Arnel's TechBlog

Feb 21

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Status of ongoing development of the 1.6 release of MATE.

You can test the development (and unstable!) packages of MATE Desktop 1.5, they are already available for some distributions:

Debian Wheezy / Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE)

You can add deb http://dev.mate-desktop.org/debian wheezy main to your /etc/apt/sources.list.

Ubuntu Quantal / Linux Mint 14

You can add deb http://dev.mate-desktop.org/ubuntu quantal main to your /etc/apt/sources.list.

You need to install the package mate-archive-keyring from the stable MATE repository:

sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 68980A0EA10B4DE8

Fedora 17+

1.5 packages, also if unstable, are already on official Fedora repositories.

openSUSE

1.5 packages are available through OBS: https://build.opensuse.org/project/repositories?project=X11:MATE

Archlinux

You can build 1.5 packages using PKGBUILDs from https://github.com/mate-desktop/archlinux-packages.

(Source: blog.karapetsas.com)

Install the Ubuntu Touch Preview on Your Nexus Phone or Tablet

usefulknowledgecodex:

If you just can’t contain your excitement for Ubuntu’s new phone and tablet OS, Ubuntu Touch, you can flash the developer preview on your Nexus phone or tablet right now. More »
http://q.gs/3U89E

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Feb 18

Turn your Old GameBoy Enclosure into a Raspberry Pi Case -

Thinking of creative cases for your Raspberry Pi? If you have an old GameBoy (the big, white one) lying around your closet, take it apart then use the enclosure to make a Raspberry Pi case for it.

Feb 15

Increase Browser Performance By Moving Profiles to RAM -

If you have a lot of RAM move your browser profile in it using Profile Sync Daemon. It not only saves your disk from frequent disk writes (very useful when you have SSD) but also increases the response of web browsers. It supports most browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Chromium, Opera) and even has support for Opera Next, Midori, Konqueror, and firefox-trunk.

However, RAM is cleared on Reboot. The good thing is that Profile Sync Daemon automatically syncs your profile to RAM.

To install Profile Sync Daemon, add the following commands in your Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graysky/utils

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install profile-sync-daemon

then follow the instructions available in WebUpd8.

Profile Sync Daemon also works on Arch Linux, Chakra Linux, Debian, and Gentoo.

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Feb 13

(Source: angaidheal, via neurological-safari)

TheLover_Z: raspberry pi cheat sheet -

thelover-z:

raspberry pi cheat sheet

launch a graphical session
startx
set up Wifi

first
sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
then
allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp wpa-ssid YOUR_SSID wpa-psk YOUR_PASSWORD
finally
sudo ifdown wlan0
sudo ifup wlan0
update OS
sudo apt-get...

A great info especially if you are new in Raspberry Pi.