Month: December 2024

Don’t Update Your Guest Additions

Update: This problem is apparently fixed. I recently – a couple of days ago Jan 2, 2025 – updated VirtualBox to the latest, and installed a Linux system and updated the guest additions using the new Virtual Box. And the resolution of the display was fine. So looks like they fixed it. The guest additions I saw were 7.1.x, not 7.0.x. Not sure where the fix came in, but it looks like all is well.

I checked the version of the Guest Additions in the Linux Mint virtual machines and the Blurry Problem is apparently caused by the 7.0.22 Version of the guest additions. See the earlier post to see the blurry text. Have a look at the GA versions in the following logs:

LM21.2 Text is not Blurry – GA 7.0.6

This is the earlier version of Linux Mint with Guest Additions 7.0.6. Text is not blurry because the window can be resized to fit the screen resolution.

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Linux Mint Muddy Text

Linux Mint 21.2 Sharp Text

I use Linux Mint in Virtual Box virtual machines on Windows Hosts. I’ve been using Linux Mint 21.2 on a Windows 10 machine for some months now and it’s all fine.

After the nightmare struggle with disabling the Hyper-V on Windows 11 to get the performance back, I’m now running both LM21 and LM22 on Windows 11.

Notice the following examples of text in the windows:

Notice how sharp this text is. My monitor size is QHD [2560×1440]. I use Nvidia GPUs. This first example is on Windows 11 host with a Linux Mint 21.2 client on VirtualBox 7.1, no guest extensions [or not recently anyway]. GPU is a Nvidia RTX 3060. This text looks the same sharpness on Windows 10 host with earlier VirtualBox releases. It looks great.

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Duster Cord Winder Enhancement

An earlier post shows the duster cord winder and describes it. Some dowels added to the duster cord winder allows storage of the duster nozzles.

The pointed nozzle needs a longer dowel. I thought about painting the cord winder black, but it’s not really the time of year to paint things. Too cold in the shop and I don’t want to spray items in the house. So maybe another time. I made an extra cord winder for a friend. Merry Christmas.

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Computer Duster Cord Winder

I recently discovered that Dusters are a thing. I had been using a small, clean shop vacuum to blow out my computers. Of course, you can never use the shop vac on vacuum or the hose and inside of the shop vac are dirty and this blows dirt into your computer. Compressed Air cans work, but are expensive. You probably don’t want to use an air compressor since it has so much power that it could damage the electronics and might blow chips or oil or some bad items into your computer. But in the last couple of years, at least since the last time I looked, there are now many types of Dusters out there. This one is corded, to avoid batteries going bad and to have much more power. Also it has a light in the nozzle to light the area where you are cleaning.

There are many to choose from. This one has a 10 ft cord, which is nice, until you want to put it away.

I spent a while this afternoon making a rack to wind the cord around that fits onto the duster so it can be put away neatly.

An oval cut from a plank of laminate flooring, and a couple of hooks cut from plastic window trim and the cord can be neatly wound for storage. I’ll probably add some dowel stubs to hold the accessories.

Cheers,
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