So that is what Comcast are running on their cable television boxes. Of course they would run a stable and reliable operating system like Linux to make sure that the boxes work as expected, but kernel 2.4.24 in 2013? Still, the 2.4 kernels are still being maintained so they are…
Read Morehttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/how-to-watch-lovefilm-redbox-instant-or-netflix-on-ubuntu. This posting on the OMG Ubuntu website explains in detail how to watch Netflix, Lovefilm and Redbox films and television shows with the Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution. This involves using a version of Wine to run the necessary software. You would think that this process would be easy on…
Read MoreThe Gnome Shell desktop is still getting flak after all this time, the tablet interface is not suited to the desktop at all. But if you do not like the desktop install another one and then you will be happier. The constant whining about whether the Linux desktop is going…
Read MoreThe Xbox Kinect technology is being released for use on Windows. I do not see how this technology will be useful on a PC, waving your arms in front of a computer screen to control your computer would get tiring very quickly. This technology is not exclusive to the Xbox,…
Read MoreRecord television with mplayer, with this simple script. This is very useful indeed. #!/bin/sh mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:input=1:norm=pal:width=720:height=576: \ device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:audiorate=32000:alsa:adevice=hw.0 buffersize=64 -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1300:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame -lameopts \ br=96:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -endpos 04:00:00 -o ~/Videos/tv-`date +%y%m%d_%H%M`-m.avi > /dev/null#!/bin/sh mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:input=1:norm=pal:width=720:height=576: \ device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:audiorate=32000:alsa:adevice=hw.0 buffersize=64 -ovc lavc…
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