Linux Mint 22
Version 22 is the first new (major) release of Linux Mint in 2 years. So what are my initial impressions? It’s an awful lot like […]
Linux Mint
Linux Mint 19… I’m here
Some months ago I made a quick post talking about my plan to finally upgrade my old desktop PC running Linux Mint 18 to the […]
Moving on up to Linux Mint 19!
Well the time has finally come for me to upgrade my desktop computer from the previous version of Linux Mint, Linux Mint 18 released back […]
Fixing GRUB installation error in Linux Mint 19
Recently I was installing Linux Mint 19 onto a computer and discovered that the installer consistently failed to setup GRUB correctly. This left the system […]
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 […]
Big distributions, little RAM 9
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 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 […]
A tale of a gillion installs
Install number one: LMDE 201303. Â I was hoping for the best of both worlds, but I got driver issues instead. Â LMDE has known ATI proprietary […]
So many flavours – with bonus privacy rant!
It’s interesting reading the old Linux Experiment first posts when people were contemplating which distro to install.  It’s been 4.5 years since then and the […]
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, […]
Using Linux to keep an old work PC alive
A couple of years ago I helped a small business convert their old virus infected Windows XP computer into a Linux Mint 11 (Katya) Xfce. […]
Limit Bandwitdth Used by apt-get
It’s easy. Simply throw “-o Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=X” in your apt-get command where X is the kb/s you wish to limit it to. So for example let’s […]
Querying the State of a Hardware WiFi Switch with RF-Kill
The laptop that I’m writing this post from has a really annoying strip of touch-response buttons above the keyboard that control things like volume and […]
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 4
It’s that time again. Like before I’ve decided to re-run my previous tests this time using the following distributions: Debian 6.0 (GNOME) Kubuntu 11.10 (KDE) […]
On Veetle, Linux Mint, and ICEauthority
Like most people, I use my computer for multimedia. Recently I’ve discovered a multi-platform program called Veetle. It’s a pretty good program, but I ran […]
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 […]
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 […]