Aug 01
Share The time has finally come, my Raspberry Pi showed-up on my doorstep no less than one week ago. After having the chance to play with it for about a week now I can say it’s truly amazing what this little device can deliver on for $35. The Pi is also a breeze to work …
Nov 02
ShareFluxbox, I love it, I swear by it. It’s awesome. You should take it for a test drive. What is it? Fluxbox is an alternative desktop environment which forked from the Blackbox 0.61.1 desktop environment. Fluxbox is a lightweight window manager for the X11 window system written entirely in C++ for a fast minimalist user experience. …
Sep 21
ShareDo you have another machine that acts as your fileserver? Do you want to automount your samba share so you can access the files on another machine seamlessly? Here’s how to do it in 4 easy steps on Ubuntu 11.04: Step One First, we need to setup a file with our username and password to …
Sep 01
Share If you’re an HTPC advocate, and also like using XBMC, then you’ll probably want to read on about this little gem I found in the xbmc.org add-ons. PseudoTV is by far the most worthwhile add-on I’ve used thus far. Quick break down on what it does: As shown in its name, it provides a …
Aug 28
Share Just have a quick tip for today on an easy method to identify different alsa audio devices on your linux box. If you’ve ever tried to figure out which audio device is your hdmi output amongst 10 or 15 different devices you’ve probably figured out just how frustrating it can be. Here are a …
Jul 26
ShareYour Problem: Alright, so you ponied-up and purchased a nice 5.1 soundsystem– you’re the man now dog. You hook that bad-boy up to your new HDMI-capable receiver and you’re ready to take your beast new soundsystem for it’s maiden voyage through the frequencies of your favorite song from the Mary Poppins soundtrack ohh what’s the …
