Category Archives: Tutorials

Linux Mint 20 Ulyana: Replacing X-viewer

Xapps are the general go-to function for Linux Mint Ulyana. However, not everything lightweight is good, especially where crucial functions are missing. Xviewer is based on Eye of GNOME (EoG) and acts as the default image viewer for Linux Mint. … Continue reading

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Machine Learning: K-Means Cluster Analysis using Python – Alcohol intake based on physical and social attributes

Plotting data on the graph is like looking at a bunch of stars. They all look the same and the data is difficult to interpret. What if there was a method to colour the stars? Cluster analysis groups observations into … Continue reading

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Machine Learning: Lasso Regression using Python – Alcohol intake based on physical and social attributes

Lasso regression (AKA Penalized regression method) is often used to select a subset of variables. It is a supervised machine learning method which stands for “Least Absolute Selection and Shrinkage Operator”. The shrinkage process identifies the variables most strongly associated … Continue reading

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Machine Learning: Random Forests using Python – Alcohol intake based on physical and social attributes

The decision tree in the previous posts is useful in exploring how variables can predict a particular target or response.However, small changes in data can lead to different results. Like decision trees, Random Forests also assesses variables with respect to … Continue reading

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Machine Learning: Making Decision Trees using Python – Adolescent Sex and Parenting

A decision tree can predict a particular target or response. The decision tree below was made by me using machine learning to test against several relationships which can be found in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health survey performed … Continue reading

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The issues with migration to Linux: A practical guide

  In this article, we explore the conditions on helping users migrate to Linux, motivations for migration as well as the reasons for resistance to migration. Finally, I provide some strategies to assist migration successfully with happy end-users. If you are a … Continue reading

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Machine Learning: Tensorflow Deep Learning Tutorial – “The heart size is normal.”

TensorFlow is developed by Google and released as an open source software library for machine learning, specifically to training neural networks to to detect and decipher patterns and correlations. I would not say that the software would be analogous to human reasoning, … Continue reading

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Lubuntu Guide: Synapse Application Launcher

“For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” – Luke 7:8-9 Lubuntu, … Continue reading

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Tutorial on Wine: Gallium 9, possibly doubling your framerate

Wine is a great system to running programs, but there are many alternatives in Linux. The biggest thing people use wine for is games and the most common complain about games running under the WINE compatibility layer is performance. Naturally, … Continue reading

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Tutorial on Wine with PlayOnLinux by the P-Meister

Hello, welcome to this tutorial. This was originally posted on playonlinux.wordpress.com but I have decided to consolidate the information here.

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