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LXer Features
LXer now speaks Markdown
By bob - Oct 27, 2026
How to protect against PHP2ShellLXer's forums, story submissions and private mail now use Markdown, the plain-text way of formatting made popular by GitHub and others, complete with tables, footnotes and LaTeX math. Here is how it works on LXer, and how sixty years of text formatters, from RUNOFF to BBCode, led to it.
By bob - Oct 26, 2026
When the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities went public on October 21, they put every PHP web application on the internet at risk. Here is what we have done to keep LXer safe for our readers, and the simple steps anyone running PHP on Linux can take today.Linux That's Small
By Scott Ruecker (San Diego, U.S.) - Oct 14, 2024
Encryption, Trust, and the Hidden Dangers of Vendor-Controlled DataLXer Feature: 14-Oct-2024
Linux is big, but is it small? I talk about some pieces of hardware that run Linux that can fit in the palm of your hand. Some even smaller than that, take a look.
By penguinist - Aug 27, 2024
When the keys are controlled by vendors like Google or Apple, what does that mean for user privacy? This article explores the hidden dangers of vendor-controlled encryption and the trust gap it creates, particularly for open-source users and developers.My Linux Mint Tribute
By Scott Ruecker (San Diego, U.S.) - Aug 23, 2024
How I Turned My Chromebook Into A "Mintbook"
Hi there it’s me Scott, in my previous article I wrote about How I Turned My Chromebook Into A Mintbook and all the fun entailed in doing it. Well, its been two months and a few friends and others have asked me, “So how’s it going with your Mintbook”? Or “My Mintbox” as my friend Donny kids me.
By Scott Ruecker (San Diego, U.S.) - Jul 08, 2024
Adventures With My New Chromebook
How I turned a brand new Chromebook that kinda worked into a Linux Laptop that totally rocks!
By Scott Ruecker (San Diego, U.S.) - Jun 10, 2024
My Linux Laptop
A friend of mine helped me buy a new Chromebook a few weeks back. These are my adventures in getting to know what it is like to use and see if I could get it to do some extra stuff too.
By Scott Ruecker - May 08, 2022
Laptop Dual Boot Project: Part 2
LXer Feature: 08-May-2022
After all my adventures I ended up with a really cool Linux laptop, wait..that's what I wanted in the first place!
By Scott Ruecker - Nov 30, 2021
Laptop Dual Boot Project
LXer Feature: 30-Nov-2021
Here continues my journey to boot different versions of Linux onto my laptop and see how things go.
By Scott Ruecker - Nov 30, 2020
Lenovo Laptop Love..Not!
LXer Feature: 30-Nov-2020
I got a new laptop and I want to use a jump-drive to run different versions of Linux on it. These are my adventures..
By Scott Ruecker - Nov 01, 2019
Attempting to install Linux on a new laptop, a follow-up
LXer Feature: 1-Nov-2019
I was recently given a laptop that came with Windows 10 on it and wanted to install Linux over it because well. Windows sucks.
By James Dixon - Sep 21, 2019
LXer Feature: 21-Sept-2019Attempting to install Linux on a new laptop
A successful conclusion..
I recently detailed my attempts to install Linux as an alternative boot an SD card in a new Dell laptop. Those attempts failed. See Attempting to install Linux on a new laptop for the details. Microsoft has continued in their usual way and notified me last week that the current feature update of Windows on that laptop would soon be unsupported and urged me to update to the latest version.
By James Dixon - Jun 07, 2019
How I failed at installing Linux on a new laptopUpdating from Ubuntu LTS 16.04 to 18.04
By Hans Kwint - May 03, 2018
A KMail Breakthrough.
LXer Feature: 03-May-2018
Maybe you run old and trusted Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and wonder if it's easy to release a Bionic Beaver (18.04) in your PC. So did I! I could wait for the early spring-bugs to be squashed (do beavers eat bugs?), so wait for the point release 18.04.1. But I decided to act like a daring drake, and give the process a try anyway. Now, this could either go horribly wrong, like some Linux-updates I had in the past, it could be a breeze (badger?), or anything in between: Time to share my experience!
By Dr Tony Young - May 01, 2016
Installing jstock with Slackware 14.1
LXer Feature Update: 27-Apr-2016
This tells the story of how I finally managed a successful transfer of email data from KMail version 1.13.6 to version 4.11.5. It is a non-technical essay exploring the obstacles I encountered, my options, and the methods I used to achieve my aim. It was written partly to give the information, but also with the hope that readers will both enjoy and be amused by the story of the "battle of KMail" that was ultimately won against "incredible odds". Links to the earlier articles discussing problems with KMail 4x are given at the end.
By James Dixon - Jan 18, 2016
Two methods to get Jstock working on your Slackware 14.1 machine.Installing sbopkg with Slackware 14.1
By James Dixon - Jan 16, 2016
How to install the sbopkg Slackbuids.org package manager with Slackware 14.1.Open Source Wealth Management
By James Dixon - Jan 15, 2016
So you want to manage your money with open source?GNUifying Windows: Make the best of imposed Windows-use at work
By Hans Kwint - Oct 23, 2015
Chances are, if you work at a big company, you have to work with the beloved Windows and - unlike home - you don't have sudo - er, I mean admin-permissions. If you are a vivid Linux-user at home, it may feel like you're lost without your favourite Linux tools.Update to "How long is a piece of string?"
However, there's a lot of Free Software / Open Source software for Windows to make you feel more at home. Below I will present a list of the tools I use from time to time. Remember, it's just a list of software I use which I hope you say "Nah, I never heard of that!", that's the goal of this article. It's not meant as a recommendation of any kind, or saying that it's better, or to start a discussion about an utopic world in which you are free to use any OS you like at work.
By Dr. Tony Young - Oct 20, 2015
LXer Feature Update: 20-Oct-2015
The original article was dedicated, with thanks, to Gus3. Without his suggestion it never would have been written. Like the original article, I stress the following update text involves Linux only obliquely......but I hope all my friends here on LXer will find it interesting, and perhaps, useful.
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