Free SSL Certificate with Let’s Encrypt
Free SSL Certificate with Let’s Encrypt If you have ever installed an SSL certificate you know that it can be a tedious process. Let’s Encrypt […]
KWLUG: Ruin Your Life with Shell Scripts, JOSM (2017-09)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of Ruin Your Life with Shell Scripts, JOSM published on September 11th 2017. You […]
Filesystem and Directory size
Just a quick look at df and du. This comes up a lot when we have filesystems that are filling up and need to find […]
Hard float VS soft float with Slackware ARM on the RPi 3
I recently bought a new Raspberry Pi 3 and installed Slackware ARM current (hard float) on it. My goal was to compare the performance of […]
Linux File Server
File sharing is a critical business function for IT infrastructure. Using Samba we can create file shares that are highly available, secure, and accessible by […]
Red Hat 7.4 – VirtualBox Guest Additions issues
With the latest Red Hat release I experienced an issue with increasing the screen resolution above 1027×768. After checking out the VirtualBox forums, I found […]
Load Balancing with Nginx
Using Nginx as a load balancer Nginx as you may know is a fast and powerful web server. It can also be used as a […]
Experimenting with Arch: Playing some Pacman
In my last few posts I’ve sort of taken it for granted that we all know what the pacman commands I’ve been showing are actually […]
Gentoo makes Perl upgrades easy
Perl upgrades on Gentoo Linux have been laborious for me in the past, but with Perl 5.24 that was no longer the case. I’ve previously […]
Experimenting with Arch: Adding Laptop Goodies
Since I’m trying out Arch Linux on a laptop I figured it would be a good idea to follow their recommendations for laptops and power […]
Media Server
Have you ever wanted to set up your own video streaming service on your home or work network? This simple guide will help you set […]
Experimenting with Arch: Enabling the AUR
The Arch Linux User Repository (or AUR) is a community driven repository of packages that don’t exist in the official repositories. These provide some nice […]
Gentoo Linux review – Romancing the penguin
When you’ve been running GNU/Linux distributions for an adequate number of years, I do believe you’ll eventually find yourself walking the path to Mount Gentoo […]
KWLUG: FreeSWITCH, FusionPBX and Conference Calls (2017-08)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of FreeSWITCH, FusionPBX and Conference Calls published on August 14th 2017. You can find […]
Linux DNS and DHCP Server
There are lots of reasons to use Linux for your networking needs both at home and at work not the least of which is the […]
Experimenting with Arch: Starting to Build the System I Want
At the conclusion of my previous post where I successfully installed the base Arch Linux system onto my laptop I was now presented with the following […]
Experimenting with Arch: The Installation
A while back I wrote about playing around with different distributions on an older laptop I had lying around. Well my time with Zorin OS […]
Do you want to write for The Linux Experiment?
Are you a Linux user? Thinking about trying your own Linux experiment? Have you ever come across something broken or annoying and figured out a […]
Fixing error with Google Chrome public key
Recently Google updated the key they use to sign Debian based Google Chrome releases and updates. Unfortunately this means that if you had it already […]
More Housekeeping at The Linux Experiment
We have a lot of posts at The Linux Experiment going back many years now. But what good are posts if you can’t find what […]