Author: Marcel Gagné

Ruggedly handsome science, Linux, & technology geek. Writer and Free Thinker at Large. The "Cooking With Linux" guy. Occasionally opinionated. Always confused. Loves wine, food, music, and the occasional single malt Scotch. Long time columnist for Linux Journal, LinuxPro Magazine, Ubuntu User Magazine, SysAdmin, and others. Author of six books including "Linux System Administration: A User's Guide" and the "Moving to Linux" series of books. Promoter, advocate, and evangelist for Free and Open Source Software on radio, television, and YouTube.

Installing Ubuntu 16.10

Posted onNovember 23, 2016November 8, 2018Leave a comment

On today's "Cooking With Linux" installation quickie, I will be taking you through the installation process for the latest version of Ubuntu, release 16.10, also known as "Yakkety Yak". This distribution features the Unity desktop environment. While you're here watching, Read More …

Installing Linux on a laptop with secure boot.

Posted onNovember 18, 2016November 8, 2018Leave a comment

Welcome to "Cooking With Linux", episode 7 . . . though I may have to rethink this whole numbering thing. But I digress . . . My parents bought themselves a brand new, and red, Acer laptop. Being my parents, Read More …

Installing OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

Posted onNovember 8, 2016November 8, 2018Leave a comment

Time for another "Cooking With Linux" installation quickie. This time, we're going to go through the installation steps for OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. This is a rolling release version of OpenSUSE which makes it fantastic for people who like to live 'on Read More …

Fedora 24 Installation

Posted onNovember 1, 2016November 8, 2018Leave a comment

Let me start by explaining that this is an experiment. Not "Cooking With Linux" per se, but this installation video is something a little different. Consider these particular "Installation Quickies" a subset of my CWL videos rather than the main Read More …

Desktop Extravaganza

Posted onOctober 28, 2016November 8, 2018Leave a comment

If you haven't already done so, please visit my YouTube channel and subscribe. Then, tell everyone that you know to subscribe as well. [ insert appropriate smiley here ] Now, on with the show. Welcome to "Cooking With Linux", episode Read More …

Rainbowstream, a command line Twitter client

Posted onOctober 25, 2016November 8, 2018Leave a comment

I'm playing with a Linux command line Twitter client called "Rainbowstream" and it's pretty cool. The screenshot shows it running inside a KDE Konsole terminal. It can even display images, sort of, in striking ASCII art. You can download the Read More …

Minecraft PE Server

Posted onOctober 21, 2016November 8, 2018Leave a comment

Minecraft Pocket Edition is an awesome multiplayer game. On a local network, such as in your home, friends can easily join you, as they can on the Internet. Unfortunately, when the person running the session is done, the fun is Read More …

Installing Software

Posted onOctober 4, 2016November 8, 2018Leave a comment

Look around just a bit and you're going to find that there are lots and lots of Linux distributions. There's also an incredible number of software packages for you to download, install, and use, and most of them are completely Read More …

FOSS Sacrilege!

Posted onSeptember 23, 2016November 8, 2018Leave a comment

Someone asked me recently about Google's Fuchsia, which this video is not about by the way. He asked what was more important to me, that a device run Linux or that the product be open source and open standards. I Read More …

Let’s Get Virtual

Posted onSeptember 21, 2016November 8, 2018Leave a comment

Before I unleash this next episode of Cooking With Linux (the YouTube edition), I'm going to make a promise . . . well, maybe more like a "hopefully, I stick to this better than my New Year's resolution" promise. Anyhow, Read More …