Something posted by our Guinea pigs
What is this, text for ants? Part II
Back to my shit-tastic eyesight for a moment. Now that we have our Bluetooth devices installed, I can now sit in front of my projector, instead […]
Guinea Pigs
Installing Bluetooth devices on Kubuntu
This is actually a much easier process than I imagined it would be. First: Ensure your devices (mouse, headphones, keyboard, etc…) are charged and turned […]
Linux: does it work for workers who work in the workplace?
In the ramp-up to the 2013 Linux Experiment, I got ambitious and decided to try not only FreeBSD as my official entry, but to install […]
Dual Booting Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8 on a Lenovo Y400 IdeaPad
With the third edition of The Linux Experiment already underway, I decided to get my new laptop set up with an Ubuntu partition to work […]
What is this, text for ants? Part I
Unlike many people who may be installing a version of Linux, I am doing so on a machine that has a projector with a 92″ […]
Experience Booting Linux Using the Windows 7 Bootloader
Greetings everyone! It has been quite some time since my last post. As you’ll be able to read from my profile (and signature,) I have […]
This isn’t going well.
Today I started out by going into work, only to discover that it is NEXT Friday that I need to cover. So I came home […]
Come on, really?!
So it is 9:40 PM and I started my “Find a Linux distro to install” process. Like many people, I decided to type exactly what […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]