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Minimized applications disappearing

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Alan German

My current distro is Linux Mint MATE Version 18.2 (Sonya). Recently, I noticed that I would minimize a running application (e.g. LibreOffice Writer), but no placeholder for the app showed up in the panel. Initially, I thought that there was … Continue reading →

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Missing icons for applications

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Alan German

Another odd setting in my recent installation of Linux Mint 17 came to light when I minimized a LibreOffice window. There was no icon (button) for the application being displayed on the panel so I thought I had no way … Continue reading →

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Radeon HD6450 reconnected

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Alan German

Astute readers of the previous post will have noticed the ominous phrase: …a “more-or-less” stable system… While the display was finally working, there was still a problem. Following a cold boot, a series of short black lines was dancing across … Continue reading →

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Black Screen of Death Revisited

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Alan German

I finally got around to revisiting the problem with updates to two xserver files causing a boot failure (“black screen of death”) on my machine.

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In praise of backups

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Alan German

PC Magazine has declared today as World Backup Day and is exhorting readers to backup everything, from important documents and digital photographs to E-mail and browser settings. I have long been a fan of both data file and system-wide backups, … Continue reading →

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