Random Nerd Rants

Category: Linux

  • Wikis and other annoyances

    Wikis and other annoyances

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    Wikis are cool! I had installed MediaWiki on my server some time ago, but it remained 99% of the time idle because to be honest I had no idea what to do with it. Recently I’ve installed Debian on my desktop and I kept thinking it would be cool to have a written “to-do list”…

  • Mnemonic

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    This post is not a post. It is more a reminder to myself of stuff I want to write about, and to which I’ve been giving some thought. All I need to do now is to sit my butt in the chair, somehow manage not to get distracted, put my thoughts in order and write.…

  • Testing Flock

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    As usual, I’m not satisfied with stuff in my computer. For some reason there’s always something I feel could be better in my computer. A program that could be doing stuff it does not but would be useful to me, a way it should behave or something else. I’m not complaining. This is actually simply…

  • Debian, APT and gpg keys

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    For quite some time now Debian’s repositories have been relying on gpg keys to ensure the authenticity and integrity of their packages. One thing no one had the decency of explaining is how to get a certain repository’s key into one’s “trusted ring” so apt won’t complain when downloading packages from there. Well, I’m going…

  • VT8233 on Linux – making S/PDIF work

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    I’m making this post hoping it might be useful in case someone googles for something related. A long time ago when I bought the parts for my current desktop at home I chose Asus’ excellent A7V600-X motherboard. It comes with a fancy S/PDIF output RCA jack, and I thought to myself, ‘sometime I should get…

  • Sound Juicer Sucks

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    Sound Juicer looks like a pretty good application for encoding audio tracks. To bad it doesn’t work the way it should. I have never had problems with it before, because I always used its default profiles. When I friend came by and saw a CD he liked and asked for a copy, I said ok.…

  • The bright side

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    Now, for some good news. At least, there are some. I’m finally free from M$ Windows. The last bastion has fallen – Microcal Origin now runs on my Debian GNU/Linux. Last night I removed the NTFS partition from my computer and relocated my root partition there, creating a huge home directory. I don’t even have…