If you somewhat follow this blog, you probably know that I’m running Arch Linux as my primary operating system. I’m using this on my Sony Vaio SZ 6 for +/- 5 months now. I’m very pleased with both Arch Linux and the laptop and they happily work together. This article is about how I set [...]
In a previous article, I’ve been telling you about the powerful Music Player Daemon (mpd) and its wide range of possibilities. I briefly mentioned the use of your iphone or ipod touch as a remote control for your media station with mpd running. Today I’ve put it to the test and was amazed with how [...]
A lot of distributions ship a binary of mplayer that is one, old, and two, doesn’t have the capability to see the menu of a dvd. The reason they ship an old binary of mplayer is because the developpers of mplayer don’t believe in releases. The “latest” release dates of October 2007. Yup that’s more [...]
I tend to use the command line more often these days. When I have to do some task, I find it easier and faster to open a terminal and enter the necessary commands than using the GUI. The same thing goes for applications. When you know how to use a specific console program, it can [...]
A few weeks ago, X.org 7.4 entered the Arch Linux repositories. The X server has drastically changed compared to its previous version. It is focussed on enabling true hot plugging for input devices. This means that input devices like keyboards, mices and touchpads should no longer be hard coded in your xorg.conf file, but instead [...]