Hard float VS soft float with Slackware ARM on the RPi 3
I recently bought a new Raspberry Pi 3 and installed Slackware ARM current (hard float) on it. My goal was to compare the performance of […]
Hardware
Shove ads in your pi-hole!
There are loads of neat little projects out there for your Raspberry Pi from random little hacks all the way up to full scale home automation […]
Blast from the Past: Going Linux, Once and for All
This post was originally published on December 23, 2009. The original can be found here. With the linux experiment coming to an end, and my […]
Blast from the Past: Automatically put computer to sleep and wake it up on a schedule
This post was originally published on June 24, 2012. The original can be found here. Ever wanted your computer to be on when you need […]
Blast from the Past: Top 10 things I have learned since the start of this experiment
This post was originally published on October 2, 2009. The original can be found here. In a nod to Dave’s classic top ten segment I […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Distro hopping: Import music stored on NAS into Music
So you’re running elementary OS and want to access the music files you have stored on a Network-attached-storage device within the Music program. Unfortunately while […]
How to set a static IP address on Ubuntu 14.04 server (and others)
This assumes you want to set a static IP address on the network device eth0. Open up the interfaces file sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces and remove […]
Extend the life of your SSD on linux
This past year I purchased a laptop that came with two drives, a small 24GB SSD and a larger 1TB HDD. My configuration has placed […]
A tale of a gillion installs
Install number one: LMDE 201303. I was hoping for the best of both worlds, but I got driver issues instead. LMDE has known ATI proprietary […]
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 […]
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 […]
And I thought this would be easy…
Some of you may remember my earlier post about contemplating an upgrade from Windows Home Server (Version 1) to a Linux alternative. Since then, I have […]
Finding a replacement for Windows Home Server
Hello, everyone! It’s great to be back in the hot seat for this, our third installment of The Linux Experiment. I know that last time […]
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 […]
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″ […]
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 […]