Month: November 2018
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Linux video driver issues
One of the challenges with Linux is that bug fixes can be slow to be developed and there can be issues when libraries are updated in a component of a distro in a different time cycle from other parts and therefore break software. For example, in Qgis there is a version of it that depends…
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Computing Resources Optimisation [2C]
Still looking at this, really just fine tuning expectations / specs. Last time I talked about task separation. Running stuff on mediapc is still a test case really. What has turned out to be important however is limitations on mediapc caused by it having an old CPU that is slow to decode some video formats.…
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Scanning with Linux
As we all know, I have gradually moved lots of things I do from Windows to Linux over time, but still have a computer running the Home edition of Windows 10. One of the few things that still runs on Windows 10 is my Epson Perfection V200 Photo scanner. Well it did work well on…
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Computing resources optimisation [2B]
Last time I wrote a post in this series it was looking at upgrading some of the hardware that I have. This time it is looking at task separation, or in another way, using mediapc to do some stuff like I have looked at previously. This keeps coming up because I have four computers and…
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Qgis functions for labels
One of the great things about Qgis is being able to use expressions in a range of things. This is just a little bit about using a function to combine various fields together to make a caption on a label of a feature. In NZ Rail Maps I have features called Locations which are a…