Torben Gundtofte-Bruun

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Hello, world!

I enjoy using my experience to help others. That is why I am active at a number of other sites in the StackExchange network on topics that interest me.

I'm something of a Swiss army knife both professionally and in private, able to juggle a wild variety of things at once. I've worked in every kind of business that uses software. I'm also very good with tools, both IT and mechanic. Whether you need software design or assembling some IKEA furniture, I'm your man for the job. I'm generally soft-spoken but driven by clear principles.

I'm a twin, I've lived in five countries, I speak four languages fluently and two more embarrassingly. Also, being a father routinely develops my patience which is useful for moderating on StackExchange too.

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Jan 30	comment	After login I just get wallpaper and a frozen mouse Could also be defective Nvidia drivers (if you use Nvidia graphics, of course) - see askubuntu.com/a/248380/5786
Jan 29	comment	Ubuntu 12.10 won't boot after Nvidia drivers upgrade Thanks for the hint about Ctrl-C vs. just C -- not knowing this fsck thing I just did what my MS-DOS hindbrain trained me to do :-)
Jan 27	comment	Unity doesn't appear after installing Nvidia drivers Should I run `nvidia-xconfig` after the reinstall before I boot normally?
Oct 25	comment	How to remove the big banner from Software Center? "It cannot be changed or removed." Forgive my ignorance but I thought that a key element of Linux is that this sentence never applies.
Aug 20	comment	How make scanner function of Canon MG5250 work? (MG5200 series) I updated my question with points #3 and #4. Basically the scanner is detected by SANE but apparently not usable. Typing `man scanimage` as suggested by scanimage totally overwhelmed me. What could be good next steps?
Aug 20	comment	How make scanner function of Canon MG5250 work? (MG5200 series) Doing this confirms that the installation of the Canon software was successful -- because I get a big ugly scanner application. It works, but it's nowhere near the convenience and elegance of Ubuntu's SimpleScan.
Aug 20	comment	How do I install my new Canon MG5250 printer? (MG5200 series) There's a setting `print-color-mode`=`color` that I can set to `monochrome` instead, but when I click "Apply" it just reverts back to `color`. Your suggestion to actually add a new setting worked! I now have a true greyscale printer, as well as a color printer. Thank you!
Aug 14	comment	How make scanner function of Canon MG5250 work? (MG5200 series) Thank you Martin, I will try these steps and report back -- but it will be next week because I am traveling until then. Thank you also for editing the bad parts out of the other post.
Aug 4	comment	How make scanner function of Canon MG5250 work? (MG5200 series) @Tom so you're saying that Canon just won't work? That would be sad. I got the printer with lots of refills so it will take a while to use up. I could of course just boot into Windows instead - but I'd like to switch to Linux.
Aug 3	comment	How make scanner function of Canon MG5250 work? (MG5200 series) @TomBrossman: If scanning is only supported into GIMP and not into SimpleScan then that's a major bummer. I want to scan receipts to PDF, not photos. Can GIMP make multi-page PDF's?
Jun 12	comment	How can I install Windows XP and Ubuntu 12.04 alongside each other? @Mitch: Formatting is an option, especially if I can manage to get back to WinXP instead.
Jun 12	comment	Upgrade or replace a Wubi installation? I am working a lot in Wubi, and the Wubi drive is 30GB. It sounds like there's no problem in just upgrading it inside Wubi then.
Jun 12	comment	How would Ubuntu work on an Apple retina display? Will this only scale the text or also the GUI widgets like buttons, borders, minimize/maximize, status icons in the toolbar, etc.? Will the cursor also be scaled or remain miniaturized?
Jun 12	comment	How to change the screen DPI in 11.10? Will this only scale the text or also the GUI widgets like buttons and minimize/maximize etc.?
May 15	comment	How to make Gimp run as a single window? Compile? I use Ubuntu because I'm not a Linux expert :-)
May 15	comment	How to make Gimp run as a single window? "Otto Kesselgulasch"? Is that for real? Is that the official source?
May 15	comment	How to make Gimp run as a single window? Yep, I get the same message as Tom. I don't think I'll risk it; I can't afford to break my main computer right now.
May 15	comment	Gimp too complicated; Pinta/GnuPaint/etc. too simple Yes, this looks very promising. Last time I tried it (a year ago?) it was pretty buggy and wouldn't save files. It seems to work better now.
May 14	comment	How to make Gimp run as a single window? Yay, I think this is exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks, I'll check it out.
May 14	comment	Gimp too complicated; Pinta/GnuPaint/etc. too simple I didn't find a way to open a new image, or to paste-as-new-image from the clipboard (screenshot?). Is this actually more like 80% photo library manager and 20% photo editor?