ConorCork
ConorCork
Ireland
System Using
October 2014 Moved to Linux (Mint 17 Cinnamon 64bit), from Win Xp. Runing LM 17.0 on 2014 HP Pavillion Laptop with Intel i3 chip , Intel Graphics and 4GB memory. ( Note: not nvida graphics card and not Broadcom wireless card)
December 2014 updated to LM17.1 Rebecca. Cinnamon 2.4.
July 2015 updated to LM17.2 Rafaela. Cinnamon 2.6
December 2015 updated to LM17.3 Rosa. Cinnamon 2.8. Kernel 3.19.0-32
Why Here
Hope to learn from and contribute to the Linux Mint community via forums, software reviews, and maybe add a tutorial or two for similar "newbe" users to "share and learn"
Tutorials
| Title | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 years ago | Radio Station Streaming URL's and .m3u and .pls playlist Audio file links useful for Radiotray app. | 7 |
| 9 years ago | Information Security 1 : Intrusion Protection | 5 |
| 9 years ago | Information Security 2 : Intrusion Detection | 5 |
| 9 years ago | Information Security 3 : SSL Search & Firefox Privacy Settings | 0 |
| 9 years ago | Information Security : 1 to 5 Tutorials Contents Overview | 0 |
| 9 years ago | Guide to Managing eBooks in Linux Mint | -1 |
Software reviews
| Software | Score |
|---|---|
| stellarium "Incredibly powerful tool. Explore the solar system on your desktop. Works Perfectly on LM17.1 Cinnemon 64bit. Uses a bit of space circa 90MB " |
5 |
| network-manager-openvpn-gnome "Excellent. Makes setting up and using OpenVPN connections just a few GUI menu clicks " |
5 |
| openvpn "Use it daily. Few Problems. " |
4 |
| calibre " Useful. Covers many ebook formats. Quick out of the box to learn with library management function a bonus" |
5 |
| mintupdate " Indespensible and probably taken for granted. Just works. Gives clear settings by security preferences 1 to 5 choice. From 17.1 got better " |
5 |
| lynis "Useful Gives a good summary report with security configuration suggestion." |
3 |
| radiotray "Nice.Light on system use, Panel applet handy, Configure add new radio station could be better explained" |
4 |