You’ll know when to use it.
Kernel Panic!
So like Tyler, I’ve decided to run Gentoo. Hey, it seemed like a good idea at the time. My experience thus far can be summed […]
God Damnit Linux
Linux from Scratch: A Cautionary Tale, Part 2
What Next? Chroot Once you get into the chroot environment, you will get the incredibly annoying PC speaker beep every time you foul up a […]
Linux From Scratch : The Beginning…
Hi Everyone, If you don’t remember me, I’m Dave. Last time for the experiment I used SuSE, which I regretted. This time I decided to […]
Linux from Scratch: A Cautionary Tale, Part 1
And I’m started with Linux from Scratch! Here are some helpful pointers for anyone considering running LFS on their own. Caution: this is highly nerdy […]
Ubuntu 11.04 Installer Fail
So I decided to take a go at Ubuntu 11.04 in a virtual machine before taking the leap and installing it for real. As I […]
Recovering a Corrupted Banshee Database
A couple of nights ago, I left Banshee running overnight, filling my phone with music to listen to the next day at work. Sometime during […]
Well, Here Goes Nothing
During a routine update of my Fedora 13 system, I received the following notification: You’ll notice, upon careful inspection, that the update utility would like […]
Why I Hate Samba
This file copy is running over my local wireless network: That is all.
Unwanted Effects on my Line-in Interface
Shortly after purchasing an xbox360, I wrote a short piece that gave instructions for forwarding your line-in audio through your pc speakers. By using this […]
PulseAudio: Monitoring your Line-In Interface
At home, my setup consists of three machines -Â a laptop, a PC, and an XBOX 360. The latter two share a set of speakers, […]
Adobe Air and Fedora 12
This weekend, I installed Fedora 12 (Constantine) on my laptop, and I have to say that so far, I’m impressed. Thanks to the standard GNOME […]
Empathy: What a Piece of Garbage
The Empathy instant messaging client for Gnome is not yet ready to be the default client on your favourite Gnome-based distribution. In fact, I can’t […]
Pulse Audio Nonsense
Just a heads up: This isn’t the kind of post that contains answers to your problems. It is, unfortunately, the kind of post that contains […]
Kubuntu 9.10 (Part II)
A quick “solution” to my graphics and desktop effects woes
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Eclipse… Again
Man I’m beginning to sound like a broken record. Last night I reinstalled my Debian system. Somewhere along the line, I made a mess with […]