Create a virtual hard drive volume within a file in Linux
If you are not familiar with the concept of virtual hard drive volumes, sometimes called file containers, they are basically regular looking files that can […]
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Set up KeePass Auto-Type on Linux
If you’ve used KeePass on Windows you may be very attached to its auto-type feature, where with a single key-combo press the application with magically […]
Force Thunderbird/Enigmail to use a specific signing (hash) algorithm
If you’ve had issues trying to get Thunderbird to send your PGP signed e-mail using anything other than SHA-1 there is a quick and easy […]
How to mount a Windows share on startup
I recently invested in a NAS device to add a little bit of redundancy to my personal files. With this particular NAS the most convenient […]
Ubuntu 14.04 VNC woes? Try this!
If, like me, you’ve recently upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 only to find out that for whatever reason you can no longer VNC to that machine […]
Cloud Saves for Minecraft
I’ve recently become addicted to Minecraft. I realize that I’m late to this game, having only recently discovered it despite its popularity over the past […]
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 […]
Change the default sort order in Nautilus
The default sort order in Nautilus has been changed to sorting alphabetically by name and the option to change this seems to be broken. For […]
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 annoying high-pitched sound
If you’re like me you’ve been suffering through a crazy high-pitched sound emanating from your laptop speakers. Apparently this is a common issue with certain […]
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 […]
Getting FreeBSD up and running with X.org and nVidia drivers
The Experiment has officially begun, and with that I’ve gone through the FreeBSD installation process. The actual install was fairly uneventful: apart from the fact […]
Installing Netflix on Kubuntu
The machine I am running Kubuntu on is primarily used for streaming media like Netflix and Youtube, watching files off of a shared server and […]
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 […]
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 […]
How to backup and restore a Trac project
If you use Trac as your bug and progress tracking tool then you too may one day need to take a backup of it or […]
How to backup and restore an SVN repository with full commit history
Sometimes you need to move an SVN repository from one server to another but maintain the full commit history (i.e. comments and changes). Here is […]
Changing ATI power profile to low
My laptop’s graphics card has never had the best support on linux and has now approached the point in its life where even ATI has […]
Using ATI Catalyst drivers on Ubuntu 12.10 with old hardware
As of version 12.10, Ubuntu has upgraded the version of X.org they include to the latest and unfortunately it is no longer compatible with the […]