DNF Update Information – Fedora/CentOS 8
The Fedora operating system comes with an updated version of the famous yum package management utility, called “DNF“. DNF stands for “Dandified YUMâ€, and it […]
Fedora
Distro Comparison – Looking for the Easiest (2017 Dell XPS 13)
TL;DR: I chose Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS for my new Dell XPS 13, because it was the easiest to set up for my requirements. Results DISTRO […]
Blast from the Past: Of filesystems and partitions
This post was originally published on August 25, 2009. The original can be found here. Following from my last post about finalizing all of those […]
Blast from the Past: Phoenix Rising
This post was originally published on December 12, 2009. The original can be found here. As we prepare to bring The Linux Experiment to a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Big distributions, little RAM 6
It’s that time again where I install the major, full desktop, distributions into a limited hardware machine and report on how they perform. Once again, […]
Big distributions, little RAM 5
Once again I’ve compiled some charts to show what the major, full desktop distributions look like while running on limited hardware. Just like before I’ve decided to […]
Big distributions, little RAM 3
Once again I’ve decided to re-run my previous tests this time using the following distributions: Debian 6.0.2 (GNOME) Fedora 15 (GNOME 3 Fallback Mode) Fedora […]
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 […]
Kubuntu 9.10 (Part I)
After giving up on installing openSUSE 11.2 (the installer insisted on failing during the partition stage) I am now successfully dual booting Windows 7 and […]
The end of the long road
Well it’s official, the year is now 2010 and we still don’t have flying cars. The End 2010 also marks the end of The Linux […]
Phoenix Rising
As we prepare to bring The Linux Experiment to a close over the coming weeks, I find that this has been a time of (mostly […]
Fedora 12: Drenched in glory
Let me start off by saying that my experience thus far (over the last 24 hours) with Fedora 12 – Constantine has been the complete […]
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 […]
KDE: [insert poorly worded and derogatory comment here]
Editor’s note: This, as everything we write on The Linux Experiment, is an opinion piece. I fully recognize that some people may be quite happy […]
Tips & Tricks for Fedora (and others!)
I honestly can’t remember how I stumbled across this website but there is a lot of useful information there. Rather than go through the 14 […]
GNOME slip ups; a KDE perspective
My beefs with GNOME, from a KDE perspective
The road to GNOME
As you know we are all going to be transitioning from our current desktop environment (DEs) to something new. I did a bit of quick […]
Setting up some Synergy
Last night I was able to set up a neat little program that I think you should all know about! Synergy allows you to set […]