Christmas is here… Linux on HP dv9000z

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Well, my Mac G3 Pismo (500Mhz/768MB PPC) has been a true warrior. I picked mine up second hand a few years back from a close friend whose company was upgrading to G4s. Running Debian on it has been great, though recently I find myself wanting to run Xen, browse [...]

The Computer Lotto

Just clicking through some links after I downloaded my first .7z file (7-Zip) which required a quick apt-get install p7zip , I stumbled on Parallel Bzip2, and then onto Monetary Awards for Mersenne Prime’s. It looks like an easy way to devote some CPU cycles to winning a cash prize. Not a [...]

D-Link DSM-320, Linksys NSLU2 and TwonkyMedia

For the last few years I have been running a combination of tools that allow all my digital media (.mp3’s, .jpg’s, .avi’s, etc.) to be easily served up on my home theater.

Until very recently, the toolset required a fair bit of knowledge to keep up and running with the latest versions of the various pieces. [...]