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Install Boxee on 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic
Installing Boxee turns your computer into an incredable HTPC but the installation process is not as straight forward as they would have you believe for the 64-bit 9.10 karmic release. At the time of this post Boxee is only available for 32-bit Jaunty 9.10 release but it can be successfully installed with the following [...]
Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on the Dell Zino HD
The Dell Inspiron Zino HD is the perfect machine if you are looking to build an Ubuntu Linux based HTPC. At the time of this post the Zino can be purchased with either Windows 7 or Ubuntu linux 9.04. I decided to go with Windows 7 and install Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit karmic on my [...]
AndroidNexus.com now online
AndroidNexus.com will be a site geared towards the Google Android operating system based on the Linux kernel. I plan on covering topics including the Android Open Source Project as well as application development with the Android SDK. For good measure there should be plenty of information about specific applications and phones as well.
Keep an eye [...]
Install Linux development man pages in Ubuntu
By default Ubuntu doesn’t install the manual pages used for Linux software development which is an invaluable reference for any system developer. These man pages describe the Linux programming interface including Linux system calls as well as system library calls.
To install these man pages simply install the manpages-dev package.
$ sudo apt-get install manpages-dev
You can [...]
Setup PS3 controller over bluetooth on Ubuntu
The PS3 Sixaxis and DualShock3 bluetooth controllers are a great for gaming on your PS3 but will work just as well under Linux. With this guide you will be able to configure them to work on your Ubuntu Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) PC in USB as well as wireless bluetooth mode.
There are a variety of [...]
Share a remote filesystem over SSH
You may already be familiar with NFS and Samba for sharing files over a network. While these are both great distributed filesystem solutions, they require extra configuration and setup overhead in order to get them to work. If you want quick and easy access to a remote filesystem then SSHFS may be your best shot.
SSHFS [...]
Setup NFS server on Gentoo
Setting up a NFS server on Gentoo doesn’t have to be difficult. Here I will explain how to setup a basic NFS server in just a few steps.
The fist step is to become root.
$ su -
Your Gentoo kernel must be compiled with support for both NFS server and client. You can check for this in [...]
Fix blue tinted video in Ubuntu
A strange issue has been identified in Ubuntu where video takes on a blue colored tint. Other descriptions of the problem include inverted colors, blue skin tones, or distorted video hues. The problems have been reproduced with Totem (Gstreamer), Totem (Xine), Mplayer, as well as VLC and other players.
The common theme with this [...]
How to mount an ISO disk image
An ISO image is an archive file (disk image) of an optical disc using a conventional ISO (International Organization for Standardization) format. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .ISO.
Many times is convenient to mount an ISO file directly instead of burning it to a CD first. Not only does this save on [...]
Custom screenrc configuration file
Screen may be the most useful Linux applications when it comes to getting things done through the terminal. This custom screenrc configuration file will provide you with a permanent caption line at the bottom of each window. This caption line will enable you to easily keep track of each terminal window and provide other helpful [...]