*UPDATE razor-qt merged with LXDE who were in the process of migrating from GTK to QT. The merged project is available from http://lxqt.org/ LXQT is also installable in Debian now. install lxqt desktop on jessie *ORIGINAL On low power machines people will often mention that Gnome/KDE are sometimes too bloated to use. I don’t really …
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Organise your music with Rhythmbox File Organizer
Basically this is a short plug for my Rhythmbox Plugin, Fileorganizer. The plugin Supports all the latest versions of Rhythmbox in current distros. HomepageDownload Fileorganizer is a Rhythmbox Plugin that will move and rename files according to your tags and then update the database so you don’t lose your ratings and play counts. Don’t waste your …
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MiniDLNA: The best streaming software hands down!
*UPDATE* – minidlna is now a package in Debian! It’s also a package in Ubuntu 11.10 so you can just install it from your package manager. 😉 I stream to my Xbox 360 and other devices from a file server in the office. For years I’ve used (and purchased) TwonkyMedia Server but I was never …
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Why Debian is always going to be better than Ubuntu
Immediately I regretted the decision because of one simple fact; EVERY x.10 release of Ubuntu is broken.
Forget Samba. Use sshfs!
Background: sshfs is something i only just stumbled across after 5 years of using linux and i could just kick myself for all the effort this would have saved me. Because i prefer the couch to a desk I wanted to rename and retag my music collection remotely using audio tag tool. (packagename tagtool) tagtool …
How can wannabe programmers move beyond scripting?
I have a problem, after working in support for several years and studying basic and advanced programming courses at university. I’ve had my fair share of experience with numerous programming languages. But not a lot of experience building applications beyond assignments and heavy scripting for work. Using VB, VBS, C# and basic Python I haven’t …
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screenshots.debian.net
Today i read an email from debian-devel about how anyone with the abillity to press print screen can help contribute to Debian. I’ve already uploaded a few myself so fire up your favourite programs and the GIMP and help out Debian. It’s so much easier than learning how to code. Christoph Haas to debian-devel-a. show …
Building .deb package from source
Building from source can become annoying. While i don’t mind running through configure and make to get the packages i want it’s not always the best option. You may want to use this package a lot more than once and on other machines so a deb along with a local repo may be the best …
Create a local deb repository
If you download a lot of individual deb files and use them over multiple computers a good idea might be to use a central place to store your deb files. if you store them offline and maintain a lot of systems. downloading once and updating your repo will be a lot better than downloading the …