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govroam wifi settings Ubuntu 18.04

Posted on ma 11 juni 2018 in desktop • Tagged with ubuntu

Today I tried to connect my laptop running Ubuntu 18.04 to the govroam wifi network (equivalent to the eduroam thing I guess?).

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The default settings supplied by Ubuntu did not work and I could not find any official documentation specific for Ubuntu.

These are the settings that worked for …


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Ubuntu on a Macbook Pro tweaks

Posted on ma 11 juni 2018 in desktop • Tagged with apple, ubuntu, hardware

Last weekend I wiped my Macbook Pro 15″ late 2013 and installed Ubuntu 18.04 on it. The install was painless, but there were some tiny bits and pieces missing as to hardware settings and drivers.

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I was able to fix most issues searching the web, but I thought I …


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Upgrading legacy Mac pro 3,1 to MacOS High Sierra success story

Posted on do 25 januari 2018 in desktop • Tagged with apple, hardware

My Mac Pro from before 2010 was happily running MacOS Mavericks I think. There were some minor annoyances, but mostly it was working pretty swell. And a couple of years ago the machine dropped from the supported hardware list of newer MacOS releases like Sierra and High Sierra. So no …


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Officieel fan van Jetbrains Intellij

Posted on zo 03 december 2017 in desktop • Tagged with puppet

Door een collega op mijn nieuwe klus ben ik begonnen om Intellij te gebruiken. Het heeft een paar maanden geduurd om alle hoeken en gaten te vinden en er overduidelijk sneller mee te gaan, maar dat punt is bereikt.

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Op de klus gebruik ik de community edition voor puppet werk …


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Windows 10 Fall Creators Update fails on MacOS based VM

Posted on za 28 oktober 2017 in desktop • Tagged with windows

Yesterday my Windows 10 VM I run on my Macbook took forever to install updates.

Then at some point my macbook (yes the complete macbook) went blank / off without any warning. As the laptop usually warns of low battery charge, I suspect I hit some kinda bug.

This morning when …


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