Ok, part of the thing running Linux… is finding out what the cool kids run, and going with that. Right? And when you’re doing it for fun, easier is not always best. I mean you want a bit of a challenge right? Then you think you’re really solving problems and such. While it’s true what… — read more

I think the “save session” option on the logout screen in Xfce is dorky. So I found a way to remove it. Here are the steps: sudo mkdir /etc/xdg/xfce4/kiosk sudo vim /etc/xdg/xfce4/kiosk/kioskrc Add these lines: [xfce4-session] SaveSession=NONE Done. You can also do this to clear out any previously-saved sessions: rm -r ~/.cache/sessions/* — read more

Just ran across this article on ZDNet about 20 years of Linux and what it’s done for super computing. It seems the impact of Linux has been very consequential. Even in the scope of what it’s done for society as a whole. Perhaps it doesn’t own the desktop. But hey… it can own yours if you want. — read more

Ha! I had some more Linux fun over the weekend. On Saturday I wiped my two machines and put Lubuntu on. Although Ubuntu was pretty smooth… it had a lot of “features” that I just didn’t want. So I played with Lubuntu for the rest of the day. It’s big feature is that it’s light… — read more

So, I’ve been playing with Ubuntu proper for the last few days. It certainly has polish. But I realized this morning that it was just too full of annoying crapware. I found myself inundated with “features” that I didn’t want. With no easy way to remove or disable them. I’ve always believed that Linux is… — read more

In my process of installing several different Linux distros over the last week or two, I found out a few things. First, the idea of using LVM and having a separate partition for /home is great. I was able to wipe Linux Mint off my machines and put on Lubuntu with no problem at all.… — read more

I’ve been contemplating what to do about potentially messing up my Linux Mint installations by changing repositories for the MATE desktop environment. I was not having any trouble, but the idea that I totally strayed from the official accepted practices by adding a foreign repository bothered me. I was also questioning if Linux Mint was… — read more

One thing to consider when installing Linux is hard drive partitions. The default for most Linux distributions is to have one big partition for root and a small swap partition. That’s it. This is less than ideal. It’s particularly inconvenient for those that have a lot of user data and like to experiment with different… — read more

About a week ago, I decided I needed to get more in touch with my geek roots. So I formatted the hard drives on my desktop machine and my laptop, and I installed Linux Mint 15 MATE edition. I’ve created this blog in order to chronicle my experiences with Linux. There are two primary reasons… — read more