New Fedora, new VMplayer startup problems

With older machines we have the risk of unsupported software hitting compatib ility problems with each OS upgrade. A recent example of this is running vmplayer 12.5.9 on Fedora 30 which ran fine on Fedo ra 26 .. 28 albiet needing a couple of tweaks

But what's the new problems on Fedora 30 and what are the workarounds?

VMWare Horizon >4.8 on linux fails to start: undefined symbols

VMWare Horizon 4.8 works well with Fedora but when your service forces you to move to a later version you will find Horizon client 4.9 and above to fail to start. What to do?

An easy way to remove duplicate files

After years of backing up files from various harddrives and various folders into new harddrivers and additional various folders, we inevitably get a duplicate music, video and photo files - here are 2 tools that can help clean up: fdupes and exiftool

Migrating an old disk to larger disk

The need for more storage is a never ending process but the processes for migrating your old disks to new has never been easier withe collective experience over the years.

But there can still be gotchas if we've been repeating our process of migrating old to new for many many years - one of these gotchas is when you are moving a disk that has its first sector startig at 63 instead of say 2048. What do we do then?

The Remastered Aeron - What was once Old is New again

The original Herman Miller Aeron has been in the wild since 1994 and has been widely successful in both corporate and domestic office settings. In 2017, after nearly 23 years, Herman Miller released a revamped update, calling it the Remastered Aeron and ended production of the original Aeron later the same year.


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But aside from the revamped looks, weight and features how does the Remastered Aeron sit and feel in the real world?