Replacing my Home Media Server pt. 1
One project that’s been on my to do list for quite some time now is replacing my home media server. Over the years, this machine […]
Non-Free Software
Switching away from Google
Check out what else Nick is doing over on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5UAwBUum7CPN5buc-_N1Fw. These videos, re-posted here with permission, was originally published on Nick’s YouTube […]
Open formats are… the best formats?
Over the past few years there has been a big push to replace proprietary formats with open formats. For example Open Document Format and Office […]
Applying updates to Docker and the Plex container
In my last post, I discussed several Docker containers that I’m using for my home media streaming solution. Since then, Plex Media Server has updated to 0.9.11.4 for […]
Running a containerized media server with Ubuntu 14.04, Docker, and Plex
I recently took it upon myself to rebuild a general-purpose home server – installing a new Intel 530 240GB solid-state drive to replace a “spinning rust” […]
Initial thoughts about PC-BSD
[Please note: this is a historical post – I’m no longer running *BSD in 2014, and this is a collection of thoughts on its setup […]
My Initial Thoughts/Experiences with ArchLinux
Hello again everyone! By this point, I have successfully installed ArchLinux, as well as KDE, and various other everyday applications necessary for my desktop. Aside […]
Linux From Scratch: We Have Lift-off…
Hi Everyone, Now that I have a relatively stable environment, I just wanted to write an update of how things went, and some issues that […]
On Veetle, Linux Mint, and ICEauthority
Like most people, I use my computer for multimedia. Recently I’ve discovered a multi-platform program called Veetle. It’s a pretty good program, but I ran […]
Accessing Windows 7 Shares from Ubuntu is a Pain
This blog post is about my experiences. If you hit this page from a search engine looking to fix this issue click here to skip […]
Adobe + Linux == Balls
This week, I replaced my increasingly infuriating Kubuntu installation with a fresh install of the beautiful Linux Mint 9 Isadora. Just like the project motto […]
Fix ATI vsync & video tearing issue once and for all!
NOTE: ATI’s most recent drivers now include a no tearing option in the driver control panel. Enabling it there is now the preferred method. Two […]
Flash problems in Firefox
I mentioned in the podcast that I was having problems viewing Flash stuff in Firefox and I blamed it on KDE. I may have jumped […]
Taking Wine for a spin
Wine, or W.I.N.E. Is Not an Emulator, is a set of compatibility libraries that allow some Windows applications to run pseudo naively on Linux by […]
More XKCD
I swear that I’ve encountered this before… That is all.
How to not install XBMC on Debian Lenny
So tonight I got a terrible idea. I figured that I’d try to install XBMC, the awesome media centre app for modded Xbox consoles. Turns […]
Upgrading to Flash 10 in Debian
Even though the Debian community is very strict about only allowing free software in their repositories, my Iceweasel install came preloaded with Macromedia Flash 9. […]