Article Category: Linux
Posted 6 days, 16 hours ago by wheaties
I've decided that if I ever want to really understand Linux, I'll have to give as many distributions as possible a chance. In the past, I've tried to use OpenSUSE on my HP Pavilion dv8000 laptop, but it never seemed quite as robust or useful as many other distributions that I've tried on the same machine.
With the recent release of OpenSUSE 11.1, I downloaded the final 32-bit DVD ISO as I normally do for...
Posted 1 week ago by wheaties
With all of the hype that git has been receiving lately, I started playing with it a while back to see if it suited me and my wants/needs. I found it to be an interesting utility. I won't go into any details simply because I'm not really all that knowledgeable about all the ins and outs of version control systems, but I will say that I have decided I like...
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago by wheaties
Welcome to my second article about installing Slackware on an Asus EeePC. This is a follow-up article to the one I posted in May 2008 soon after Slackware 12.1 was released. In this article, I will assume that you're doing a fresh installation of Slackware 12.2 and that you have access to an external USB CD/DVD ROM drive.
In all honesty, the...
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago by wheaties
I just had to come up with a blog post about these newly released bits of awesomeness!!
- Slackware 12.2 was announced this morning
- Google has launched two new Labs features for Gmail: a simple task list and the ability to send SMS messages within Gmail itself. w00t
I wish I had more time to report other important releases, but I must study!!!
Posted 1 month ago by wheaties
Some of you regulars out there may have noticed an interesting change in the presentation of some of my articles: source code highlighting. I've been interested in doing this for quite some time, I just never really got around to implementing it until last night.
I found this implementation process to be a bit more complicatd than I had anticipated. For my own benefit as well as for anyone else who wants to do...
Posted 1 month ago by wheaties
With the recent release of Python 3.0 final, I've had a crazy itch that needed to be scratched. That itch, my friends, was to do a write-up of how to install Python 3.0 alongside my existing Python 2.5.2 installation without borking things up. The reason I thought it would be useful is that I'm running a Debian-based distribution of Linux called sidux right now, and neither Python...
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago by wheaties
Ever since my wife bought me one of the 3gen iPod nano's, I've been stuck using that blasted iTunes program (which doesn't work on Linux) to synchronize my music and movies. Thanks to a little bit of surfing I did today, I accidentally found a solution to my predicament.
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago by wheaties
Learn how to get started with Django on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Posted 5 months ago by wheaties
Bigger and better things are always on the way!
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago by wheaties
Learn how to make your own iPod-compatible audio books using completely free utilities on Linux!
Posted 6 months ago by wheaties
Yes folks, I have launched yet another website.
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago by wheaties
A second attempt at installing openSUSE 11.0 on my computer.
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago by wheaties
Notes on the first attempt to install openSUSE 11.0 on my computer.
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago by wheaties
The details on the verdict concerning the legality of my PyScriptures program.
Posted 7 months ago by wheaties
The latest release of PyScriptures is ready!
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago by wheaties
The first "official" public release of PyScriptures.
Posted 8 months ago by wheaties
The steps I took to install Slackware 12.1 on my Asus EeePC (701).
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago by wheaties
Are Web developers setting themselves up for huge problems in the future?
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago by wheaties
Add the SwiftFox Debian repositories to your system to make for easy installation and upgrades.
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago by wheaties
Learn how to add the Debian Multimedia repositories to your system so you can easily install and update useful video and audio programs, codecs, and libraries.
Posted 10 months, 2 weeks ago by wheaties
Some thoughts about my preference for the Python programming language.
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago by wheaties
Learn how to compile and install your own Linux kernel so you can tweak your system to the max!
Posted 2 years ago by wheaties
Sometimes things just go wrong when you try to change your bootloader in Linux. Whether you use GRUB or LILO (or some other bootloader), this article may be of use if you find your MBR somewhat hosed.
Posted 2 years ago by wheaties
I recently purchased a 120GB drive to use as a shared disk between computers. Since I use several operating systems regularly, I wanted a format that all could play well with. Here's what I had to do.
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago by wheaties
Many of us who use Linux on our laptops have run into a particularly annoying feature when surfing the & 'Net. Sometimes when you try to simply move the mouse, your web browser magically goes to a different page. Let's fix this.
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago by wheaties
Learn how to get MySQL up and running on a fresh installation of Slackware.
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago by wheaties
Learn some basic information about Linux and how to use the command line interface.
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago by wheaties
With the newest release of my favorite distribution of Linux, I had to try my hand at installing and running it on my laptop. This is the beginning of a series of smaller articles dealing with Slackware 11.0.
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago by wheaties
Accessing wireless networks with Linux can be one of the biggest pains ever--trust me. I have created this guide in hopes that your attempts may go better than my first attempts.
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago by wheaties
The steps I took in order to install SLED 10.0 on my HP Pavilion dv8000. Hopefully this article will be of use to you.
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago by wheaties
Ever started a project that involved multiple developers, or wanted to keep track of changes that you make to your files? Learn how to effectively use a Subversion (SVN) repository to ease the burden of manually merging or backing up files.
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago by wheaties
Is the scroll button on your mouse not working under Linux? Learn how to enable it with just a few lines in a configuration file.
