Part 1 - Screen Screen is a program that can create virtual terminals inside your current session. If you are familiar with tabbed web browsers, think of screen as adding tabs to your terminal. And if your server allows it can allow you to disconnect sessions and keep them running in the background, even if you log out. You can install screen on Debian with apt-get by running sudo apt-get install screen and yum install screen for rpm based systems. ...
Here is how I added an AUX input to my Delco Radio/CD player and a nice mount for my N810. Part 1 - Adding The AUX Input First off This worked on my Delco radio. It may work on yours, it may not. On My radio there is a nice AUX button right under the CD button. This goes to an AUX connector on the back of the unit. This is a Delco AUX plug. It was meant to go to a separate tape deck. Unfortunately, this AUX plug requires an intelligent device to be connected in order to function. There is also a device you can buy that will plug into this AUX port and give you a normal RCA connection. However, the goal of this project is to spend as little money as possible while having the fun of doing it yourself. ...
Conky is a system monitor for Linux. It can tell you almost anything about your computer, such as CPU usage, memory usage, network information, and almost anything else. Here is what my Conky configuration looks like on my desktop. To install Conky on a RPM based distribution run yum install conky Or on a Debian based distribution run sudo apt-get install conky To get yours to look like that you need to put a file named .conkyrc in your home folder. Your home folder is usually /home/$USER. ...
From time to time every Linux user will run across a program that does not come in a nice packaged DEB or RPM. Often these come in the form of a tar.gz, tgz, tar.bz, tar, gz, tar.bz2 or tbz2 format. This is how you can make use of them. Remember to have a compiler installed and any dependencies for the software you are installing. Extract To uncompress your file run the following command that applies to your extension. ...
The Nokia N810 has an OTG or On-The-Go USB controller, it allows the device to function in both client and host mode. By default it is in client mode so when you plug it into your computer it acts as a USB storage device. It can be put into host mode either by running a program on the tablet that will put it into host mode or by using the OTG trigger. The USB plug on the tablet has 5 pins rather than just the standard 4 USB uses. If the extra pin is grounded it will put the N810 into host mode. ...