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Top 5 posts of 2017 – #2: Set up KeePass Auto-Type on Linux
The second most visited post of 2017 on The Linux Experiment was Set up KeePass Auto-Type on Linux. View it here!
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Top 5 posts of 2017 – #3: Running a containerized media server with Ubuntu 14.04, Docker, and Plex
The third most visited post of 2017 on The Linux Experiment was Running a containerized media server with Ubuntu 14.04, Docker, and Plex. View it here!
Top 5 posts of 2017 – #4: Fix PulseAudio loopback delay
The fourth most visited post of 2017 on The Linux Experiment was Fix PulseAudio loopback delay. View it here!
How to RTFM (Read the *#&@ Manual)
Finding help with Linux If you hang out in enough Linux forums asking questions sooner or later someone will tell you to read the manual […]
Top 5 posts of 2017 – #5: How to play Red Alert 2 on Linux
The fifth most visited post of 2017 on The Linux Experiment was How to play Red Alert 2 on Linux. View it here!
Raspberry down and out for the count
My Raspberry Pi based hosting came to an abrupt end earlier this week as the RPi3 suddenly became unresponsive. Powering off and on the device […]
RPM package queries
This post is just a quick walk-through of some basic commands to help you find information about rpm packages. These commands will work for any […]
Opera – Can’t open user profile directory
I got the following ominous sounding message as I was about to fire up my Opera browser at the office today: I don’t believe I’ve […]
OpenSUSE patch vs update
If you dig into the man pages for zypper, you will notice that zypper provides three distinct options for keeping your OpenSUSE system up-to-date; update […]
How to install Gnome Web (Epiphany) on Red Hat Linux
Accessing internal services on paranoidpenguin.net using self-signed certificates does no longer work in my preferred browser due to HSTS preloading. Instead of actually fixing the issue […]
Satellite 6 Duplicate Host Names with Puppet
Satellite 6, Red Hat’s patch, configuration, and deployment management one stop shop solution is a powerful tool. It is also a formidable and complicated piece […]
KWLUG: Curv, Mattermost (2017-12)
This is a podcast presentation from the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group on the topic of Astronomy published on October 2nd 2017. You can find the original Kitchener Waterloo […]
Downtime due to Apache AH00060
To start the weekend off with a bang my Apache webserver failed to revive after the log rotation service had issued a restart. I’m hosting […]
Linux Security
Linux is not a bulletproof operating system, no doubt flaws, vulnerabilities, and exploits exist at this very moment that are unidentified and unpatched. It’s also very […]
Thank you to all of the contributors this year!
As you may know we here at The Linux Experiment want to move things toward more of a community driven experience, where anyone can contribute […]
Working with Linux Files – Access Control Lists
In the last post, we looked at basic file permissions. The ideas covered in that post are probably enough to get you through a large portion […]
Figure out what’s using your bandwidth with NetHogs
Have you ever wondered what applications were using all of your system bandwidth? Well now you can easily tell with a handy command line application […]
Working with files in Linux – File Attributes
In the previous two posts, we’ve looked at file permissions and access control lists. Today let’s take look at file attributes. Whereas, permissions and ACL’s deal with user […]
Working with files in Linux – Permissions
Over the next few posts I’ll be covering three basic elements of files in Linux: Permissions ACL’s (Access Control Lists) File Attributes The ls command […]
Search and replace with Vim and Sed
Using search and replace is a great way to save time when editing large files in Linx. Becoming proficient with this task will increase your […]