Something to do with open source software
The KDE Experiment
Our friend Nick has put together this cool playlist of his experiences trying out KDE and its applications. Definitely worth a watch! Check out what […]
Open Source Software
Building a static website in Hugo
Recently I happen to have two serendipitous things happen to me. First I became very annoyed with WordPress while trying to make a change on […]
Setting Up Nextcloud as a Dropbox Replacement on a Dynamic IP Addressed Linux Home Server with a Valid SSL Certificate
Like most of you I have a free Dropbox account that I use to shuffle some files back and forth between devices, as well as […]
Share your WiFi info via QR code
Sometimes you just want the security of a long complicated WiFi password without the hassle of having to share it with your guests every time […]
Switching away from Google
Check out what else Nick is doing over on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5UAwBUum7CPN5buc-_N1Fw. These videos, re-posted here with permission, was originally published on Nick’s YouTube […]
Trying out .NET Core on Linux
Ever since the announcement of .NET Core I’ve been interesting in writing some C# code on my Linux desktop. Recently I found some time to […]
Open multiple files with vim
There are many instances when it’s useful to have multiple files open in vim, but if you aren’t familiar with this tool you can find […]
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 […]
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 […]
Uncomplicated Firewall… be careful
If like me, you enjoy the simplicity of UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) on your Ubuntu servers be careful when you turn it on. UFW doesn’t have […]
What to do when df and du report different usage.
You may occasionally come across an issue where running df will produce output that disagree’s with the output of the du command. If you aren’t familiar with these two commands […]
CoreGTK 3.22.0 Released!
The next version of CoreGTK, version 3.22.0, has been tagged for release! This is the first version of CoreGTK to support GTK+ 3.22. Highlights for […]
Backup a MySQL Database
If you have a MySQL database working behind the scenes on your web site or app then creating and storing backup’s of that database can […]
Optimizing your images
As part of the refresh we’re doing here at The Linux Experiment we wanted to see if we could optimize the image files we serve […]
Open Document Formats: A Successful Transition?
Some Background Years ago I wrote about my interest in switching away from proprietary binary blob formats (primarily things like Microsoft .doc, .xls & .ppt […]
Using SoundConverter to convert between file formats
SoundConverter is an excellent little utility that makes it super simple to convert from one audio format to another. As an example case I had […]
Alternative software: QupZilla Browser
I’m back at it, looking for the latest open source alternative software gem. This time around I’m trying out the QupZilla web browser. Never heard […]
Blast from the Past: Do something nice for a change
This post was originally published on October 6, 2010. The original can be found here. Open source software (OSS) is great. It’s powerful, community focused and, […]