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Fixing horrible wireless network pings in Ubuntu (2017 edition)

Published 2017-03-03 Tags high / ping / latency / wireless / wifi / Ubuntu

How to disable wifi power management in Ubuntu. Again.


Installing pip, virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper tidily in Linux

Published 2016-12-30 Tags Linux / Ubuntu / Python / pip / virtualenv / virtualenvwrapper

Don't want to clutter up your system's Python install? Install what you need for Python development cleanly.


Conversation conservation: recording audio input and output simultaneously in Linux

Published 2016-12-01 Tags audio / recording / Linux / Ubuntu

Recording audio input and output in Linux for screencasts, podcasts and interviews.


A beginner's guide to OS encryption: (almost) 2017 edition

Published 2016-11-28 Tags BitLocker / encryption / LUKS / Ubuntu / Windows

How to dual boot Windows with Ubuntu and encrypt them both.


My wifi's connected, but there's no internet…? (Intel Centrino versus Ubuntu)

Published 2014-07-29 Tags connection / Centrino / wifi / Ubuntu / Intel / fix

Describes how to fix an issue with Intel Centrino wireless adapters using iwlwifi seeing wifi, but not connecting.


Some spring winter Ubuntu cleaning

Published 2013-12-24 Modified 2017-04-16 Tags clean / free / LTS / TRIM / space / 12.04 / kernel / encryption / dm-crypt / Ubuntu / boot

Some Ubuntu tips: setting up TRIM on an encrypted drive for 12.04 LTS and freeing up space on the boot partition.


Horrible wireless network pings in Ubuntu and how to fix them

Published 2013-11-20 Modified 2017-03-03 Tags high / ping / latency / wireless / wifi / Ubuntu

A quick guide on how to fix high and variable pings when connecting to wireless networks using Ubuntu Linux.


Fixing Chromium on Ubuntu video playback issues (no video, black screen)

Published 2013-09-22 Tags video / YouTube / screen / black / Chromium / Ubuntu

How to fix playback of online videos in Chromium on Ubuntu 12.04.


Explaining Python virtualenvwrapper (in a couple of minutes)

Published 2013-09-19 Modified 2013-09-19 Tags virtualenv / development / Python / Ubuntu

How to use virtualenvwrapper to manage your Python virtualenvs.


A beginner's guide to OS encryption: dual booting and encrypting Windows and Ubuntu

Published 2013-09-17 Modified 2015-10-26 Tags disk / Bitlocker / Linux / Windows / encryption / TrueCrypt / drive / Ubuntu

How to encrypt Windows and Ubuntu in a dual boot system.


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