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REVIEW: Ryobi OB18150 150VA 240V One+ Power Inverter
One of the useful developments in battery operated power tool systems of recent years is that manufacturers have woken up to the merits of having a universal battery system that powers a large range of different tools, ranging from power tools for the workshop to garden tools and even some general domestic devices for home…
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Setting up a second swap partition for Linux [2]
In the first post of this series several years ago, I wrote on how to add a second swap partition to increase the size of the swap space, by adding a second swap entry to the fstab file. This is very much the simplest way of increasing the swap space by using multiple disks, if…
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Hibernation fails with Kubuntu 20/22 on HP computers if Secure Boot is enabled.
Some months back I did write about how to enable hibernation in Kubuntu as it is not enabled by default like it is in Debian. I have particularly noted that this is an issue on computers made by HP in that following the given instructions still does not make hibernation available in some HP manufactured…
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Gimp 2.99.12 beta fails to fix major undo bug from 2.99.10
Currently, the Gimp project is developing a new release, 3.0. The beta version is being produced as version 2.99 with nightly releases having odd subversions e.g. 2.99.1, 2.99.3 etc and the production releases having even subversions e.g. 2.99.0, 2.99.2 etc. The project has now released version 2.99.12. However, a major bug in the undo function…
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HPM Countdown Timers
I have used various types of countdown timer for my heaters for years. They ensure the heater will be turned off automatically after a set period, usually two hours, so as not to waste power. HPM used to sell specific mechanical countdown timers, and I had several of these. Unfortunately they all stopped working after…