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Alternative software: Abiword word processor
Continuing my ‘quest to seek out the hidden gems amongst the Linux alternative software pile’ I decided to take a look into alternative word processors […]
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KWLUG: OpenWRT customization (2016-11)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of OpenWRT customization published on December 6th 2016. You can […]
Blast from the Past: How is it doing that?
This post was originally published on December 15, 2009. The original can be found here. Just about everything that I’ve ever read about media playback […]
Enjoy some free audiobooks with LibriVox!
LibriVox is a really neat project that takes volunteer readers who record themselves reading public domain works aloud and packages up the results as completely free […]
Blast from the Past: A lengthy, detailed meta-analysis of studies of GNOME Do
This post was originally published on November 23, 2009. The original can be found here. GNOME Do is a fantastic little program that makes Linux […]
Blast from the Past: Open formats are… the best formats?
This post was originally published on January 17, 2016. The original can be found here. Over the past few years there has been a big […]
Countdown to 2017!
We’re almost done with 2016! Can you believe it? In order to give this year a proper send off I have decided to post something […]
Stop screen tearing with Nvidia/Intel graphics combo
Ever since upgrading my laptop to Linux Mint 18 I’ve noticed some pronounced screen tearing happening. Initially I figured this was something I would simply […]
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 […]
Alternative software: Vocal Podcast Client
In my never-ending quest to seek out the hidden gems amongst the Linux alternative software pile I decided to take a look into what was […]
Alternative software: Midori Browser
In my previous post I spoke about how the Linux platform has an incredible amount of alternative software and wrote a bit about my experiences using […]
Alternative software: Konqueror Browser
The Linux platform has an absolute wealth of what I would call alternative software. Many of these applications were built simply to fill in a […]
Removing old Kernels in Ubuntu 16.04/Linux Mint 18
Recently I’ve noticed that my /boot partition has become full and I’ve even had some new kernel updates fail as a result. It seems the culprit […]
Trying out KeePassX
KeePassX is an independent implementation of the popular password manager that supports the KeePass (kdb) and KeePass2 (kdbx) database formats. Like the official KeePass application, […]
KWLUG: Emulating Tor (2016-10)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of Emulating Tor published on October 4th 2016. You can […]
KWLUG: Watcamp calendar, Indieweb, Key Retention using Guile (2016-09)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of Watcamp calendar, Indieweb, Key Retention using Guile published on […]
Ubuntu 16.04 VNC woes? Try this!
You may recall a few years back I made a very similar post about Ubuntu 14.04’s ‘VNC woes’. Well unfortunately it seems things have changed […]
How To Set Up An OpenVPN Client On Linux
Getting a VPN set up right on your Linux machine has a number of advantages, especially today when online privacy is a must and files […]
KWLUG: Summer Smorgasboard (2016-08)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of Summer Smorgasboard published on August 11th 2016. You can […]
KWLUG: Personal Information Manager Synchronization (2016-07)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of Personal Information Manager Synchronization published on July 5th 2016. […]