Android development in Netbeans
So you want to do Android development but you hate Eclipse? Well fear not, there is another IDE that you can use to meet your […]
Create a GStreamer powered Java media player
For something to do I decided to see if I could create a very simple Java media player. After doing some research, and finding out […]
Recovering a Corrupted Banshee Database
A couple of nights ago, I left Banshee running overnight, filling my phone with music to listen to the next day at work. Sometime during […]
Well, Here Goes Nothing
During a routine update of my Fedora 13 system, I received the following notification: You’ll notice, upon careful inspection, that the update utility would like […]
Why I Hate Samba
This file copy is running over my local wireless network: That is all.
How to Compile Banshee 1.9.0 on Ubuntu 10.04
Regular readers of this site will know that I’m no fan of Rhythmbox. When I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my desktop PC, I decided […]
Create a GTK+ application on Linux with Objective-C
As sort of follow-up-in-spirit to my older post I decided to share a really straight forward way to use Objective-C to build GTK+ applications. Objective-what? […]
Django Development on Ubuntu 10.04
When I’m not rocking out my ninja-like linux skillz here at The Linux Experiment, I like to spend my spare time working on SlightlySauced, a […]
Setting up an Ubuntu-based ASP.NET Server with Mono
Introduction: In my day job, I work as an infrastructure developer for a small company. While I wouldn’t call us a Microsoft shop by any […]
Samsung Captivate SGH-i896 Meets Linux
Yesterday, I picked up the newly launched (in Canada) Samsung Captivate. So far, I’m extremely impressed with the device. The super amoled display is gorgeous, […]
VOIP with Linode, Ubuntu, Asterisk and FreePBX
Overview and Introduction I’ve been dabbling with managing a VOIP server for the past year or so, using CentOS, Asterisk and FreePBX on a co-located […]
One week, three distributions (Day 7: Conclusions)
Well it’s been an interesting week. I’ve gotten to try out three new distributions and share my thoughts with everyone here. My original goal was […]
One week, three distributions (Day 6: Linux Mint Debian Edition)
To round out the week I installed the newly released Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE). Like the other posts I have made I will walk […]
One week, three distributions (Day 4: Ubuntu 10.10)
Continuing where we left off I am now ready to report my first impressions of Ubuntu 10.10. I should start by apologizing a little bit, […]
One week, three distributions (Day 2: Kubuntu 10.10)
As noted in my previous post I have decided to try out a mini experiment wherein I test out three recently released distributions (Kubuntu 10.10, […]
One week, three distributions (Day 0)
With the recent releases of Linux Mint Debian Edition, Ubuntu and Kubuntu 10.10 I am once again starting to feel that need to hop around […]
Do something nice for a change
Open source software (OSS) is great. It’s powerful, community focused and, lets face it, free. There is not a single day that goes by that […]
My Search for the Best Audio Editing Software
Lately, I’ve been doing some audio recording. In addition to a couple of podcasts that I work on, I occasionally like to record my own […]
Compile Windows programs on Linux
Windows?? *GASP!* Sometimes you just have to compile Windows programs from the comfort of your Linux install. This is a relatively simple process that basically […]
Unwanted Effects on my Line-in Interface
Shortly after purchasing an xbox360, I wrote a short piece that gave instructions for forwarding your line-in audio through your pc speakers. By using this […]