TUTORIALS
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Couch Potato Install, Setup, & Configuration Guide for Ubuntu & Linux Mint!
Couch Potato is an application that serves a role similar to a standalone Digital or Personal Video Recorder (DVR/PVR). However, where a DVR or PVR will monitor a cable or satellite television connection for movies that you might like to record and watch at a later date, Couch Potato monitors the Internet. Also, where as a DVR/PVR is generally going to be a separate, standalone device, Couch Potato is an application that can be ran on just about any Ubuntu, Linux Mint, or other GNU/Linux based personal computer. As such, Couch Potato is far more flexible than a “traditional” DVR/PVR setup.
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SABnzbd+ Install, Setup, & Configuration Guide for Ubuntu & Linux Mint!
SABnzbd+ itself, is focused on accessing binary content on Usenet (versus non-binary content such as text based messages). SABnzbd+ is a highly robust and mature program and works wonderfully as the basis for an automated setup featuring Sick Beard, Couch Potato, Headphones (soon) and XBMC Media Center.
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Sick Beard Install, Setup, & Configuration Guide for Ubuntu & Linux Mint!
For those of you that are not already familiar with Sick Beard, and are currently wondering why you should care about all this, think of Sick Beard as a program that fills a role similar to a Personal or Digital Video Recorder (PVR/DVR). You tell Sick Beard what shows you’re interested in, and it’ll keep track of them, search for them, and download them automatically for you. Then, when you have time and an interest to watch them, you do so at your own leisure. However, instead of using a television connection (such as a PVR), Sick Beard utilizes the Internet. And, instead of using a stand-alone device, Sick Beard runs on your own GNU/Linux based personal computer (PC).
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XBMC Install, Setup, & Configuration Guide for Ubuntu & Linux Mint
Introduction Well, it’s a new year and this is my first major guide of twenty-eleven. It hasn’t even been a year since my first guide (SABnzbd+ for Linux Mint 9) but my approach and continual development of this site has become something I wouldn’t have even imagined just twelve months ago. I’m very appreciative of all the [...]
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Desktop Sharing Install, Setup, & Configuration Guide for Linux Mint and Ubuntu
Introduction Hello! This will be a quick little guide on getting remote desktop sharing setup so that you may both receive and provide remote desktop support to or from your friends and family (or do anything else that a remote desktop connection may be useful for)! This is really a simple setup but before we [...]
NEWS
Ubuntu Alternatives, Xfce, & Having A Go With Fedora 16!
A little over a year ago I fired up the then latest...
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Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta Released, & Initial Impressions!
Ubuntu’s next release, the Oneiric Ocelot (11.10),...
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Kiwix: An Offline Reader for Wikipedia!
Kiwix is a neat little program that allows users to...
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Ubuntu Alternatives, Xfce, & Having A Go With Fedora 16!
A little over a year ago I fired up the then latest version of Fedora (13) and found much that I liked. Ultimately though, it just wasn’t the right tool for the job and I ended up going back to Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
Fast forward another year, a few more releases have come out from Fedora, and Canonical has been making some choices that, while likely great long-term for Ubuntu, are a bit awkward currently for some of its user base.
Read MoreUbuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta Released, & Initial Impressions!
Ubuntu’s next release, the Oneiric Ocelot (11.10), will soon be upon us and the first beta for this release is now out! At this point, Oneiric has already gone through three alpha releases and the features and the interface should be, essentially, set in stone (both the feature and the user interface freezes have past). Following the beta release today the focus should shift from the user interface (UI) to polishing up the release, squashing bugs, and improving over all quality (see the overall workitems here!).
Read MoreKiwix: An Offline Reader for Wikipedia!
Kiwix is a neat little program that allows users to read content from Wikipedia offline. Using ZIM files, Kiwix displays articles exactly as they would appear on Wikipedia (pictures and all!), and also provides some functions that are used in web browsers (such as the ability to use tabs and bookmarks). Combine this with links to other articles, options, like selecting a random article to view, and it’s easy to forget that this is only an offline version of Wikipedia!
Read MoreAn Introduction to Giganews’ & Golden Frog’s VyprVPN!
VyprVPN provides a similar service between your Ubuntu or Linux Mint personal computer, Android mobile device, or TomatoUSB (RAF) router, and any one of their VyprVPN servers located around the world (Los Angeles, Washington, DC, London, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong). After the connection between your device or network and the VyprVPN server is established, your traffic is first routed through the VPN and then over the World Wide Web (as it normally would were it connected without VyprVPN).
Read MoreFirefox 6 Soon, Firefox-Next PPA, & Mozilla Labs Test Pilot!
Whew! Alright, lots of Mozilla Firefox goodness to write about here, so let’s get to it! First off, in case you haven’t yet heard, Firefox 6 should soon be officially announced (August Sixteenth) and should also be available to Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) and Linux Mint 11 (Katya) users with nothing further needed than a standard update once it is added to the official repositories! Firefox 6 will also be the initial version available in the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) release!
Read MoreOpen Science Summit 2011 this Fall!
After a (fairly) successful event last year, the Open Science Summit will again happen this year, taking place in Mountain View, CA on October 22-23. Featuring multiple speakers from many different disciplines, the Open Science Summit focuses on how to adapt current scientific practices to ever changing technology, as well as how to open source scientific work and research.
Read MoreSupernews Nearing Three Years of Retention!
The premium Usenet service provider, Supernews (Giganews’ little brother), is very near the three-years-worth of retention mark (1095 days) that was only days ago reached by Giganews itself (the world leader in retention)! While Giganews offers value added “Exclusive Tools” on top of their Usenet service (Tools, which one may never end up using, especially as [...]
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