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Screen brightness work around (part 2)
As mentioned before I am having some issues with my laptop’s hardware and controlling the screen brightness. Previously my work around was to set acpi_backlight=vender […]
Listener Feedback Podcast Update (December 2013)
Quite a few new Listener Feedback podcast episodes have been released in case you missed them: Episode 25: Crazed Outlook – Double Talk (Indie, Alternative, […]
Fix annoying high-pitched sound
If you’re like me you’ve been suffering through a crazy high-pitched sound emanating from your laptop speakers. Apparently this is a common issue with certain […]
Fix no screen brightness on boot problem
I recently upgraded my laptop to a brand new Lenovo Y410P and promptly replaced Windows 8 with a Linux install. Unfortunately I immediately ran into […]
Open source project hosting options
So you want to host an open source project using one of the many free services available but can’t decide which one to use? If […]
One license to rule them all? Noooooooooope!
Lately I’ve been taking a look at the various open source software licenses in an attempt to better understand the differences between them. Here is […]
The real lesson to take from Elementary OS
Elementary OS is the latest darling for the Linux community at large and with some good reason. It isn’t that Elementary OS is The. Best. […]
An Ambitious Goal
Every since we announced the start of the third Linux Experiment I’ve been trying to think of a way in which I could contribute that […]
Installing Linux to an external hard drive (+ driver issues)
While I haven’t quite figured out what I’m going to be doing for this round of The Linux Experiment, I have decided that now is […]
404 Oh No!
Some of you may have noticed some previously working links going to 404 (page not found) pages. This is due to a change we’ve made […]
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 […]