Colourful make and gcc
Install the packages colormake and colorgcc. Then create the following alias: Also add this environment variable: And you should be set.
iStat
iStat is an app that shows performance statistics of different machines. I compiled their iStat Server on my x86_64 machine and made a little DEB package. Download: istatd_0.5.4_x86_64.deb I also uploaded it to my PPA at launchpad.net. (If you own a Linksys NSLU2, you might want iStat Server (ARM).)
Swapfile instead of partition
If you don’t want to create a designated swap partition (e.g. if you plan to downsize it later) and don’t want to play around with GPartEd, you can create a swapfile instead. To create a 512 MiB swapfile, do the following: To automatically add the swapfile upon boot, add this line to the /etc/fstab: You… Read More: Swapfile instead of partition »
Gajim and Notify-OSD
gajim doesn’t support the new (since Jaunty) libnotify-osd library of Ubuntu and instead shows a dialog box. There’s a patch available at archlinux.org which enables support for libnotify-osd.
SIEMENS SL2-141-I 🇩🇪
Dieser Router wird von Alice ausgeliefert und kommt mit einer hoffnungslos veralteten (3.29a) oder komplett kastrierten (4.7-irgendwas) Firmware daher. Die Zugangsdaten finden sich für beide Firmwares im alice-wiki.de. Neuere Original-Firmwares gibt’s hier. Die Alice 4.7 Firmware gibt’s direkt bei download.alice-dsl.de. Firmware erzwingen Die Alice-Firmwares prüfen die Firmwaredateien, erkennen, dass diese nicht von Alice signiert sind… Read More: SIEMENS SL2-141-I 🇩🇪 »
MSI P45 Platinum
BIOS EFI Filename Date E7512IMS.107 2008-09-04 E7512IMS.10B 2008-11-09 E7512IMS.10E 2008-11-25 E7512IMS.100 2009-03-31 AMI BIOS Filename Date A7512IMS.160 2009-02-27 A7512IMS.175 2009-06-30 A7512IMS.176 2009-07-11 A7512IMS.178 2009-08-27 A7512IMS.179 2009-09-08 A7512IMS.17A 2009-12-24 A7512IMS.17B 2010-04-30 A7512IMS.17D 2010-07-01 A7512IMS.17E 2010-09-24
Linksys NSLU2
NSLU2 means Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives. Also see here. Custom firmwares The NSLU2 supports different firmwares. The original one is rather outdated. The most used firmwares are: SlugOS/BE Bad network performance My network consists of a WLAN repeater which bridges the network of my neighbor with mine. Access to the Internet… Read More: Linksys NSLU2 »
U3 Basics
U3 USB Stick The U3 capable stick will emulate 2 devices: a virtual CD-ROM drive and the actual flash disk. The virtual CD drive contains the LaunchPad software manager and it is on this extra area to let it be automatically run by Windows (as Autorun from USB flash disks doesn’t work correctly). Another advantage… Read More: U3 Basics »
jabberd2
The setup of jabberd2 is mostly straight-forward. Just install the package and all needed transports. The change the config files in /etc/jabberd2 to your needs, esp. the name/jid of the admin. pyMSNt Update The most recent version is in a Mercurial repository at https://sharesource.org/hg/pymsnt/summary. There you can download the trunk revision and replace the files… Read More: jabberd2 »
AudioMate Hardware
Opened with front panel PCBs complete Main PCB Back of Front PCB