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 […]
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Let your computer continue to boot even if it can’t mount something in fstab
I have a Drobo, basically a consumer grade NAS or network file share device, that I store the majority of my media and documents on. […]
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 […]
Blast from the Past: Create a GTK+ application on Linux with Objective-C
This post was originally published on December 8, 2010. The original can be found here. Note that while you can still write GTK+ applications on Linux […]
Blast from the Past: How to migrate from TrueCrypt to LUKS file containers
This post was originally published on June 15, 2014. The original can be found here. Note that there are other direct, compatible, alternatives and proper […]
Using a swap file instead of a swap partition in linux
Historically linux distributions have created a dedicated partition to be used as swap space and while this does come with some advantages there are other […]
Blast from the Past: VOIP with Linode, Ubuntu, Asterisk and FreePBX
This post was originally published on October 29, 2010. The original can be found here. Overview and Introduction I’ve been dabbling with managing a VOIP server […]
Blast from the Past: Compile Windows programs on Linux
This post was originally published on September 26, 2010. The original can be found here. Windows?? *GASP!* Sometimes you just have to compile Windows programs from […]
Blast from the Past: Very short plug for PowerTOP
This post was originally published on July 4, 2010. The original can be found here. Recently I decided to try out PowerTOP, a Linux power […]
Blast from the Past: A Practical Reference of Linux Commands
This post was originally published on February 19, 2010. The original can be found here. Just wanted to share a link to a great table that […]
Setup your own VPN with OpenVPN
Using the excellent Digital Ocean tutorial as my base I decided to setup an OpenVPN server on a Linux Mint 18 computer running on my […]
Ripping DVDs on Ubuntu 14.04
Remember DVDs? For those of you too young to have had to deal with the hassle of physical media, DVDs were how us old folks […]
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 […]
Download YouTube videos with youtube-dl
Have you ever wanted to save a YouTube video for offline use? Well now it’s super simple to do with the easy to use command […]
Fixing Areca Backup on Ubuntu 16.04 (and related distributions)
Seems like I’m at it again, this time fixing Areca Backup on Ubuntu 16.04 (actually Linux Mint 18.1 in my case). For some reason when […]
Resizing and Correctly Orienting Images with Mogrify
Lately, I’ve been publishing woodworking tutorials over on my own blog, and I’ve found myself needing to resize and correctly orient images taken with 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 […]
5 apt tips and tricks
Everyone loves apt. It’s a simple command line tool to install new programs and update your system, but beyond the standard commands like update, install […]
Using screen to keep your terminal sessions alive
Have you ever connected to a remote Linux computer, using a… let’s say less than ideal WiFi connection, and started running a command only to […]
Stop screen tearing with Nvidia/Intel graphics combo
Ever since upgrading my laptop to Linux Mint 18 I’ve noticed some pronounced screen tearing happening. Initially I figured this was something I would simply […]