Something to do with open source software
Turn your computer into your own Chromecast
UPDATE: this project is no longer working because Google has locked down their entire API. Google Chromecasts are neat little devices that let you ‘cast’ […]
Open Source Software
Open formats are… the best formats?
Over the past few years there has been a big push to replace proprietary formats with open formats. For example Open Document Format and Office […]
Let’s write a very simple text editor in CoreGTK
In this post I’ll quickly show how you can write a very simple text editor using CoreGTK. This example is purposely very basic, has no […]
Linux alternatives: Mp3tag → puddletag
Way back when I first made my full-time switch to Linux I made a post about an alternative to the excellent Mp3tag software on Windows. […]
Big distributions, little RAM 9
It’s been a while but once again here is the latest instalment of the series of posts where I install the major, full desktop, distributions […]
Archive your IMAP e-mail offline in Thunderbird
Thunderbird is an excellent e-mail client and has built in e-mail archiving, however one thing that it doesn’t do intuitively is an offline archive. Here’s […]
A distro hopping experiment
Over the last little while I’ve become quite comfortable using a single distribution, Linux Mint, for my day-to-day needs. While this has obviously allowed the […]
CoreGTK 3.10.1 Released!
The next version of CoreGTK, version 3.10.1, has been tagged for release today. Highlights for this release: Added some missing (varargs) GTK+ functions. This makes […]
CoreGTK 3.10.0 Released!
The next version of CoreGTK, version 3.10.0, has been tagged for release today. Highlights for this release: Move from GTK+ 2 to GTK+ 3 Prefer […]
Taking a look at some Linux e-mail clients
Many people now use a browser based solution, like Gmail, for all of their e-mail needs however there are still plenty of reasons why someone […]
Big distributions, little RAM 8
It’s been a while but once again here is the latest instalment of the series of posts where I install the major, full desktop, distributions […]
CoreGTK now supports GTK+ 3 and is built from GObject Introspection
It has been quite a while since the first release of CoreGTK back in August 2014 and in that time I’ve received a lot of […]
Adding GTK+ 3 support and building CoreGTK using GObject Introspection
It has been a while since I made any mention of my side project CoreGTK. I’m sure many people can relate that with life generally […]
How to easily forward Firefox (PC & Android) traffic through an SSH tunnel
Say you are travelling, or are at a neighbourhood coffee shop, using whatever unsecured WiFi network they make available. You could either: trust that no […]
Applying updates to Docker and the Plex container
In my last post, I discussed several Docker containers that I’m using for my home media streaming solution. Since then, Plex Media Server has updated to 0.9.11.4 for […]
Running a containerized media server with Ubuntu 14.04, Docker, and Plex
I recently took it upon myself to rebuild a general-purpose home server – installing a new Intel 530 240GB solid-state drive to replace a “spinning rust” […]
Cloud software for a Synology NAS and setting up OwnCloud
Recently the Kitchener Waterloo Linux Users Group held a couple of presentations on setting up your own personally hosted cloud. With their permission we are […]
Big distributions, little RAM 7
It’s been a while but once again here is the latest instalment of the series of posts where I install the major, full desktop, distributions […]
CoreGTK 2.24.0 Released!
The initial version of CoreGTK, version 2.24.0, has been tagged for release today. Features include: Targets GTK+ 2.24 Support for GtkBuilder Can be used on […]
Linux alternatives: Mp3tag → EasyTAG
A big part of my move from Windows to Linux has been finding replacements for the applications that I had previously used day-to-day that are […]