I've been considering moving my data off of cloud services such as CrashPlan and Dropbox and putting it back onto hardware that I own and fully control. In my new setup I have opted to store my data in a fault tolerant method using ZFS.
A couple of weeks ago I wanted to setup one of my machines that runs Kubuntu 15.04 to lock the computer when the smartcard is removed from the reader. After reading through a few other articles on this, I came up with the following solution.
I have an ACR122U NFC smartcard reader that I use with Linux Mint 17.1 and Kubuntu 15.04. This is a quick guide on how to get the reader working from a clean install of Mint or Kubuntu.
With Mint 17.1 I have found that the TrackPoint doesn't work completely out of the box - the mouse buttons for the TrackPoint act as scrollers rather than left and right click buttons.
With my ThinkPad T450s running Mint 17.1, I have found that Bluetooth is always turned on by default when booted, regardless of whatever changes I make to the Bluetooth adapted in the System Settings panel.
I've recently installed Linux Mint on my Thinkpad T450s. After installing Mint I noticed that the screen was constantly on full brightness and I couldn't change the brightness using the function keys. With this solution you can adjust the brightness, and ensured that the settings are remembered on restart.
23 July 2004. That was the date that I registered my very first domain, since then I have registered many, many more. At the time I was only 13, where shared hosting was the norm and I was trying to weigh up what was better – cPanel, Plesk or Helm.