Going Linux, Once and for All
With the linux experiment coming to an end, and my Vista PC requiring a reinstall, I decided to take the leap and go all linux […]
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Linux: 12 Weeks of School Later
Finished Exams Rather than just copy Sasha’s previous post, I will do my best to try and tell the story through the eyes of a […]
Debian Device Driver Check
Just wanted to bring this website that I found today to everybody’s attention. It’s an online tool that checks if your hardware is supported by […]
How is it doing that?
Just about everything that I’ve ever read about media playback on Linux has been negative. As I understand the situation, the general consensus of the […]
Coming to Grips with Reality
The following is a cautionary tale about putting more trust in the software installed on your system than in your own knowledge. Recently, while preparing […]
Eclipse… Again
Man I’m beginning to sound like a broken record. Last night I reinstalled my Debian system. Somewhere along the line, I made a mess with […]
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. […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Taking Wine for a spin
Wine, or W.I.N.E. Is Not an Emulator, is a set of compatibility libraries that allow some Windows applications to run pseudo naively on Linux by […]
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 […]
OH GOD WHAT THE HELL LINUX!!!11
Well, again, it’s been a little while since my last post. I hope you all enjoyed the podcast that we put out the week before […]
Getting KDE on openSUSE is like playing Jenga
As part of our experiment, everyone is required to try a different desktop manager for two weeks. I chose KDE, since I’ve been using GNOME […]
Update: I can have my cake and eat it too!
If you have been following my posts on here you’ll know that I have a very… fragile setup. I am doing everything in my power […]
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 […]
Barry: Round Two with the Blogosphere riding Shotgun
Given the problems that I’ve been having lately with getting my Blackberry calendar and contacts to synchronize with anything in Linux, I was quite surprised […]
How I solved my audio problems
Short answer: IRC and #fedora Long answer: As you may recall I have been without sound for quite some time now. Finally getting sick and […]