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Category Archives: Technology
OwnCloud – its awesome!
I gave up on SpiderOak in the end, it was too resource heavy for my laptops, their batteries were really struggling. The constant encrypting and decrypting was too much. Its a shame because as a backup system for large amounts … Continue reading
Posted in Linux Tips, Technology
Tagged cloud, linux, owncloud, security, storage
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Let’s Encrypt!
I had to do it eventually. My security expert credentials (such as they are) were coming under question from my lack of https on my web server. This was partly due to that until recently it would have required additional expense, … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged encryption, hosting, letsencrypt, security, ssl, website
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A Beast
I have been cleaning up and resurrecting a beast of a computer. Its a dual Xeon 3.16GHz, with 8GB of RAM. Its not that high spec compared with today’s hardware. Has a fairly average GPU and a RAID card with … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Linux Tips, Technology
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Got Me a Server Rack
I have been going through a process of tidying up! So I have got a server rack and put a load (3) of my computers in it. I got it free, thanks York University, and all it needed was a new … Continue reading
Posted in General, Technology
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SpiderOak and the Tail of the Dead Battery
I switched from Dropbox to SpiderOak a while ago. For a couple of reasons. One, I wanted to upload more things to the cloud for backup, video projects etc, and SpiderOak have a personal 5TB plan. I was also starting … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged battery, cloud, data, Dropbox, encryption, laptop, SpiderOak
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DriverTuner and the generic solution that doesn’t work
I don’t spend much time with Windows, my desktops are largely Linux and my laptops Macs. I do have one rather ageing Windows machine, that recently got borked by an update. It was when I was reinstalling the drivers and … Continue reading
Posted in Rant, Technology, Windows
Tagged DriverTuner, failure, Windows
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Windows 10 Nvidia nForce RAID Update Troubles
So a resent update caused no end of problems with my Windows 10 machine. It would repeatedly fail to install the update, and then when it managed it I couldn’t log into the machine. User profile not accessible. I decided … Continue reading
Gigabyte X79-UP4 Linux Horror
So I am not much of a Windows user, I have one Windows machine that doesn’t get used all the much. I tend to use Linux and have done for about 15 years. One of my work machines has caused … Continue reading
Posted in Linux Tips, Technology
Tagged gigabyte, linux, opensuse, problems, USB
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Lightworks 12.6 working on Opensuse 13.2 & Leap 42.1
This might have been covered but I wasn’t able to find it easily so I thought I would post it up. I have been trying to get Lightworks 12.6 working on Opensuse 13.2 and ran into some problems. It would … Continue reading
Posted in Linux Tips, Technology, video
Tagged 13.2, hangs, leap 42.1, lightworks 12.6, lwks, not loading, opensuse
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