Installing Fedora 12
With the recent release of Fedora 12 it is high time that I upgrade from my existing Fedora 11 install to the new wonders that […]
Configuring BlueZync and Failing at Barry
After successfully compiling and installing the BlueZync for Thunderbird plugin last night, I decided to take a shot at actually synchronizing my Blackberry with Thunderbird. […]
Going Linux podcast
Just wanted to take a quick moment to thank the gentlemen over at Going Linux for mentioning us on their most recent podcast. They certainly […]
Twelve to twelve
Well, it’s official – twelve more days remain until the November 17 release of Fedora 12 (Constantine). I, for one, can hardly wait – Fedora […]
(Finally) Installing Bluezync for Thunderbird
After some constructive comments from Henrik, the developer of the BlueZync plugin for Thunderbird, I decided to take another shot at getting Blackberry sync working […]
Once again, portage perplexes and enrages me
I haven’t needed to reinstall my system nearly as many times as Jon or Tyler, which is a good thing – Linux is supposed to […]
Making glut.h work in Fedora 11
As part of a computer graphics course I am taking at university I need to be able to develop C/C++ applications using openGL and the […]
Back at Square 1
This morning I reinstalled my Debian system. I began by downloading an ISO for the current Debian Stable build (called Lenny), and installing it with […]
Reinstalling Linux
Generally, after using a Windows machine for close to a year, it gets bogged down and slow and benefits greatly from a reinstall. After about […]
Resizing batches of images in Nautilus
If you’re like me, which you either are or are aspiring to be, then you hate having to manually resize dozens of images. Ubuntu, and […]
Distribution Upgrades
As with the release of Karmic Koala, the majority of the other distributions we here at The Linux Experiment have decided to run will also […]
Happy Ubuntu Day
Oh come on, everyone else is doing it. Love it or hate it Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distribution to date. While we at […]
Quick fix: Compiz on Gentoo, resolving text corruption in terminal
This will be a brief reference post mostly for my own benefit, but a good fix for an issue where Compiz shows black boxes or […]
Interesting Linux article
I stumbled across a very interesting post linked off of Digg, which I browse on a fairly regular basis. In it, the author attempts to […]
Flash problems in Firefox
I mentioned in the podcast that I was having problems viewing Flash stuff in Firefox and I blamed it on KDE. I may have jumped […]
The Linux Experiment Podcast #2: What the Hell [Desktop Environments]?!
The second podcast from the guys at The Linux Experiment. In this episode we discuss our experiences with switching desktop environments.
FTP Trials
I use FTP for a lot of things, mostly related to website administration. On Windows, my client of choice is WinSCP. It has this great […]
Learning to live with XFCE
There’s no doubt that when I initially switched from GNOME to XFCE, I was pretty angry. But hey, you can’t stay mad forever – In […]
KDE on Gentoo: slightly less inflammatory but still difficult
After the shitstorm that was Dana’s post about KDE, I figured I’d go into more details about how my day to day use is going. […]
Miscoloured PNGs: Firefox 3.5.4 Fails It Again
The Situation: A while back I decided to see if I could install Firefox 3.5.4, because I like to live at the bleeding edge. I […]