Installing the latest version of R on Ubuntu/Mint
I wrote about this before, but since this is a frequent problem and my last post wasn't brief, here's a shorter version. The primary way to install software in Linux…
Getting free wifi forever in airports on Mint 17.1
Many airports have free wifi services. The problem with these is that they are time-limited, usually to 1 to 3 hours. This can be very annoying if one is stuck…
Installing an RStudio server on DigitalOcean
Not as easy as claimed, but not that difficult. I used the default values and stuff with Ubuntu like in the guide. Some difficulties: Had to learn SSH Just read…
Installing scrapy on Mint 17
One would think that after so many years, things would simply work on linux. Especially on mainstream platforms. Mint 17 is based on the last Ubuntu LTS version (Trustly Tahr).…
Installing R on Mint 17
As nearly always, when one wants to do something in Linux, it becomes a test of both intelligence and patience. Mostly the latter. In this case I had installed the…
So i tried linux again
Usually every few years i try linux just to see how it has improved since last time i tried it. So far i have not migrated permanently to linux on…