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Upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 - 8
You can now upgrade Ubuntu to Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur Development Version

You can now upgrade Ubuntu to Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur Development Version

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Hi everyone, Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster got released this past month. Now, development for Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur has started and you can upgrade to its development version right now. If you like to test software and don’t mind bugs and other potential issues, I’ll show you how simple it is to upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10. First, you’ll need to open a terminal and type do-release-upgrade -d. The -d option indicates that you want to install a development version: You…

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TP-Link T2U Nano AC600 in ASUS E210 laptop 1
Installing the RTL8821AU driver in Ubuntu Linux to use our TP-Link T2U Nano AC600 Wireless Adapter

Installing the RTL8821AU driver in Ubuntu Linux to use our TP-Link T2U Nano AC600 Wireless Adapter

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Hi everyone, Some years ago, I got the TP-Link T2U Nano Wireless Adapter to replace an internal Wireless Mini-PCI Express adapter that was going bad on a laptop. This adapter has been a good replacement for that laptop and is still working as of this day. That laptop uses Windows. Now, I tried to see if that same adapter would work with Linux. Unfortunately, as of these days, it is not a plug-and-play adapter, and requires the installation of an…

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Installing KDiskMark in Ubuntu 23.04 Dev Branch 17
Installing KDiskMark in Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster Development Branch

Installing KDiskMark in Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster Development Branch

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Hi everyone, Today, we will learn to install KDiskMark in the Development Branch of Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster. KDiskMark is a Hard Disk Drive and Solid State Disk Benchmarking Utility for Linux. It is a graphically-identical version of CrystalDiskMark for Windows and is an essential piece to test read and write speeds of storage devices. Adding the KDiskMark PPA repository KDiskMark can be installed easily by the use of a PPA repository. We will open a terminal and use the…

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Dell Inspiron 15 3565 BIOS Update - BIOS Update in Progress 7
Updating the Dell Inspiron 15 3565 BIOS to install the latest Windows 10 releases

Updating the Dell Inspiron 15 3565 BIOS to install the latest Windows 10 releases

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Hi everyone, Today, we will see how to update the Dell Inspiron 15 3565 BIOS to version 1.11.0 or later to be able to install the latest Windows 10 releases. This laptop came with Windows 10 preinstalled, but there was an issue in the BIOS that came with it that caused the Windows update setup to fail and revert back. For this reason, we must update the machine BIOS to at least version 1.11.0 or later. This process is quick…

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Installing CrystalDiskMark - 7
Downloading and Installing CrystalDiskMark

Downloading and Installing CrystalDiskMark

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Hi everyone, Now that we installed the Samsung 870 EVO SSD to our HP 2000-2c20NR laptop, it’s time to power it up and benchmark the drive to see if realistically we can reach the drive’s mentioned read/write speeds. Before we can do the benchmark, we must download and install a benchmark tool. In this case, we will use the popular benchmark tool CrystalDiskMark. This is a free utility widely used to benchmark hard disk drives and solid state disks. This…

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Installing the Samsung 870 EVO on the HP 2000-2c20NR laptop 4
Installing the Samsung 870 EVO SSD in the HP 2000-2c20NR laptop

Installing the Samsung 870 EVO SSD in the HP 2000-2c20NR laptop

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Hi everyone, Today, we will be installing our newly-cloned Samsung 870 EVO SSD to the HP 2000-2c20NR laptop. For these steps, you will also require a screwdriver like we did in the steps we took to take out the previous hard disk drive from this laptop. For the purposes of this post, we will assume that you already have the laptop back covers opened. If you need to remove the previous hard disk or open the back covers, take a…

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Placing the Hard Disk Drive and Samsung 870 EVO SSD in UGREEN SATA to USB Enclosures 4
Cloning a 500GB Hard Disk Drive to the Samsung 870 EVO SSD using Linux

Cloning a 500GB Hard Disk Drive to the Samsung 870 EVO SSD using Linux

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Hi everyone, In this post, we will be cloning a 500GB Hard Disk Drive to a 500GB Samsung 870 EVO SSD. For this, we will be using the Linux dd utility, and will confirm some important details using KDE Partition Manager. Before we begin, we must use a SATA to USB enclosure or adapter. I will be using an UGREEN USB 3.0 to SATA enclosure. Let’s begin the preparation: Preparing the Hard Disk Drive and SSD for cloning These are…

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Removing the Hard Disk Drive in the HP 2000-2c20NR Laptop 08
Removing the Hard Disk Drive on the HP 2000-2c20NR laptop

Removing the Hard Disk Drive on the HP 2000-2c20NR laptop

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Hi everyone, Today, I will be showing you how to remove the Hard Disk Drive on the HP 2000-2c20NR laptop. This process is simple, but you will need a screwdriver in order to take off some plastic covers that gives you access to the laptop’s RAM, WiFi Card, Hard Disk Drive, and Optical Disk Drive securing screw. Reasons of why you may want to remove the hard disk drive would be to upgrade or replace it with another, higher capacity…

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Partitioning the Samsung SSD 980 500GB using gparted 12
Partitioning the Samsung SSD 980 500GB using gparted

Partitioning the Samsung SSD 980 500GB using gparted

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Hi everyone, In this post, we will be partitioning our Samsung SSD 980 500GB using gparted for use in our Linux machine. Before we create a partition in our drive, we must have gparted installed. If you do not have it installed, follow these instructions below to install it. Installing gparted We will be installing gparted in Ubuntu 23.04. To install it, we will use apt. The command to use is sudo apt install gparted: We will approve the installation…

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Updating ASUS E210MA BIOS 13
Updating the BIOS of the ASUS E210MA laptop

Updating the BIOS of the ASUS E210MA laptop

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Hi everyone, In this post, we will see how to update the BIOS of the ASUS E210MA laptop I got for Christmas. It came with the BIOS 301 version, but we can update it to BIOS 304. Here, we will see the steps to update it. Downloading the BIOS The first thing we will do is go to ASUS Download Center support page and type our model number. This particular machine is model E210MA. We will click on “Driver &…

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