Monthly Archives: January 2014

HP Photosmart C6380 wireless scanner doesn’t work in Kubuntu

Posted on 30 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

I installed Kubuntu on my mom’s pc. Everything seemed to work, except scanning using the HP Photosmart C6380 All-in-one printer over the wireless network. Printing with the same device using wifi did work. It turned out I should have installed … Continue reading →

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Language / locale settings on Kubuntu

Posted on 25 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

I recently installed a Dutch-language version of Kubuntu on my aunt’s laptop and on a friend’s PC. There were some issues regarding the language or locale settings: programs would start up in English despite the Dutch locale, or I would … Continue reading →

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Colourised package manager for Arch Linux

Posted on 16 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

I’ve played around a bit to find a proper package manager for Arch Linux that can install packages from both the official repositories and the Arch User Repository, and shows nice colours. I looked at pacman, packer-color and yaourt, and … Continue reading →

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Linux-only installation on a 2006 Macbook using rEFInd

Posted on 14 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

While installing Linux on a blank hard-disc drive is trivial on most PCs, it turned out not to be on a 2006 Macbook Core duo. I gave up on the idea that Linux must be able to boot directly from … Continue reading →

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Boot Linux from a USB flash drive on a Macbook

Posted on 14 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

In order to install Linux on the replacement of a crashed hard-disc drive in a 2006 Macbook Core duo, I wanted to boot Linux from a USB flash drive in order to then install it. While this is trivial on … Continue reading →

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