Make printing easy with the Samsung Unified Linux Driver Repository
I recently picked up a cheap Samsung laser printer and decided to give the Samsung Unified Linux Driver Repository a shot while installing it. Basically […]
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Listener Feedback Podcast Update (July 2013)
A couple new Listener Feedback podcast episodes have been released in case you missed them: Episode 21: Silence is Sexy – This Ain’t Hollywood (Pop, […]
Big distributions, little RAM 6
It’s that time again where I install the major, full desktop, distributions into a limited hardware machine and report on how they perform. Once again, […]
How to backup and restore a Trac project
If you use Trac as your bug and progress tracking tool then you too may one day need to take a backup of it or […]
How to backup and restore an SVN repository with full commit history
Sometimes you need to move an SVN repository from one server to another but maintain the full commit history (i.e. comments and changes). Here is […]
An Experiment in Transitioning to Open Document Formats
Recently I read an interesting article by Vint Cerf, mostly known as the man behind the TCP/IP protocol that underpins modern Internet communication, where he […]
The apps of KDE 4.10 Part VII: Dragon Player
Rounding out this little series I took a look at KDE’s video player of choice: Dragon Player. Dragon Player For those of you familiar with […]
The apps of KDE 4.10 Part VI: Calligra Suite
LibreOffice? Pfft. OpenOffice? Blah. KOffice? Dead for a while now. Calligra Suite? Now we’re talking! Calligra Suite You may be a bit confused as to […]
The apps of KDE 4.10 Part V: Kopete
What does KDE offer for instant communication with your co-workers and friends? Kopete steps up to be your all-in-one IM solution. Kopete Kopete provides a […]
The apps of KDE 4.10 Part IV: Amarok
Ready to rock out with KDE’s premier music management application? Let’s rediscover our music with Amarok. Amarok I have to start by first admitting that I’ve actually […]
The apps of KDE 4.10 Part III: KTorrent
Welcome to another edition of The apps of KDE 4.10. This time around I’m going to be touching on the KDE BitTorrent client KTorrent. KTorrent […]
The apps of KDE 4.10 Part II: Kontact
Continuing on where I left off last time I decided my next order of business would be to set up my e-mail accounts and calendar. […]
The apps of KDE 4.10 Part I: Rekonq
It’s been a while since I’ve used KDE, however with the recent rapid (and not always welcome) changes going on in the other two main […]
Changing ATI power profile to low
My laptop’s graphics card has never had the best support on linux and has now approached the point in its life where even ATI has […]
Listener Feedback Podcast Update
A couple new Listener Feedback podcast episodes have been released in case you missed them: Episode 16: Kellee Maize – Integration (Hip-hop, Rap, Dubstep) Episode […]
Using ATI Catalyst drivers on Ubuntu 12.10 with old hardware
As of version 12.10, Ubuntu has upgraded the version of X.org they include to the latest and unfortunately it is no longer compatible with the […]
KeePass: The Cross-platform Password Safe
These days you really need a strong, unique password for almost everything you do online. To make matters even worse for the average user, security […]
Using Linux to keep an old work PC alive
A couple of years ago I helped a small business convert their old virus infected Windows XP computer into a Linux Mint 11 (Katya) Xfce. […]
Limit Bandwitdth Used by apt-get
It’s easy. Simply throw “-o Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=X” in your apt-get command where X is the kb/s you wish to limit it to. So for example let’s […]
Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 (Report #3)
Just a quick update on my experience running the pre-release version of Ubuntu (this time upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1!). Not a whole lot […]