Buckycomputing.net

After a month of using Firefox, Google Chrome is now stable with self-hosted Wordpress with new bookmark sync feature

I worked for several days configuring the software to stream my RadioShack Pro-50 scanner online. The Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater dispatch is currently online at http://wacomputing.com. I configured a .ogg stream that is audible as an in-page player or as a .m3u stream in your media player. The final configuration utilizes my existing Ubuntu Server [...]

As a sign that Chrome has really excited the Linux browser market, the next version of Ubuntu Linux, v.10.04, will include a theme to integrate it into the Gnome Desktop. Its design will use the native Metacity decorations instead of the blue Chrome bar.  It is designed to be used with the native (Metacity) window [...]

“Is that a raid card in my pants or is it time for a distribution upgrade?”
bixter-baxter

PNW Tech Forums, or Pacific Northwest Tech Forums, is an ad-free user supported forums that went live on February 28, 2010. After searching around the many months, I realized that a local cross-platform tech forums site was not to be found. Site topics range from Mac and Linux to Microsoft Server. There is also a [...]

Gloobus is a file preview extension for the Gnome Desktop Environment. Sorry KDE fans, this is not for you. As you may have noticed, not all filetypes in Gnome have a thumbnail preview. This is where Gloobus comes in handy. It currently supports preview mode for around 40 different file types.
Images: jpeg / png / [...]

Comcast, one of the nation’s largest Internet Service Providers, is offering all high speed internet users 2GB online storage and backup space. The service is operated by Mozy, a well-trusted third party backup service. The service currently supports Windows variants listed below, but not Mac or Linux. I would not suspect that a Linux client [...]

This post is more of a reminder to myself and to to others that you should attend LinuxFest Northwest. It will be held, as the title of this post states, in Bellingham, WA on April 24-25 2010. The event occurs on a Saturday and Sunday.

I am a bit of a stickler when it comes to hard drive (hdd) temperature. The major predictor of hdd failure is heat. You understand that these disk drives are spinning at over 7,000 RPM when not at idle right? Bearings are awesome, but after so long of a period, they simply fail. As a [...]

Byobu is a group of python  and shell scripts that enhance the Terminal screen program into a more functional programmatic interface. Byobu provides a system status at the bottom of your Terminal window with Distribution version, uptime, load average, memory used, date, and time.

To invoke byobu, simply type in the name byobu without the “&” [...]