Bionic Beaver on Xen on Bionic Beaver (18.04) pt1

Prep Head on over to ubuntu and grab an iso. I chose ubuntu-18.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso, but by the time you’re reading this there is probably something newer. Burn the ISO to a USB disk or a DVD if you’re feeling particularly patient. To LVM or not to LVM At this point many guides will recommend you partition your…

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Making Squeezelite play well with KODI under Linux

The default settings for Squeezelite on Linux require it capture your sound card and hoard all audio for itself. This can be frustrating when the computer’s audio is shared with other programs. Sharing is caring The good news is that the latest version of Squeezelite (1.8) can be configured to release the sound card when it is not…

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Multi-Planking in elementary OS

A comment on my original article, combined with a holdiay, created an opportunity for improvement. While my previous post provided a method to manually specify 2+ docks, this was not ideal for situations where the number of monitors frequently changes. With that in mind I created a small app that automatically starts a new instance…

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Dual docks in elementary OS

Update: this tutorial is still valid for systems that don’t change monitors frequently, but if your system has frequent monitor changes, check out this post: https://heathpaddock.com/?p=854   When using two monitors in elementary OS the dock only shows on one monitor. I prefer to have it shown on both monitors. Here’s how it’s done: Open…

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New features in super-wingpanel

There have been a number of new features added to super-wingpanel recently. You’ll need to add the unstable repository to get these new features: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:heathbar/super-wingpanel-daily sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install super-wingpanel   Global Menus Thanks to +Francisco Javier Delgado del Hoyo for adding global menus. To enable global menus, you’ll need to do…

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Charging an iPad Air in Linux

The Backstory Today I plugged my iPad Air into my MacBook Pro (running Linux of course), but was promptly disappointed to notice the “Not Charging” message on the iPad. A friend suggested that the iPad would charge if the screen was turned off–and indeed it did–albeit very slowly. This behavior is a result of the USB…

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super-wingpanel

I’m a big fan of elementary OS. Paraphrasing from their design philosophy, elementary OS offers a concise, simple interface that avoids configuration in an effort to get out of your way so that you can get things done. This is great, except when you want to configure something a little differently. Enter super-wingpanel. Super-wingpanel is…

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