How to migrate from TrueCrypt to LUKS file containers
With the recent questions surrounding the security of TrueCrypt there has been a big push to move away from that program and switch to alternatives. […]
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Create a virtual hard drive volume within a file in Linux
If you are not familiar with the concept of virtual hard drive volumes, sometimes called file containers, they are basically regular looking files that can […]
Set up KeePass Auto-Type on Linux
If you’ve used KeePass on Windows you may be very attached to its auto-type feature, where with a single key-combo press the application with magically […]
Force Thunderbird/Enigmail to use a specific signing (hash) algorithm
If you’ve had issues trying to get Thunderbird to send your PGP signed e-mail using anything other than SHA-1 there is a quick and easy […]
How to mount a Windows share on startup
I recently invested in a NAS device to add a little bit of redundancy to my personal files. With this particular NAS the most convenient […]
Ubuntu 14.04 VNC woes? Try this!
If, like me, you’ve recently upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 only to find out that for whatever reason you can no longer VNC to that machine […]
Extend the life of your SSD on linux
This past year I purchased a laptop that came with two drives, a small 24GB SSD and a larger 1TB HDD. My configuration has placed […]
Change the default sort order in Nautilus
The default sort order in Nautilus has been changed to sorting alphabetically by name and the option to change this seems to be broken. For […]
Screen brightness work around (part 2)
As mentioned before I am having some issues with my laptop’s hardware and controlling the screen brightness. Previously my work around was to set acpi_backlight=vender […]
Listener Feedback Podcast Update (December 2013)
Quite a few new Listener Feedback podcast episodes have been released in case you missed them: Episode 25: Crazed Outlook – Double Talk (Indie, Alternative, […]
Fix annoying high-pitched sound
If you’re like me you’ve been suffering through a crazy high-pitched sound emanating from your laptop speakers. Apparently this is a common issue with certain […]
Fix no screen brightness on boot problem
I recently upgraded my laptop to a brand new Lenovo Y410P and promptly replaced Windows 8 with a Linux install. Unfortunately I immediately ran into […]
Open source project hosting options
So you want to host an open source project using one of the many free services available but can’t decide which one to use? If […]
One license to rule them all? Noooooooooope!
Lately I’ve been taking a look at the various open source software licenses in an attempt to better understand the differences between them. Here is […]
The real lesson to take from Elementary OS
Elementary OS is the latest darling for the Linux community at large and with some good reason. It isn’t that Elementary OS is The. Best. […]
An Ambitious Goal
Every since we announced the start of the third Linux Experiment I’ve been trying to think of a way in which I could contribute that […]
Installing Linux to an external hard drive (+ driver issues)
While I haven’t quite figured out what I’m going to be doing for this round of The Linux Experiment, I have decided that now is […]
404 Oh No!
Some of you may have noticed some previously working links going to 404 (page not found) pages. This is due to a change we’ve made […]
Announcing The Linux Experiment (The Third!)
That’s right, time for round three! If you’ve been following this website in the past you know what this means. This time around our rules […]