Something posted by our Guinea pigs
RetroPie – turning your Raspberry Pi into a retro-gaming console!
Recently I decided to pick up a new Raspberry Pi 3 B from BuyaPi.ca. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to do with […]
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KWLUG: Raspberry Pi Projects (2016-06)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of Raspberry Pi Projects published on June 7th 2016. You […]
KWLUG: Sound in Linux, Part 2 (2016-05)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of Sound in Linux, Part 2 published on May 3rd […]
Surviving systemd – a quick look at a few alternatives…
Regardless of why (and there a number of valid reasons), you might like to avoid using such a large project without so much as a […]
Fix: trying to overwrite ‘/usr/share/accounts/services/google-im.service’ installing kubuntu-desktop
I have an Ubuntu 16.04 desktop installation with Unity and wanted to try KDE, so I ran sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop. apt failed with the […]
Extract album art from MP3 files
Recently I needed to extract the album art from an MP3 file and came across a really easy to use command line utility called eyeD3 […]
KWLUG: Docker Tutorial (2016-04)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of Docker published on April 5th 2016. You can find […]
KWLUG: Mastering Photo DVDs, KDEnlive (2016-03)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of Mastering Photo DVDs, KDEnlive published on March 8th 2016. […]
Murdering misbehaving applications with xkill
Have you ever had a window in Linux freeze on you and no matter how many times you tried to close it, it just wouldn’t […]
Limit bandwidth used by a command in Linux
If you’ve ever wanted to run a bandwidth intensive command (for example downloading system updates) but limit how much of the available bandwidth it can actually use then […]
Playing the Simpsons Theme on an Arduino
A little while back, I picked up an Arduino Starter Kit. It contains an Arduino Uno, a bunch of common components, and an instruction book […]
A nifty utility to limit CPU usage on Linux
If you want to run a command that you know is going to use quite a bit of CPU but you don’t want it to […]
Setting up Syncthing to share files on Linux
Syncthing is a file sharing application that lets you easily, and securely, share files between computers without having to store them on a third party […]
Installing ROS on a Raspberry Pi
As a lover of technology, I tend to accumulate bits and pieces of interesting devices. Usually, these are purchased for use on unrelated projects, and […]
CoreGTK 3.10.2 Released!
The next version of CoreGTK, version 3.10.2, has been tagged for release today. Highlights for this release: This is a bug fix release. Corrected issue […]
Automating Let’s Encrypt certificates on nginx
Let’s Encrypt is a new Certificate Authority that provides free SSL certificates. It is intended to be automated, so that certificates are renewed automatically. We’re […]
Turn your computer into your own Chromecast
UPDATE: this project is no longer working because Google has locked down their entire API. Google Chromecasts are neat little devices that let you ‘cast’ […]
Listener Feedback podcast episode 52: Silence – L’autre Endroit
Listener Feedback podcast is a royalty free and Creative Commons music podcast. This episode, titled “Episode 52: Full Album – Silence – L’autre Endroit” was […]
Enter the Void! First impressions of Void Linux
While Gentoo is a great way to spin your own flavour of Linux, after a year I’ve found that recompiling packages every time you do […]
Open formats are… the best formats?
Over the past few years there has been a big push to replace proprietary formats with open formats. For example Open Document Format and Office […]