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Installing Wine from WineHQ in Ubuntu 22.10

Installing Wine from WineHQ in Ubuntu 22.10

Hi everyone, Today, we will be installing Wine from the WineHQ repository in Ubuntu 22.10. Wine is a compatibility layer that allow us to run Windows software on Linux. It is not an emulator nor a virtualization software. It simply translates the binary to Linux-compatible POSIX API call to allow the execution of them. In Windows, Microsoft added the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). There are currently 2 versions: WSL1 and WSL2. WSL1 can be considered the opposite of Wine,…

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Restoring Bluetooth Audio Connectivity in Ubuntu 22.10

Restoring Bluetooth Audio Connectivity in Ubuntu 22.10

Hi everyone, Yesterday, I wrote about restoring the audio output after upgrading to Ubuntu 22.10. Today, we will be seeing about how to restore the Bluetooth connectivity to Bluetooth Headsets, Headphones, and dongles. Just like yesterday, this has to do with a package that we must install in the system to make this work. Otherwise, the connections will fail. The Problem After upgrading Ubuntu to the development version 22.10, Bluetooth audio devices fails to connect with a br-connection-profile-unavailable error. The…

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Restoring audio after upgrading Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix 22.04 to Ubuntu 22.10 (Development version)

Restoring audio after upgrading Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix 22.04 to Ubuntu 22.10 (Development version)

Hi everyone, Today, we will be seeing how to restore the audio outputs after upgrading an Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix 22.04 to Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix 22.10. I had this problem happen on my machines after installing Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix 22.04 and then performing an upgrade using the command do-release-upgrade -d. This effectively upgrades Ubuntu 22.04 to the latest development version which currently is 22.10. However, it seems it messed up with my audio. Luckily, the solution is simple and we will…

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Installing the latest Linux Kernel in Ubuntu with the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer software

Installing the latest Linux Kernel in Ubuntu with the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer software

Hi everyone, Today, I´d like to show you how to install the latest Linux Kernel in Ubuntu. There’s a software called Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer that allow us to do exactly this. Linux works with the Linux Kernel, and that means that Ubuntu uses it, of course. The latest stable version of Ubuntu: 22.04, uses the Linux Kernel version 5.15, but with the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer, we can install up to the current 5.19-rc8 version. Note that this version…

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Resizing and Watermarking images with Python and PIL

Resizing and Watermarking images with Python and PIL

Hi everyone, Today, we will be seeing how to resize and watermark an image using Python and the PIL library. This is very simple once I went through a few issues I experienced myself and a deprecation warning. This code is based on the code from the following page: How to Watermark Images w/Python (PIL) I have recently switched to Ubuntu Linux and am looking for alternative software to those I normally use in Windows. To watermark and resize my…

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Burning the Windows 10 Insider Preview build 19044.1561 ISO image to a DVD disc

Burning the Windows 10 Insider Preview build 19044.1561 ISO image to a DVD disc

Hi everyone, In this post, we’ll learn how easy it is to burn a Windows 10 ISO image that we’ve created to a DVD disc using ImgBurn. This is the best tool available to burn ISO images and it’s the most recommended software to use. It is also free and it can verify a disc after it is burned to make sure that the disc burned successfully. The best way to go straight to ImgBurn and burn the image is…

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Downloading Windows 10 Insider Preview 19044.1561 UUP files from UUPdump.net

Downloading Windows 10 Insider Preview 19044.1561 UUP files from UUPdump.net

Hi everyone, Yesterday, we got another update of Windows 10 released to the Release Preview channel. This update has a Knowledge Base number of KB5010415 and brings Windows to the following versions: Windows 10 20H2 19042.1561 Windows 10 21H1 19043.1561 Windows 10 21H2 19044.1561 I usually downloaded Windows updates from uup.rg-adguard.net but I am giving uupdump.net a try. The process is very straightforward and follows almost the same steps we did to download Windows 11 UUP files. There are 2…

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Downloading Windows 11 UUP files from UUPdump.net

Downloading Windows 11 UUP files from UUPdump.net

Hi everyone, Today, I will show you how to download Windows 11 UUP files from uupdump.net. This seems to be the most reliable way to get the Windows 11 UUP files that are needed to build an ISO, as previously, I’ve had issues with some downloads from uup.rg-adguard.net. The issue I’ve been having is with the “Upgrade to Windows 11” version that’s shown under the “Windows (Insider version)” category. That option always seem to download very small files, and uup-converter-wimlib…

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Releasing ResultsForm, a .NET 6 Component to display Output and Results log

Releasing ResultsForm, a .NET 6 Component to display Output and Results log

Hi everyone, Today, I am releasing ResultsForm. This is my first .NET 6 project. ResultsForm is a .NET 6 Windows Forms class that you can use to pass a List(Of String) object to show your software output or results in a nice, simple form. It can save its output as a log file and the form can be customized. To use this form, you can simply call it like this in VB.NET This will have the following output: You can…

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Creating a Windows 11 ISO for version 22000.318

Creating a Windows 11 ISO for version 22000.318

Hi everyone, On the past few days, I struggled on making a Windows 11 ISO for the version 22000.318. For some reason, uup-converter-wimlib failed to create it and it seems it may have to do with some weird downloads. Yesterday, we got the version 22000.346 and I also downloaded the UUP files for it. uup-converter-wimlib was able to create an ISO for this version, so clearly something is wrong with the 22000.318 files. In fact, looking at the UUP file…

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