For several weeks now I have been running PS3 Media Server (http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/) hosted on Ubuntu 10 Desktop (http://www.ubuntu.com/), when I decided to fine tune my environment by making the system headless as I had no need to interact with a desktop environment. Info: PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant UPNP Media Server which can […]
Author: jermsmit
As much as I would like to discuss the importance of cleaning ones package for good health reasons. I choose to refrain this time around. I will talk about something which is just as worthwhile as cleaning one’s own package. When you install / uninstall new apps you may have packages left over which take […]
Firefox Sync
This week I have come to learn of Firefox Sync. I now have all my bookmarks, password, history and preferences available on all the computers I use. Similar to how Google Chrome syncs your favorites. For more info: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/sync/
Hyper-Threading is a technology included by Intel first in their Netburst line of parts. Hyper-Threaded processors present their individual processing cores to the system as if they are two processing cores. To use Intel’s parlance, that means that each physical core appears in the operating system as two logical cores. While the OS can distinguish […]
WOTD: ephemeral
adjective —
short-lived: lasting for only a short period of time and leaving no permanent trace
There are times where I run a command that I needed to only need it again at a later time. Most of the time I document my steps, but there are those time where I just do things in the heat of the moment to get what I need done. So what can one do? […]