Category: NZTekonverse -> Debian

  • Computing resources optimisation [2A]

    So after a couple of months ago when I did some resource optimisation with my existing computers, it’s time to look at the next stage. That stage will be upgrades to enable all four computers to be used for the most stuff they can. The plan I am considering at the moment (subject to resourcing)…

  • HOWTO: Enable root login in KDE / Debian

    UPDATE: Since I discovered Ctrl-Alt-F1 and found I could root login there and have no problems, I have not bothered modifying any KDE computer to enable the root login. Last time I wrote that I needed to try a new user profile on serverpc because of issues resuming from hibernation. This has proved to be…

  • Fun with Buster / KDE over XFCE on Stretch

    It’s one thing to be able to install an alpha edition of Debian and it’s another for it to be usable. But that’s part of the whole process for an alpha edition of something. But because running a Debian alpha is so much of a challenge, I can’t do it with a rotated screen like…

  • Life with KDE [5]: Install on Debian over XFCE

    So I haven’t written too much on this blog for a couple of weeks. Now I am writing about KDE because I have decided which computers will have it and which won’t. serverpc gets it installed because it is fast and has 16 GB of memory, and mediapc will be the one that doesn’t because…

  • HOWTO: Change application font sizes in XFCE

    Since I am going to have to keep at least one of my computers running XFCE (it doesn’t need remote access) because MTP works better on Debian 9.5/XFCE for now, I needed to look at how to set menu and application font sizes. There is actually not a GUI to do this. There was not…