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Ubuntu tips

Ubuntu is great, but here are some tips to fix some issues that I regularly encounter.

Mouse doesn't seem quite right

If its a logitech mouse, install solaar with Unity/gnome extensions, sudo apt-get install solaar-gnome3. Then unplug the mouse and restart the system. Or try lomoco to manually configure.

gvfsd-smb-browse uses 100% of one CPU core

This is an odd bug that has effected people for a long time, but hasn't been fixed. If you notice your machine heating up, check you system monitor and stop gvsd-smb-browse process, don't kill it. There is 100 fixes available online, but all are sort of sketchy and odd. The best option: install samaba, sudo apt-get install samba. It seems Ubuntu doesn't have the full package, and once you install it, the bug seems to go away.

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