I have been absent for a while due to a number of reasons, one of them being another blog (Re-Entering The Hive) but recently i have been working on a new image for my Pi, based on ALARM with the Openbox WM and Kodi installed. You can grab it here (ETA=+/-15 mins): https://sourceforge.net/projects/micslinuxexp/files/?source=navbar Once downloaded … More Pibox – OPEN-PI – ALARM + OPENBOX + KODI
Conky is a system monitor software for the X Window System. Conky is able to monitor many system variables including CPU, memory, swap, disk space, temperature, top, upload, download, system messages, and much more. It is extremely configurable, however, the configuration can be a little hard to understand. This post will explain how to run … More How to run multiple conky’s
Another great article, from OMG Ubuntu with instructions to make VLC use native Ubuntu notifications ! Make VLC Use Native Ubuntu Notifications in 5 Quick Clicks | OMG! Ubuntu!.
Check out the article below for a cool command line RSS reader, courtesy of OMG Ubuntu. Feednix is a Command Line RSS Reader for Feedly | OMG! Ubuntu!.
Mashup is a third-party XBMC add-on, it is amazingly popular and until recently required a lot of google searching/attempts to get it installed (at least for me). Mashup should be installable on anything you have XBMC on so not just your Pi but any Linux/Mac/Windows OS that has XBMC installed on it and the process … More Raspberry Pi – How To Install Mashup Add-On – Raspbmc
This guide will explain how to install the new Maynard Desktop Environment which is being developed for the Raspberry Pi. You will need a basic Raspbian install which boots to the command line to begin with. Update and upgrade your install then reboot : $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade $ sudo reboot -h … More Raspberry Pi – How To Install Maynard Desktop
This guide will explain how to install Arch Linux using the NOOBS (New Out Of Box Software) zip file provided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation on their download’s page. I will also explain how to install a desktop environment as well as a few other applications to get you started. This guide will only explain how … More Arch Linux Raspberry Pi Install Guide – Updated – LXDE + SLIM
This post will explain how to install 3 different text based command line web browsers on the Raspberry Pi. The original article can be found here and at the bottom of this post. Most normal web browsers struggle to run on the Pi or consume a lot of resources when they do so an alternative … More Linux/Raspberry Pi : Use Terminal as a Web Browser
Pibox is something i set up on Sourceforge, it is a place for me to keep backup images of all my Raspberry Pi related projects in case i decide i want to re-use an SD card for something else. If anyone else just wants to try out the images without the hassle of setting them … More Pibox – My Raspberry Pi OS backup images
If you ever used the dd tool to flash an SD card with an image or something similar then you will be familiar with the long waits not knowing if it’s even doing anything, dcfldd is here to help you ! You use the command exactly the same as the dd one, so for example … More dcfldd – dd but with a progress bar, kinda 😉
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