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Using ibus-typing-booster for predictive typing in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Update 16 July 2020: The package ibus-typing-booster has been accepted to Debian/Ubuntu. Therefore, you do not need anymore to use the testing PPA that was mentioned in the original post here. This post has been updated to reflect the change. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has switched to using the IBus input framework for most (all?) languages, …

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How to setup the HUION 430P drawing tablet on Ubuntu 20.04

Update 6 Feb 2021: Added instructions to enable the HUION H430P to use the wacom driver. Verified on Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04. If you want to draw on your computer, you can always use your mouse. But if you want to really draw, you can upgrade to a drawing tablet (also known as graphics …

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How to get LXD containers get IP from the LAN with routed network

Update #3 – 27 January 2020: Fedora requires special instructions for routed to work. See the section below named The routed profile for Fedora for more. UPDATE #2 – 26 January 2020: Debian requires special instructions for routed to work. See the section below named The routed profile for Debian for more. UPDATE #1 – …

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Greece is struggling against COVID-19

If a person in Greece wants to learn more about COVID-19, they can access the website of the National Organization of Public Health (Εθνικός Οργανισμός Δημόσιας Υγείας/ΕΟΔΥ). This appears to be the main portal on COVID-19 in Greece. See the screenshot below on how it looks. You can scroll down, but the screenshot shows the …

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How to use virtual machines in LXD

Update 22 May 2020: The Ubuntu container images have been updated to install on first boot the LXD Agent in the VM. The corresponding section below has been updated so that you can skip the manual step, if your VM image does it for you. Update 22 May 2020: See also the tutorial at https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/running-virtual-machines-with-lxd-4-0/7519 …

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