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Copenhagen
Recently I had some time to explore the streets of Copenhagen. It’s the capital of Denmark, an old seaside city with a distinctly fairy tale look. Every Dane is blond, blue eyed, in great shape, and is born with a bicycle in their hands. If you forget someone’s name, you can just call them “Christian…
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Ubuntu as an OS X TimeMachine server
One of the best features of Mac OS X is TimeMachine, a ridiculously easy to use backup system. The downside to TimeMachine is you either have to use an external hard drive or buy Apple’s TimeCapsule backup hardware. Turns out there’s a third option — use a Linux PC as your backup server. With Ubuntu…
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How to setup Rhythmbox 2.95 as an Ampache client
Ampache, for those who don’t know, is a personal streaming music service. It lets you play your MP3s anywhere there’s an internet connection. You don’t need anything special to play music via Ampache, just a web browser. But certain music applications integrate full Ampache support, which means you can browse all your MP3s from within…
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Setting up Ubuntu as an iTunes music server
If you’re like me, you’ve got a home network with a couple computers and a buttload of music in MP3, OGG, and FLAC format sitting on your Ubuntu server. You want to be able to keep all your music on that server, but play it from any computer. What to do? There’s a few solutions…
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Fixing Linux when it “gave up waiting for a root device”
Recently I was installing Kubuntu 9.10 (also known as Karmic Koala) when my system refused to boot. I was informed that my system had “given up waiting for a root device.” But there’s a simple solution! I suspect many of you may be in a similar situation and that’s why you’re here. Let’s first consider…
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