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Proprietary Software
- Monday, May 17 2010 @ 04:05 PM UTC
- Contributed by: Dan Stoner
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Over the weekend I found some images that are fitting for such occasions...
(Proprietary Software Toilet Paper)

(Proprietary Software in Quarantine)

NOTE: Images originally found at http://www.openstickers.com/ with the following license:
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Copyright 2006-2007, Javier A. Albusac Jiménez
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this book and associated files, to deal in the book without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the book, and to permit persons to whom the book is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or different versions of the book and inside images.
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Linux Home Theater PC - HTPC
- Wednesday, April 21 2010 @ 10:05 PM UTC
- Contributed by: Dan Stoner
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Our home network consists of Linux, Mac, and Windows client computers. I bought a Samsung ML-2571N network laser printer for 70 dollars from http://geeks.com to eliminate the need for a separate print server computer. This printer is SO FAST and works with all three platforms. My Linux desktop computer has a color printer/scanner attached to it so if we do need to scan or print in color we just power on the desktop computer. Eliminating the print server functionality allowed me to put the new server in the entertainment center.
Our digital movies and music are now right there with the sound system and HDTV. The new machine allows us to watch full-screen flash video (such as Hulu.com). Video transcoding is about four times faster on the new server than my desktop computer (which I described in My Home Desktop Computer Runs Linux ).
Here are the specs of the new Server / Home Theater PC (HTPC):
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irssi + dtach + Droid + ConnectBot to stay connected in IRC
- Thursday, February 18 2010 @ 01:01 AM UTC
- Contributed by: Dan Stoner
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My favorite IRC client is "irssi" because it only requires a shell / terminal window to run. I can leave it running on a reliable machine and logged into the IRC network for long periods of time. Staying logged into IRC allows me to catch up on recent activity in my favorite channels whether I am at home, at work, or on my Droid.
Many people use "screen" to detach from their remote SSH login sessions and re-attach from a different computer. I found that screen has some quirks with irssi and tons of features that I do not use. A simpler alternative to "screen" is "dtach".
Here is how I use dtach:
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Serial Console Settings for IBM pSeries RS/6000
- Tuesday, February 16 2010 @ 10:10 PM UTC
- Contributed by: Dan Stoner
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Step 1: Dig around in your server room storage bins until you are lucky enough to find a cable labeled "pSeries Serial" like this:
This special console cable plugs into the front of the server. I used a DB-9 serial cable of some variety to extend the cable reach.
Step 1 (alternate): Connect a DB-9 serial cable (possibly just a standard null modem cable) into the Serial 1 port on the rear of the server.
Step 2: Configure your terminal software (such as HyperTerminal on Windows) with the following settings:
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CrunchBang Linux on Acer Aspire One AO751h
- Monday, February 15 2010 @ 03:09 AM UTC
- Contributed by: Dan Stoner
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Months after purchasing the Acer Aspire One AO751h, I was still looking for a Linux distribution that works well with the embedded (cursed!) Intel GMA 500 graphics drivers, aka Poulsbo. Ubuntu 9.04 or other distributions sourced on Jaunty Jackalope seem to be the easiest to make usable on this hardware but the situation is still far from perfect.
I gave CrunchBang Linux 9.04 a try and am loving it for a netbook operating system. CrunchBang, known as #! for short, uses the Openbox window manager + conky to provide a lightweight and clean desktop environment. One of the great things about the CruchBang distro is that it pulls from the Ubuntu repositories directly, so the expected huge number of software applications are available via the aptitude package management system. I really like the conky "Super key" keyboard shortcuts to start the main applications such as Browser, Terminal, Editor, etc. See the CrunchBang web site for more info (http://crunchbanglinux.org).
The only modifications I made to the system to help compatibility with Linux were the following three fixes taken from the Ubuntu community wiki pages:
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