Linux Mint 17/Qiana (KDE Edition)

I applied a classical (in the context of Debian) upgrade on my Linux Mint installation and even though Mint is not recommending this option (instead their favorite is a fresh install with restore). Nevertheless my system still works without drawbacks.

Logitech Presenter R400 in Linux Mint

In general the Presenter R400 works fine, it’s immediately active after the USB receiver is plugged in and the keys representing Page Up/Down are working out of the box. Thus presentations in LibreOffice/OpenOffice, PDF Viewer (in my case Okular) and Google Docs are stepping forward and backwards using the main keys.

In contrast the smaller keys for jumping to presentation mode and disabling the display are sending codes, that the KDE desktop can’t process.

Siri vs. Now

I recently upgraded my iPhone 5 to an Optimus G, which fits better to the profile of a Linux User and after I was never satisfied with the results of Siri (at least in German), the voice recognition of Google Now is in comparison more than convincing.

Ubuntu Upgrade over IPv6

Even if there are already IPv6-enabled mirrors, that help to maintain an IPv6-only Ubuntu installation, it’s a little tricky to apply a release upgrade.