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Migrating Windows 10 from a spinning disk to a SSD
A few weeks ago I helped a friend with his computer, an older HP based desktop machine. What I noticed when checking his installation was that his HDD has some issues and as part of upgrading the machine to make … Continue reading
Some thoughts on Android and iOS
Normal 0 21 false false false DE X-NONE X-NONE I have been mentioning it in the past to people in direct discussions, but I stumbled across an interesting article today: https://www.mactechnews.de/news/article/Android-Selbst-ohne-Nutzung-uebermittelt-Google-340-Datensaetze-pro-Tag-mit-Nutzerdaten-170299.html Even if this text is in German – it … Continue reading
IBM sells Collaboration Business fully to HCL – few thoughts
Those of you who know me for a longer time know that I have been part of IBM’s Collaboration business for a very long time and have recently left IBM. With the announcement last week, I must admit I do … Continue reading
Nasty VMWare snapshot problem
This is a more technical post this time, but maybe it helps somebody who has a simliar problem. So…. I was called late last week by a friend. She runs a local family business and her question was if I … Continue reading
IT-Sicherheit – Teil 1
Da ich am Freitag gerade wieder ein Gespräch zu IT Sicherheit, bzw dem Umgang mit Social Media Inhalten, hier mal ein kleiner Anfang, was so alles passieren kann, wenn man sich keine Gedanken darüber macht: https://www.heise.de/video/artikel/Die-zerstoerte-Privatsphaere-Auf-der-Suche-nach-persoenlichen-Spuren-im-Internet-1511357.html Ich finde, das sollte … Continue reading
moved to an iPhone
Those of you who know me for a while know that I am convinced in using Linux and Linux based systems. So after I moved to a Mac for work a few month ago I now also swapped my last … Continue reading
10 days on a Mac
For those of you who know me, you guys know that I am a Linux lover. I switched to Ubuntu completely a few years ago, for work and for personal computer use, wherever I could. Yes, there is still a … Continue reading
fixing a long term Ubuntu boot issue
I am an Ubuntu user – for years. For work and personal use. But lately I was struggling with my Thinkpad T530 during boot. It would just freeze during boot process. After I had to do an emergency update 2 … Continue reading
Kodi reinstallation
Today I did setup a Raspberry Pi 3 to replace my very old- single core Raspberry that was running XBMC first, later Kodi, a freeware Media center player. So if people are looking to get a simple, just working media center … Continue reading
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few thought (technical stuff this time)
I know I have been quite for a while. There are plenty of things to do at work and around work – but all good. Recently I just started a really dumb thing: Upgrading my Laptop from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS … Continue reading
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