I recently needed to do some testing with older versions of Linux Mint (for this) and was somewhat surprised to find that there were no official archives for this popular Linux distribution. Thankfully, the Wayback Machine has archived almost every official torrent file and ISO image. So instead of catching up on sleep, I compiled […] The post Linux Mint archives appeared first on Jeffery To.| Jeffery To
I recently did a fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04 on an older computer from 2010 and the process was unexpectedly difficult. The system would completely freeze a few minutes after booting from a live USB drive; the only possible next step was a hard power off. This would happen on every boot, but the time […] The post Ubuntu installer freezes soon after boot on older computer appeared first on Jeffery To.| Jeffery To
Sometimes I wonder how you areWhat is your life like nowWhat are you doing, who are you meetingNow that I’m not there Sometimes I wonder do you haveThe same dreams you had beforeAre they closer now, within your reachWas I standing in the way Sometimes I wonder if you knowHow stuck I still amI understand […]| Jeffery To
Sometimes, things need to be said. When someone is unaware of a problem, they should be informed, either directly or indirectly. To understate or overstate the problem would not be helpful. To assign blame when assigning blame is unnecessary would be hurtful. Other times, things do not need to be said. When someone is aware […]| Jeffery To
This was a presentation I gave at the November 2011 Codeaholics meetup and at BarCamp Hong Kong 2011. The slides also have some brief notes. At the time, it didn’t seem like a lot of developers in Hong Kong were aware of (front-end) web performance; I had hoped to raise some awareness. Being a meetup […]| Jeffery To
I was visiting family in Toronto recently and wanted to send my friends some postcards. Having grown up seeing cards of the city skyline in every discount or corner store, I wasn’t going to be purchasing any of those. Luckily, there are folks out there making postcards that are a little bit more interesting. Canadian […]| Jeffery To
There is a question on Stack Overflow that I check from time to time, “Disable Auto Zoom in Input ‘Text’ tag – Safari on iPhone“. “Someday,” I would say to myself, “I’ll post my solution and write a blog post as well.” That day has arrived. What is the problem, exactly? Sometimes in Safari (or […]| Jeffery To
Non-English Linux users of Lightning, the calendar extension for the Mozilla Thunderbird email and news client, must be having a hard time these days. Both Thunderbird and Lightning are available from the major Linux distributions’ software repositories. However, with the exception of Debian, the Lightning extension from these repos are available in English only. Most […]| Jeffery To
Say you have brand new Ubuntu server with a few Samba shares (and Avahi for auto-discovery). Or perhaps you have upgraded your existing server to 17.10 or 18.04 LTS. You open up Nautilus or Finder (or if you are unlucky, File Explorer) to test your Samba shares, and what do you see? Your meticulously chosen […]| Jeffery To
In many ways, the lives of web developers have been getting easier these past few years. There are powerful tools that abstract away browser differences, allowing developers to use the latest technologies without worrying about older platforms. But the web has always been, and will continue to be, a messy place, and there is no […]| Jeffery To