Linux Mint
A quick google for alternative operating systems will no doubt bring up Linux. Linux is an alternative operating system to windows, but that does not mean that it has to be so different that it alienates traditional Windows users. Mint is a distribution that is easy on the eye as well as being simple to…
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What is: Linux
Linux is an operating system and it comes in many flavours. From the web: Linux is an open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution. The fact that you are reading this shows…
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the grub-efi-amd64-signed package failed to install
I came across this error whilst installing Elementary OS 5.1 onto a 2011 MacBook. After checking out why, it became obvious. The MacBook boots in UEFI mode and not MBR. Normally I create my Linux USB drives with Balena Etcher and trust it to get the drive right. A quick switch to RUFUS and create…
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Old Hardware? New Feel
Things to do with older hardware? I was given an old MacBook Pro 8,2. it had a faulty hard drive and only 4GB ram. After I upgraded the RAM to 16GB and threw in a 500GB SSD I figured reloading it with Mac OS should be a breeze. Connected it to my network and did…
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