Slightly similar posts...
What is the difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu?
ByGarfUbuntu Ubuntu uses the Gnome desktop. This is a very clean, simple environment and is well suited to Linux beginners. In many respects it is much easier to use than any version of MS Windows – though its layout is a little different from Windows. For example, its application menus are at the top of…
Infrared retrospective
ByGarfI just sent a spare µ4/3 camera body off to Protech Photographic in Crowborough to have it converted to “full spectrum” for Infrared work. Meantime, I thought it might be fun to go back over some of my earlier IR stuff, captured off somewhat lesser cameras. My earliest adventures into IR date way back to…
Digital pictures Electronics Equipment Journal Linux Photography Review Studio Photography TechnologyClevo N150CU running GNU/Linux
ByGarfSeems it’s time to buy another laptop. My trusty old Thinkpad has seen better days. Worse, a company with somewhat ironic name of “PCSpecialist” made a total pig’s breakfast of repairing my new Clevo N141ZU I had purchased from it earlier. “PCSpecialist” also lost my hard disk, then denied having it. And what “PCSpecialist” laughingly…
Fixing Flatpak public key error
ByGarfI had a pretty grim time recently trying to fix a “Flatpak public key error” on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Well KDE Neon to be more precise, but it’s underlying operating system is Ubuntu. I had been attempting a “user” mode installation of an application via Flatpak with no success. I installed Flatpak in the normal…
Reintroducing Storks to Britain
ByGarfFollowing on from my post about Szofi and Macus, seems people all over Europe are cheering for them. They’ve become storky superstars! 🙂 Meantime back here in old Blighty, storks’ 360,000 year archaeological relationship with Britain came to an end several centuries ago, when it seems they were hunted to extinction. However, there currently three sites…
Merry Christmas 2010
ByGarfChristmas card 2010, “The Old Cemetery in the Snow.” The Old Cemetery runs alongside Southampton Common, about 800 metres from where I live and work. It is a beautiful and peaceful place at any time of year. However, it seems particularly photogenic after a heavy snowfall. Earlier Christmas cards:- https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/category/christmas-cards
