Setting up an LVM for Storage
Recently, I installed Kubuntu on my PC. Under Windows, I had used RAID1 array to create a storage volume out of two extra 500GB hard […]
Month: December 2009
XBMC Camelot
In my daily RSS feeds I read about the release of the newest version of XBMC, formally the Xbox Media Center, so I decided to […]
Linux Saves the Day
Earlier this week I had an experience where using Linux got me out of trouble in a relatively quick and easy manner. The catch? It […]
Going Linux, Once and for All
With the linux experiment coming to an end, and my Vista PC requiring a reinstall, I decided to take the leap and go all linux […]
Over one month later and I STILL cannot install Fedora 12
Thanks to incompatibilities with ATI’s catalyst drivers and the newest version of Xorg used in Fedora I am still unable to install Fedora 12 on […]
Linux: 12 Weeks of School Later
Finished Exams Rather than just copy Sasha’s previous post, I will do my best to try and tell the story through the eyes of a […]
Debian Device Driver Check
Just wanted to bring this website that I found today to everybody’s attention. It’s an online tool that checks if your hardware is supported by […]
Wait, that can’t be right
I found an interesting bug in Mint today. It happened after I changed my monitor setup without restarting X. It looks like my panel froze […]
Linux Mint Helena: C’est fantastique!
Last night I upgraded to Linux Mint 8 (Helena), x64 edition. Based on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), Helena has so far proven to be absolutely […]
How is it doing that?
Just about everything that I’ve ever read about media playback on Linux has been negative. As I understand the situation, the general consensus of the […]
Phoenix Rising
As we prepare to bring The Linux Experiment to a close over the coming weeks, I find that this has been a time of (mostly […]
A Tale of Two Fonts
I set my system font to Dingbat, which worked perfectly in every application except for Open Office. The strange part is that the font worked […]
This… looks… awesome!
Looks being the key word there because I haven’t actually been able to successfully run either of these seemingly awesome pieces of software. Amahi is […]
Coming to Grips with Reality
The following is a cautionary tale about putting more trust in the software installed on your system than in your own knowledge. Recently, while preparing […]
Successfully completing a school semester with Linux
For those of you who have read my profile, you know that I’m finishing up my math degree. More specifically, I’ve just finished lectures for […]