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 [...]
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 [...]
One of the great strenghts of GNU Linux is its wide variaty of applications. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of music players and chat programs for this platform. A common joke going around in the linux community is “Why don’t you program another music player?” in reply to developpers who don’t know what to [...]