replaced with another one …
The repository does not have a Release file – pgAdmin4 on Mint Linux
If you’re using Ubuntu based distro and you’re trying to install pgAdmin4 from the official site (https://www.pgadmin.org/download/pgadmin-4-apt/) do not just blindly copy and paste commands. One of them will add …
Skype for Linux 8.13 not working
The latest Skype for Linux update (8.13.) seems broken on Ubuntu 14.04/Mint Linux 17.x. The application loads but all I can see is the white window with the menu. During …
Oracle Java 8 on Ubuntu 14.04 / Mint 17.3
Default “Java” version of Mint Linux 17.3 (or Ubuntu 14.04) is OpenJDK 1.7 which works fine, but some SDKs won’t install until you upgrade to 1.8 (for example Tizen IDE …
Change hostname on Mint Linux / Ubuntu – Howto
To change your hostname, you’ll need to edit /etc/hostname file with sudo nano /etc/hostnamesudo nano /etc/hostname The file content is very simple. It contains the current hostname and all you …
Command line system information
If you’re not sure which components are installed in your server/pc, you can use inxi which is a command line system information script. It will show you the system hardware, …
Disable bluetooth on startup – howto
I’m using Mint Linux and I noticed that the Bluetooth adapter is always on (I turned it off in the previous session). I’m using Bluetooth from time to time, but I …
Fix “Failed To Fetch” Apt error Howto
Google announced plans to discontinue 32-bit Google Chrome for Linux and it has. On some 64bit Ubuntu based systems (Mint/Kubuntu/Xubuntu,..), during update process you may notice the next error: “Failed …
Samsung printer on Linux – rastertosplc – No such file or directory
If you try to install Samsung printer (in my case ML1675) on Ubuntu 14.04 or Mint 17, you’ll may have some problems with missing file – rastertosplc. If you added …