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 For over a decade, I have been interested in disabling the damn CAPS LOCK key. I frequently press it accidentally and it is a continuing aggravation. Trying several methods, I found one that works and thought I would update the post and try to get the formatting correct. CAPS LOCK KILLED SUCCESS!! I stumbled upon the file /etc/default/keyboard . It reads: # KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE # Consult the keyboard(5) manual page. XKBMODEL=pc105 XKBLAYOUT=us XKBVARIANT= XKBOPTIONS= BACKSPACE=guess Consulting the man page for keyboard reveals the following interesting information: KEYBOARD(5)              Console-setup User's Manual     NAME keyboard - keyboard configuration file DESCRIPTION        The  keyboard file describes the properties of the keyboard. It is read by setupcon(1) in order to configure the keyboard on the  console.   In Debian  systems  the  default  keyboard la...

  " TigerVNC is a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC (Virtual Network Computing), a client/server application that allows users to launch and interact with graphical applications on remote machines. TigerVNC provides the levels of performance necessary to run 3D and video applications, and it attempts to maintain a common look and feel and re-use components, where possible, across the various platforms that it supports. TigerVNC also provides extensions for advanced authentication methods and TLS encryption." Begin by installing both the server and the viewer. # urpmi tigervnc tigervnc-server Then read the document at /usr/share/doc/tigervnc/HOWTO.md for specifics on the Mageia installation. That's important because things have changed and the TigerVNC installation recipies foud on the web have not caught up. The text is shown below: # What has changed The previous Tigervnc versions had a wrapper script called `vncserver` which  could be run as a us...

   There have been several Linux distro releases in the past that claim to offer a MS Windows-like experience to woo new users to Linux, such as Corel Linux ,  Xandros Desktop , and Linspire/Lindows . These failed mostly because the commercial companies attempted to modify Linux enough to lock the users into their own walled garden. Interestingly, all these distros were based on Debian. A successful Debian-based distro is Canonical's Ubuntu . It doesn't attempt to strong-arm users into its walled garden, but does offer a few special things and a rich user and support environment. It's popularity is well-earned and spurred by its marketing. Zorin OS 18 is the latest entry into the fray and is a Ubuntu-based distribution , many calls it a "fork" since the UI is customized to mimic MS Windows. They do offer a free download ISO , so I attempted to install that in a VirtualBox VM. It hung up on my first attempt; problems with some LibreOffice packages, so I opted to N...

  I've been curious, so I thought I'd install Arch Linux in a VirtualBox virtual machine and see  what was up. I followed the well-written HOWTO by  Ankush Das , but was not very successful, not for his instructions, but from some glitch in the installer. It seems that none of the extra apps would download to install, so what I got was the minimal, non-GUI default installation. I was able to  manually install enough things to display the LXDE desktop (my favorite). CONCLUSION Maybe there's a problem with the USA repositories? This may be what's happening. I might try again selecting some other country. I found the text-based install very reminiscent of the RedHat 5.1 install that was my introduction to Linux back in the day. I'll wait until the repo bug is fixed before I try it again. RESOURCES Arch Linux homepage The EXCELLENT Arch Linux Wiki