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Mount entire drive dd image
It is a pretty common practice to use the command dd to make backup images of drives and partitions. It’s as simple as the command: […]
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How to test hard drive for errors in Linux
I recently re-built an older PC from a laundry list of Frankenstein parts. However before installing anything to the hard drive I found I wanted […]
Listener Feedback Podcast Episode 8: Futuristic Sex Robotz
A new episode of the Listener Feedback podcast has been released. This episode features the Internet nerdcore gangster rap super group Futuristic Sex Robotz with […]
Listener Feedback Podcast Episode 7: Fresh Body Shop
A new episode of the Listener Feedback podcast has been released. This episode features the industrial group Fresh Body Shop with their album Doctor X. […]
Listener Feedback Podcast Episode 6: Josh Woodward
A new episode of the Listener Feedback podcast has been released. This episode features the extremely talented acoustic rock artist Josh Woodward with his album […]
Listener Feedback Podcast Episode 5: Slim
A new episode of the Listener Feedback podcast has been released. This episode features the extremely talented one-man rock band Slim with his album Interstate […]
Sabayon Linux – Stable if not without polish
I have been running Sabayon Linux (Xfce) for the past couple of months and figured I would throw a post up on here describing my […]
Listener Feedback Podcast Episode 4: Tryad – Listen
A new episode of the Listener Feedback podcast has been released. On this episode it is the international internet supergroup Tryad with their album Listen. […]
Listener Feedback Podcast Episode 3: Drunksouls – On verra plus tard
A new episode of the Listener Feedback podcast has been released. On this episode it is the French band Drunksouls with their album On verra […]
Big distributions, little RAM 4
It’s that time again. Like before I’ve decided to re-run my previous tests this time using the following distributions: Debian 6.0 (GNOME) Kubuntu 11.10 (KDE) […]
Listener Feedback Podcast Episode 2: Blackwell
Just a quick update to let you know that the second episode of the Listener Feedback podcast has been released. The artist on this episode […]
First episode of Listener Feedback podcast released!
A fellow Linux Experiment Guinea Pig and I decided that we would start a new podcast showcasing some of the very best (and possibly worst) […]
The Linux Experiment Podcast #5.1: Experiment 2.0
Hosts: Aine B, Dave L, Jake B, Jon F, Matt C, Phil D, Tyler B, & Warren G Missing in action: Dana H, Sasha D […]
How to play Red Alert 2 on Linux
The other day I finally managed to get the classic RTS game Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 running on Linux, and running well in […]
How to update your (whole) Gentoo system
I wrote a simple script that you can download here that makes it easy to update your Gentoo system. It first re-syncs your portage tree […]
Closed source AMD/ATI drivers, wireless networking and Flash in Gentoo
Graphics Drivers Continuing where I left off in my previous posts I now had a somewhat working desktop but a few things still had to […]
How to enable reboot/shutdown in KDE on Gentoo
Yeah… apparently the ability to restart or shutdown your system using a normal user account from within KDE SC is not something that is installed […]
Gentoo (A.K.A. “Compiling!”)
For this version of the experiment I have chosen to try my hand at installing Gentoo. Gentoo, for those who don’t know, or who weren’t […]
Experiment 2.0
As Jake pointed out in the previous post we have once again decided to run The Linux Experiment. This iteration will once again following the […]