by Matt | 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 Matt | 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 Matt | 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 Matt | 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 Matt | 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...
by Matt | Mar 26, 2019 | 3D Animation, 3D Modeling, Linux, Ubuntu
Uh… 3DConnexion Spacemouse Wireless? If you’re like me and spend any amount of time in the 3D world, whether it’s for game design, game development, motion graphics, 3D animation, or CAD, you’ve probably felt a bit limited and slow when it...
