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While The Bodhi Guide to Enlightenment is targeted specifically at the use of Enlightenment on Bodhi Linux, users of Enlightenment on any platform will find the guide useful. In conjunction with the release of Bodhi Linux 1.2.0 the Bodhi Doc Team and I have converted The Bodhi Guide to Enlightenment to HTML to include with the default installation of the OS.

Judging by their popularity I'm on the wrong side of this argument, but I'm fed up with distros that try to be all things to all people.

Systems that were created to encourage innovation with the public as the benefactor has got turned completely on its head; today the system stifles creativity, benefits big corporations solely, and harms society. As a Linux user this isn't news to you, I'm sure. But I'll bet your neighbor doesn't really know how bad it is, or might even think the system is “working”.

My Lenovo Ideapad U460 has worked a treat since I bought it. That is, until this past weekend, when a problem cropped up and the fix for that problem created another. And so on. And so on. Here's my chronicle of getting the right kernel installed and working with my hardware.

Lots of people have have adopted Dropbox for convenient online storage. But with the security and privacy issues raised recently you may be looking for a different service. SpiderOak does backups, sharing, and sync; what follows is a walkthrough on getting it set up on your Linux box.

In my last post I talked about getting set up and ready to write some quality documentation for Linux. In this one I'm going to get down to the nitty-gritty of the actual writing.

“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Congratulations! If you could read that sentence that means you have the skills necessary to make a meaningful contribution to GNU/Linux and the FOSS world. In a lot of ways the lack of good documentation is the Achille's Heel of Linux. I'm going to discuss some of the things I've learned along the way about writing documentation and show how you too can jump in and make Linux better!

When writing documentation for GNU/Linux or any other FOSS project it makes sense to license it under some sort of Free license. Doing so will allow others to redistribute and build on it. But with the plethora of Free Documentation licenses available it can be confusing to choose the right one for you. This article will explain the differences among some of the most common licenses so that you can make the best choice.