Fixing Faenza theme battery icons for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

[Edit: There’s been an update to the Faenza theme in the PPA (version 1.3 now) – install it first, log out and back in before seeing if you really need to do this.] I’ve been using the Faenza theme for years on both my computers, using the ~tiheum ppa to install it automatically. I feel […]

Updating to Ubuntu 12.10

Updating to the next version of Ubuntu is really easy – just type update-manager -d That is, if you haven’t got a setting that only lets you upgrade to LTS (Long Term Support) releases – which if you’re running Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), you probably do. Solution: open the Software Centre, then go to Edit… […]

What I learned from Crashplan on the Raspberry Pi

Maybe you’re bored of the “Crashplan x Raspberry Pi” posting I’ve done lately – sorry and all that, but I hope this might be helpful to someone. The main post has been updated a couple of times, it’s getting a bit messy with edits, so probably if I need to make any more I will […]

Feedly on Android ICS

Feedly does work on ICS, with only one little trick. When you open the Feedly app, turn the phone from portrait to landscape and back again. Simples, as a small furry advertising agent might say. I use Feedly both on the web (for desktop) and my phone to keep up with all my Google Reader feeds. […]

Crashplan on the Raspberry Pi

[edit: With a new release of Java 8 for ARM by Oracle, performance can be radically improved – see the post on Bionoren.com – and thanks for telling me about it in the comments, Brad!] [edit: I’ve updated a few commands that I didn’t get quite right initially, and then a new Linux image for the Raspberry […]