Monthly Archives: June 2013

My Pogoplug

How to Mount Your Pogoplug on Linux Automatically

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I recently received a Pogoplug as a birthday gift. If you’re not familiar with the Pogoplug, it is a small Linux based plug computer that allows you to share personal files over the web. You can think of it as your own personal cloud storage server. While you can always access your Pogoplug files through the web interface, it’s nice to have local access to the files straight from your file manager. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to mount the Pogoplug on Linux and how to get it to mount automatically when your computer boots. Continue reading →

Linux Mint 15 Review

Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon: Ready For Prime Time

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Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Linux 13.04. Mint is intended to be easy to install and easy to use for desktop users who prefer a traditional desktop layout. It is available in for both 32 bit and 64 bit Intel architectures. It’s also available with two different desktops; the MATE desktop which is a fork of the GNOME 2 series, and the Cinnamon desktop which is based on GNOME 3 and is a fork of GNOME shell to give it a more traditional desktop layout. For this review I’m running the 64 bit Cinnamon edition on my desktop PC with an Intel Core i5 2500k CPU. Continue reading →