You know how it goes, you love your iPhone, and you love your Linux machine. Too bad, your two loves don’t really mix and match… Your iPhone needs iTunes, and unfortunately, iTunes is available for Windows, and for Mac, but not for Linux, not in any flavor. However, have we got news for you: as [...]
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Kubuntu: KPackageKit cannot get exclusive lock
By Bjorn on Thursday, June 16th, 2011 | No Comments
Just a small solution for an annoying errormessage I kept getting on my Kubuntu machine. When trying to install some new software, KPackageKit kept giving me the error “Cannot get the exclusive lock on the packaging backend. Please close any other legacy packaging tools that may be open.” Incoming search terms:cannot get the exclusive lock [...]
Read More...Ubuntu, Linux for human beings
By Bjorn on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 | 6 Comments
[ad]Linux, the open-source operating system that is a popular alternative to Microsoft Windows, has enjoyed a growing user base and a choice of hundreds of different distributions. At its core, Linux consists of a kernel, libraries and various applications. A distribution is a particular combination of these elements put together in a particular way that [...]
Read More...LibreOffice & OpenOffice on Linux gives .doc problems on networkdrives
By Bjorn on Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 | No Comments
[ad]You’re using Linux at work, while all the others are on Windows? You’re cool! Linux can handle just about anything, and has solutions for just about anything. However, sometimes you may just run into some issues. Using LibreOffice of OpenOffice to open documents which reside on a Windows network is one of those problems. What [...]
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