Quarter 1, 2012: Home Theater, Home Server, Gaming, & Personal Computer System Design Guide & Suggestions!
Hello! This will be a little (but epic!) foray into the hardware realm here at Ainer.org. If it is well received I may update this on a semi-regularly basis in the future (yearly, half-yearly, quarterly). For now, this post will provide some suggestions on what hardware components, what peripherals, what display and audio components, what supplementary networking gear, and even what cables I currently suggest for a single system that can provide solid Home Theater Personal Computer (HTPC) functionality, excellent 1080p resolution gaming (Gaming PC), adequate room and connections for several storage drives (Home Server), as well as general purpose personal computer (PC) usage (Web browsing, document editing, et cetera).
Read MoreCouch 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.
Read MoreSABnzbd+ 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.
Read MoreSick 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).
Read MoreXBMC 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 [...]
Read MoreDesktop 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 [...]
Read MoreRAID 5 & 6 Install, Setup, & Configuration Guide for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)
Introduction For this guide, I’ll be addressing not a neat application (at least not directly), but rather a neat way to potentially combine your existing storage solutions while also adding some protection from a catastrophic disk failure. RAID 5, under Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx), will be the prime focus of this guide and we [...]
Read MoreSick Beard Install, Setup, and Configuration Guide for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)
Introduction Retired Notice, this guide has been retired. Please see the current guide here. Greetings, this is an updated Install, Setup, and Configuration guide for Sick Beard on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx). This guide should also be easily adapted to other GNU/Linux distributions like Linux Mint 9 (Isadora), Linux Mint 10 (Julia), Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and [...]
Read MoreSABnzbd+ Install, Setup, and Configuration Guide for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
Introduction Retired Notice, this guide has been retired. Please see the current guide here. This is my long time coming, (updated) Install, Setup, and Configuration guide for SABnzbd+ on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx). This guide should also be easily adaptable for Ubuntu derived distributions (distros) like Linux Mint 9 (Isadora), Linux Mint 10 (Julia) [...]
Read MoreSick Beard Install, Setup, & Configuration Guide for Ubuntu & Linux Mint
Introduction Retired Notice, this guide has been retired. Please see the current guide here. Welcome! This guide is written with a heavy heart. Despite all hope Newzbin has been (at least temporarily) nerfed. This guide is dedicated to Newzbin’s memory, innovation, and awesome service. This guide is also written with hope that by some stroke [...]
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