Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 not responding
Posted: 2020-03-29 Filed under: network, system | Tags: Centrino, intel, iwlmvm, iwlwifi, kernel, module, option, Ultimate-N 6300, wifi Leave a commentI have a ThinkPad T420, which comes with an Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 wireless adapter. The card is recognised out of the box, and it connects to my home WiFi. There are two kernel modules loaded: iwlmvm and iwlwifi. Typically, after a minute or two the internet connection becomes so slow that it is virtually lost. I am running Slackware64 14.2 with kernel 4.4.217. It seems I finally found a solution in the Ubuntu forums.
Speeding up Chrome
Posted: 2020-03-07 Filed under: network | Tags: browsing, chromium, google chrome Leave a commentRecently, I’ve noticed that somehow browsing becomes more and more sluggish under Linux. I am using Chromium, from AlienBob. At the same time, using Chrome in Windows scrolls web-pages, such as Imgur or Reddit, much better. I finally googled a bit and it seems I found the solution.
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Browser fonts
Posted: 2019-06-30 Filed under: misc, network | Tags: fonts Leave a commentI have been switching between browsers lately and realised I am really tied to a certain set of fonts. So, for my own future reference here they are.
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Vivaldi HTML5 Proprietary Media
Posted: 2018-12-08 Filed under: media, network | Tags: codec, ffmpeg, vivaldi Leave a commentI have been playing with Vivaldi browser recently. It is available from SBo, where the recommended dependencies are pepperflash-plugin, ffmpeg and vivaldi-codecs-ffmpeg-extra. However, I still seemed to experience problems with some websites content. Maybe I did something wrong…
So, what to do?
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