Here are the steps required to get USB working on a Linux host (tested with VirtualBox 2.1.4) 1. Create a group usbusers and put yourself in it. sudo addgroup usbusersusermod -a -G usbusers andy 2. Note down the vendor and id numbers for the USB devices that you want to enable after running the following [...]
Combining PDF files in Linux is ridiculously easy – its just a matter of installing the PDF Toolkit package (pdftk) and then running the following command: – pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf cat output newfile.pdf
Accessing the QNAP from Ubuntu is fairly easy. First install “smbfs”: – sudo apt-get install smbfsThen it’s just a matter of creating the relevant directories in /mnt sudo mkdir /mnt/Qdownloadsudo mkdir /mnt/publicsudo mkdir /mnt/Qmultimediasudo mkdir /mnt/Qweb …and then editing /etc/fstab //192.168.0.2/Qdownload /mnt/Qdownload cifs credentials=/root/.credentials,directio,iocharset=utf8,noacl,noperm,nosetuids,rw//192.168.0.2/Public /mnt/public cifs credentials=/root/.credentials,directio,iocharset=utf8,noacl,noperm,nosetuids,rw//192.168.0.2/Qmultimedia /mnt/Qmultimedia cifs credentials=/root/.credentials,directio,iocharset=utf8,noacl,noperm,nosetuids,rw//192.168.0.2/Qweb /mnt/Qweb cifs credentials=/root/.credentials,directio,iocharset=utf8,noacl,noperm,nosetuids,rw You then [...]
For some reason, by default in Ubuntu, pressing the “backspace” key in Firefox doesn’t go back. Fortunately this is easy to fix: – Open your firefox browser and type the following code into the address bar: about:config After that in the filter type: browser.backspace_action and change it’s value to “0″.
By default in Ubuntu 8.10 the fonts aren’t great. To fix this, first install the Microsoft Truetype fonts: – sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts Then install the Segoe UI font cd ~wget http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/9/1749988/segoe_ui.zipmkdir .fontscd .fontsunzip ../segoe_ui.zip For a great Monospace font, take a look at Inconsolata : – cd ~/.fontswget http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/Inconsolata.otf In Gnome, the fonts are [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 works great under Sun’s Virtual Box. To get everything working perfectly, you need to install “Guest Additions”. This is done by selecting “Install Guest Additions” from the VirtualBox Menu, and then entering the following into a terminal: – sudo /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run This installs better mouse & video drivers and enables things like automatic resolution [...]
rsync is a useful application which synchronizes files and folders between devices. The QNAP TS-101 supports this (with a bit of fiddling). Setting up the QNAPOn the QNAP, go to the “Remote Replication” page, and turn on “Allow remote Rsync server to back up data to NAS”. (“Enable backup from a remote server to the [...]
I’m toying with the idea of creating a Media Centre PC running Linux. Here are the main contendors for Linux Media Centres that I can find. Boxee MythTV Freevo Elisa Geexbox Linuxmce
The latest firmware for the QNAP TS-101 (Version 2.3.0-Build 080618) includes an upgrade to TwonkyMedia V4.4.5 Here’s a list of compatible clients from their website. Media Players Buffalo LinkTheater (needs firmware update to version 8.32 or higher) Buffalo LinkTheater Wireless (PC-P4LWAG) Digital Rise Xstream Player (video problems with latest firmware)D-Link DSM-320 / DSM-320RD D-LInk DSM-520 [...]
DeltaCopy is a free piece of software for Windows that allows you to interface with other computers running rsync. Basically, it is a “Windows Friiendly” wrapper around rsync. It is fairly easy to use, and also allows you to run rsync from the command line without having to install CygWin.
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