Sunday 17 October 2021
by Wulf
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Up until recently, I’d done most of my music editing using Lilypond (the engine) and Frescobaldi (the graphical interface), two excellent Open Source tools. I was running them in a virtual Linux machine hosted on my MacBook and I’ve still … Continue reading
Wednesday 31 March 2021
by Wulf
Comments Off on This is Why You Need a Toolbox
I’m having a busy week. For a ‘normal’ Easter, I’d probably be writing arrangements for songs and putting the finishing touches to service orders for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. As it is, I’m mainly in front of … Continue reading
Wednesday 30 September 2020
by Wulf
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Some who’ve known me a long time will be surprised to hear that I’ve recently welcomed a new computer onto my desk… running Windows 10. Why have I gone back to the ‘dark side’? Macs are just too expensive for … Continue reading
Tuesday 24 July 2018
by Wulf
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I remember years ago, when I was first finding out about Linux, one of the discussion themes was whether it was ready for the desktop. Today, the answer to that has to be a big, fat yes, with multiple distros … Continue reading
Tuesday 8 December 2015
by Wulf
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Just over 30 years ago (November 1985) Microsoft released Windows 1.0, providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on top of its Disk Operating System (DOS). I hadn’t realised, until I saw a short visual history on the Telegraph site today … Continue reading
Monday 26 October 2015
by Wulf
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I upgraded one of the computers at home to Windows 10 this weekend. It takes a while but seems to have been problem free. It’s still Windows and the machine still feels a bit sluggish but no more so than … Continue reading
Friday 22 November 2013
by Wulf
Comments Off on A Sane Solution
Jane and I recently swapped printers but the HP multifunction printer I now have attached to my computer didn’t install properly and my attempts to load the driver from the HP website have been thwarted by some kind of group … Continue reading