Tag: Paris – Mason Bee

St Jean du Gard to Paris

Posted on August 15, 2018May 13, 2019 by masonbee

A couple of things went wrongly right with our return to Paris. I had booked tickets from Ales, changing at Nimes and Lyon but as we hadn’t made it to Ales we would have to catch the bus in the morning…except there wasn’t any bus as it was a public holiday. There was a bus […]

Buy a Linux Laptop
After my problems with buying a laptop off Dell and my research into buying a laptop in Europe I thought I should create a list of Linux laptop vendors for other people. It isn't going to be complete but add any others you find in the comments and hopefully we can build up a more worldwide list. ...

Updating KDE Neon
Although KDE neon is based on Ubuntu 18.04 it doesn't recommend using the same method to update. In Ubuntu you generally use some form of the application apt. Either in a GUI with the software installer or on a terminal emulator with a command such as, sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade...

Free VPN with OpenVPN, KDE Neon and ProtonVPN setup
To do this you are going to need a Protonmail or ProtonVPN account (the accounts are bridged so having one is having the other) and KDE neon installed. I am using 18.04 but it should work on any Debian based KDE distribution. RPM based distros will require changing a couple of commands but I will l...

Install Nextcloud Client on KDE neon
Nextcloud is a personal cloud storage solution which allows you to be in charge of you data unlike Google and others. The Nextcloud Client is the program installed on your computer that allows you to sync a folder and Nextcloud. This allows you to be able to add to or obtain the files in that folde...

KDE neon – Making my perfect desktop
For starters, I am going to skip the installation of KDE neon. It's easy, you just follow the instructions and select install updates and third party drivers. This will concentrate on what I do after first login and what I install, both as a record for myself and out of possible interest to others...