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 […]
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eeePC: TrackPad Mouse Clicking in Linux Mint 9
One of the most enraging things I’ve experienced with my Asus eeePC is that the TrackPad can be used to make a left mouse click […]
Adobe + Linux == Balls
This week, I replaced my increasingly infuriating Kubuntu installation with a fresh install of the beautiful Linux Mint 9 Isadora. Just like the project motto […]
My search for the best KDE Linux distribution
As some of you already know, I am a big fan of the KDE desktop environment (or KDE Workspaces or whatever they’re calling it these […]
Linux Mint Helena: C’est fantastique!
Last night I upgraded to Linux Mint 8 (Helena), x64 edition. Based on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), Helena has so far proven to be absolutely […]
Successfully completing a school semester with Linux
For those of you who have read my profile, you know that I’m finishing up my math degree. More specifically, I’ve just finished lectures for […]
A lengthy, detailed meta-analysis of studies of GNOME Do
GNOME Do is a fantastic little program that makes Linux Mint a very comfortable experience. At first glance, GNOME Do just looks like a collection […]
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 […]
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 […]
KDE is a terrible tease and the reason we can’t have nice things
Last night I installed KDE and I was absolutely thrilled. For starters, it has built in widgets, which I absolutely love (when they work, that […]
Well shit, that was easy
One of my big griefs with Mint was that the sound was far too quiet. I assumed this was some sort of hardware compatibility issue. […]
Suriving September with The Linux
It’s been about a month now and my computer hasn’t melted down, so this is a good sign. Additionally, I haven’t been forced to drop […]
The Linux and its ability to brick itself.
Over the weekend, I started a stats assignment that required me to use R. R runs in the terminal, but when you create plots, it […]
These lockups are getting pretty annoying
This morning I was using Firefox with about a dozen tabs open when my computer locked up. It froze and was completely unresponsive – basically […]
New monitor woes
So I’ve gone out and purchased myself a gorgeous LG Flatron W2243T. Unfortunately, getting it to work correctly has proven difficult so far. It’s connected […]
Day Five, Still Alive
Just checking in to say so far so good! Actually I have quite a bit more to say than that. As you all know, I’ve […]
Linux Mint
I picked a distribution at random, and Linux Mint turned out to be a pretty good choice for someone like me – ie, completely incompetent […]
I hereby welcome myself
Hi everybody! I’m Sasha, and I’ve joined the project experiment. I will be running some Linux distribution, essentially chosen without any forethought or regard for […]
Another one bites the dust
Mandriva vs Linux Mint: who will win?