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Category: Technology


  • MediaMonkey is not the same anymore

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    MediaMonkey used to be my music player of choice for many reasons: it wasn’t hard on the CPU, it was easy to use, it could handle my music library with ease, made it quick to…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Finally!

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    I finally convinced compiz that is would be a good idea if it worked here. Now it’s doing great. There are a few more tweaks I want to make, like changing gdm’s theme, adding a…

  • A lot done.

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    Work. Work-work-work. A bit more of work. That’s what it took for me to get a decent desktop running. After a lot of things I had to go through, including a fresh install, a huge…