I’ve decided to drop Spectrum Business as my internet provider at home and move to AT&T Fiber. The only negative was that I would lose my static IP, but gain an Internet connection that is 5 times faster for the same price. Since I am no longer running a mail server from my home, I… Read More »
At my previous job, Basecamp was implemented for project management and a journal of what we worked on. For the majority of the time myself and one other co-worker were the only two adding daily entries. Sometimes we had a little fun with them. Below is a screenshot I found that I had saved from… Read More »
Several months ago, I switched companies that I work for. This morning, I am working from home and wanted to start Microsoft Teams flatpak on my Pop-Os! desktop and found it would not let me sign in with my new email address. The application is set for a single user and I could not find… Read More »
When I first started at my current job I needed to find a solution that would help me get an inventory of all my assets, assist me in managing and patching as well as some kind of remote access. One of my needs was to find something that would be cost-effective for my organization while… Read More »
I was having problems changing the timezone on a new domain controller today. I am the admin, but I still could not change the timezone region. I kept getting the following message “Unable to continue. You do not have permission to perform this task. Please contact your computer administrator for help.” But again, I am… Read More »
When using Firefox on a touchscreen enabled laptop, I noticed that scrolling only worked using the scroll bar and I could not zoom or scroll like is done with mobile devices. I discovered a fix for this by editing the /etc/security/pam_env.conf file and adding a new environment variable. MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1 Save, then reboot. Zoom and… Read More »
I have been wanting to stand up a FOG Imaging server for quite some time on my home network. I have an Asus RT-AC86U router at home with the AsusWRT-Merlin firmware installed. If you have an Asus router, the Merlin firmware is a must regardless since an improved version of the default firmware the Asus… Read More »
Usually when I need to install my HP color laser printer onto one of my desktops, I have to go the HP Linux Imaging and Printing website and download and install HPLIP. But downloading the files and making the installer work has been a royal pain for Pop OS. Luckily, the System 76 Pop OS… Read More »
I recently switched from Ubuntu 20.10 to Pop! OS. One of the challenges I had was configuring shared folders I want mapped on my Pop! OS machine. I copied the lines from my previous /etc/fstab file that mounted the shares previously. Install Samba: sudo apt install samba. Set SMB pasword: smbpassword -a <Username> But when… Read More »
I found a nice webcam that works well with my Linux desktop. The Adesso CYBERTRACK H4. I was able to connect to a USB port and within seconds able to use the webcam for Teams and Webex without issue (Have not tried Zoom/Ringcentral yet). Cheese worked perfect too. I was able to pick one up… Read More »