Intro I am enjoying the heck out of my new (Linux Mint) LMDE3 Sandbox computer. More than I thought I would. It was just to be a change of pace when Ubuntu made a dubious upgrade. I think LMDE3 would be a great OS for an Intel NUC computer. Like the one I just acquired that’s running WIN10 Pro OS. It could replace the present Sandbox hardware. There is an adage that goes, “If it...
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SandBox Loves Cindy
I just updated Sandbox to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS but it was such a dog update, I decided it was time for a real change. I totally blew everything off the Sandbox C: drive and did a bare bones partitioning and formatting using Linux MINT – LMDE3 Cindy 64 bit OS. The LMDE is an acronym for Linux Mint Debian Edition. The Cindy hints at the default “Cinnamon” desktop. Here is the link: https://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php Normal Linux...
Continue reading...Ubuntu LTS Update
I haven’t been playing with my Sandbox (Linux) computer for several months. Too busy messing with the Intel NUC Win10 computer. That changed today. I energized Sandbox and expected I would have some usual application software updates to perform. Yes, there were quite a few. When the those updates completed, the Ubuntu OS informed me a new LTS (Long Term Support) update was available for the Ubuntu OS itself. A move from the 16.xx LTS...
Continue reading...Intel NUC Blower Replacement
Let’s not hurl brickbats trying to define if this component is a fan or a blower. Technically it is a reverse curve centripetal blower but what difference does it make if we call it a fan or a blower. Perhaps air moving device. But that is so clumsy… Ha! The problem is that the original device started making an extremely loud buzzing vibration sound. It couldn’t run up to full speed and the computer was...
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