Thunderbird+Lightning not processing ICS attachments
In some cases, Thunderbird+Lightning plugin (calendar plugin) do not process an email with an attached ICS file as a calendar event. Bug report. Yet another years-old bug not being handled :s. Anyway,...
View ArticleHow to fix a Unity crash
Due to some nefarious use of my computer (unplugging a monitor and closing the lid in some order), something weird happened with the display. All the window decoration was gone. No keyboard shortcuts,...
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Displaylink driver hogging CPU
As mentioned before, DisplayLink works over USB3.0 connection. Hooray! Except that the current driver is hogging unfortunate amounts of CPU. ~2% when nothing’s happening, but up to 80% when switching...
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Installing Ubuntu 16.04
Recently, I had my trusty Z930 upgraded to a shiny new 500GB disk (instead of the 128GB disk it used to have, divided over 2 OSes…). Of course, the disk was completely empty. Plug in an Ubuntu 16.04...
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SSH dsa keys deprecated on Ubuntu 16.04
Since I’ve upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04, SSH also was upgraded. In the version shipped with Ubuntu, ssh-dsa keys are deprecated. This means that if you perform a reinstall and transfer your old files (and...
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Printing new OU style
This is a followup of my previous post on printing at the OU, due to new printers being installed. The new process is somewhat easier: Add new printer Choose LPD and give as name the print queue IP...
View ArticleWunderground weather calendar links for the Netherlands
In the new Google Calendar, weather is no longer shown. That’s a pity! Thankfully, there is something of a workaround, suggested here and further expanded upon for locations outside the USA here....
View ArticleScreen capture on Ubuntu 16.04
I needed to make a short video of my screen. Turns out that there is a way to do this that is probably already on your system: using ffmpeg! The full command: ffmpeg -f alsa -i pulse -f x11grab -r 15...
View ArticleBluetooth sound under Ubuntu
Interestingly enough, if you connect a Bluetooth speaker or headset to your Ubuntu computer, you may experience rather… crap sound. Turns out that there is actually an option under “Sound settings”...
View ArticleIncreasing volume on a video
I was asked to improve the volume of a home video (to be merged with others into a congratulatory video). Thanks to the magic of the internet, I found out how to do so using ffmpeg! Step 1: extract the...
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