Cool Tools

Cool Tools is a weekly column by HummuSoft that will discuss using open-source technologies, recycled and seemingly obsolete hardware and other wonderful things to empower your campaign or non-profit. This column will appear on Thursdays.

Cool Tools: Introduction

Submitted by HummuSoft on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 14:14

As an analysis site inspired by the principles of the open source movement, our job would be incomplete if we didn't provide our readers with the tools to look at the numbers on their own. What good is all this talk about analytical openness if you can't take a look at our analysis yourself? So it is in that spirit that this column will cover free and open-source tools to allow interested individuals, cash-strapped local campaigns, or really anyone with the desire to do some number-crunching on their own to participate.

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Cool Tools: Installing Linux

Submitted by HummuSoft on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 18:20

In the first installment of Cool Tools, I explained what the series is all about: giving everyone the ability to set up and use a set of quality tools for statistical analysis. Now we get into the nitty-gritty of actually building the system that will do this for us.

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Cool Tools: Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Submitted by HummuSoft on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 17:18

So now you've had a while to use your new Linux system. If you're like many others, you may have been initially surprised by how many things just work. But even so, it is useful to know how to deal with any problems that may arise. That's what we'll be covering today.

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Cool Tools: Installing and Updating Software

Submitted by HummuSoft on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 15:38

In our last Cool Tools, we covered what to do when we run into trouble with our new Linux installs. Knowing that, we're ready to try adding new programs and updating our old ones.

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