Archives de catégorie : Ubuntu Desktop

Ubuntu Trusty on the Elitebook EVO 850

After three years of hard work, it is time to retire my 8440p and let the family enjoy its availability. For my new workhorse, I have chosen the HP Elitebook EVO 850 that fit my budget and performance requirement. TL;DR … Continuer la lecture

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Installing Ubuntu Quantal with Full disk encryption

For historical reasons, I have been installing my Ubuntu laptop on a fully encrypted disk for years.  Up until now, I needed to use the alternate CD since this was the only possibility to install with full disk encryption. This … Continuer la lecture

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Amazon Music Store’s MP3 on Precise

One nice thing about Banshee was the seemless integration of the Amazon MP3 store. Since I reinstalled my laptop on Precise, I know have Rhythmbox instead of Banshee which does not seems to offer the same kind of integration. Luckily … Continuer la lecture

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One year at Canonical

One year ago, I had done my last day after thirteen years with Digital Equipment Corp which became Compaq, then HP.  After starting on Digital Unix/Tru64, I had evolved to a second level support position in the Linux Global Competency … Continuer la lecture

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Customer support the Ubuntu way

Recently, I have realized a major difference in how customer support is done on Ubuntu. As you know, Canonical provides official customer support for Ubuntu both on server and desktop. This is the work I do : provice customer with … Continuer la lecture

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Mounting fully encrypted hard disk.

While testing Oneiric on a separate disk, I wanted to get some files off my laptop’s hard drive which is hosting my normal Natty’s install.  Keeping with a previous setup, I had installed my laptop with a fully encrypted hard … Continuer la lecture

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Oneiric first drive

Ok, I finally got a few minutes to start testing Oneiric Beta 1 on my HP Elitebook 8440p.  Since it is the computer that I use on my daily job, I preferred to launch it using a USB key and … Continuer la lecture

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My very own little wiki

Having a linux based distribution as the operating system on my laptop has many advantages.  One of them is to be able to easily run an apache instance and use my laptop as a local webserver.  This has allowed me … Continuer la lecture

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When technology simply works…

In my job as a support engineer, I spend my day trying to fix problem. So it is refreshing when, sometimes, the technology that we’re providing simply works. Like this morning when I decided to test a total autonomous laptop … Continuer la lecture

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