by Matthew Jones | May 30, 2023 | Linux, Ubuntu
The Problem After moving from GalliumOS to Xubuntu, I noticed that playing YouTube videos on both Firefox and Chromium would result in decent playback for a few minutes, but suddenly the audio would turn into a solid beeping tone while the YouTube video displayed the...
by Matthew Jones | Jan 5, 2020 | General Computing, Linux, Ubuntu
How to Remove a PPA via the Command Line If you’ve used Linux for any amount of time, you’ve probably come across a PPA. A PPA is short for Personal Page Archive. If you’re looking for a specific piece of software not available in the official...
by Matthew Jones | Dec 5, 2019 | DaVinci Resolve, Linux, Ubuntu
A follow-up to my previous post Earlier this week I decided to run DaVinci Resolve on Ubuntu 18.04. This was a terrible idea. I spent the last 3 days banging my head against a wall and scouring countless forums, blogs, articles, and all for nothing. Here’s my...
by Matthew Jones | Oct 4, 2019 | DaVinci Resolve, General Computing, Linux, Ubuntu
Here’s how to fix write permissions for DaVinci Resolve. Oh snap To fix this, just open a terminal and run: chmod -R 766 /your/problem/drive/or/directory What’s Going On? On linux, security is brilliantly built in. By default, files and folders that you...
by Matthew Jones | Sep 23, 2019 | General Computing, Linux, Ubuntu
Let’s locate files using the terminal! This is just a cool little trick you can use if you’re doing a bunch of stuff in the terminal, and you don’t want to leave, or you’re just interested in cool terminal tricks. Let’s say you’re...
by Matthew Jones | Apr 16, 2019 | Lifestyle, Linux, Ubuntu
Themes So basically, there are themes. Themes can do a lot to change the look and feel of your computing experience. If you’re a Linux user, there’s a good chance you like things customized. Just have a Google for “linux themes” and...
