Have you tried to install VirtualBox on a Debian-based system and had all kinds of problems? Typically it all starts with “sudo apt install virtualbox” and then you realize that you can’t install the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack. You can’t see any of your USB devices. You can’t update the software…UGH Here’s a fix.… Continue reading Virtualbox, Ubuntu and USB
Category: Ubuntu
Setup your own home music streaming service with Subsonic.org
Use Retrode device to dump your own game cartridges for emulators
Install Brave Browser in Debian-based system like Ubuntu
Brave is a great privacy-focused browser with built-in (optional) crypto functionality. It blocks trackers and ads without an extension and it’s the only browser I know of that blocks Youtube ads. Very useful! There’s only an X86 version as of now, so it will not work with Raspberry Pi yet. I am running it on… Continue reading Install Brave Browser in Debian-based system like Ubuntu
Migrate from Windows to Ubuntu with 3 lines in a terminal
You can obviously tailor this list to your needs, but with this post you can install at once these programs in a Debian-based distribution (x86 or Raspberry Pi!): FTP, audio editor/streamer/player/tagger, office suite, radio streamer, remote desktop client, video editor, web browser, social media, disc utility, bit torrent client, email client, virtual machine, photo editor,… Continue reading Migrate from Windows to Ubuntu with 3 lines in a terminal
Install nifty Raspberry Pi Imager program on any Debian distro
The Raspberry Pi Image program that comes with Raspberry Pi OS allows you to install an OS (similar to Etcher but with Pi images incorporated into it) to SD card, SSD, etc. Has lots of stock images, including Retropie, several Ubuntu variants, Raspberry Pi OS and more. You can also flash a custom image and… Continue reading Install nifty Raspberry Pi Imager program on any Debian distro
Mount an Apple APFS drive in Ubuntu
Mount an Apple APFS drive in Ubuntu Install ‘fsapfsmount’: sudo apt install libfsapfs-utils List your drives: sudo fdisk -l Look for the drive you want to mount. Example: Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sdb1 40 409639 409600 200M EFI System… Continue reading Mount an Apple APFS drive in Ubuntu
Protonmail in eMail client
So far, Protonmail has evaded us with eMail client support. Now the option exists via the Protonmail Bridge, which is available for Mac OSX, Windows 10 and GNU/Linux. Here’s how I set it up in Ubuntu: From the protonmail.com/bridge/install page, click on the GNU/Linux to download the .deb file. Double-click on it and launch the… Continue reading Protonmail in eMail client
Ubuntu wifi broken? Try this:
My Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS wifi (no adapter found) on my Mac Mini (Intel i5-3210) was broken and I tried many things to fix it without luck. This was the fix. It might work for you if you are having the issue. First go into settings, about, software updates and turn off the broadcom driver under… Continue reading Ubuntu wifi broken? Try this:
My64 – mini ITX system in a *new* c64 case
This is a project that I definitely WILL do early next year: I thought the whole setup was great except for one annoying thing: I don’t like cables coming out the sides of anything. I know this is standard procedure – even a macbook pro costing thousands of dollars does this. Would have been nice… Continue reading My64 – mini ITX system in a *new* c64 case