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Watching TV Online

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 19, 2008November 3, 2016

Throughout the year 2008, online entertainment has been gaining ground in regards to availability and quality. While a year ago there was very little quality online content available, these days you can find pretty much anything you’d like online. In fact, I predict that 2009 will be the year when online entertainment really takes off. […]

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Tethering PPC6800 on Ubuntu (& Windows)

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 19, 2008November 3, 2016

After a long time of searching, I have finally found a very simple way to use my PPC6800 as a modem for my Ubuntu installation. The below instructions are specific to Ubuntu and have been tested by me on 8.04 Hardy Heron. Note: I can’t take credit for any of these instructions. The below two […]

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Upgrading my ACS PPC6800 to GPS and Rev A.

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 19, 2008November 3, 2016

So, I finally went ahead with it. I upgraded my ACS HTC PPC6800 to include GPS and Rev A plus WM 6.1 and a few other apps thrown in with the “kitchen” I was using. For those of you in a similar position, I want to share some of what I went through to get […]

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Ubuntu 8.10 Upgrade Finished

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 12, 2008November 3, 2016

Well, the upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10 worked out although not smoothly. Throughout the download and upgrading process, the updater ran into a number of issues that in the end broke my desktop all together. I could get to the login screen but not any further, I simply ended up with a blank […]

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Ubuntu 8.10 and Other Fun Things

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 11, 2008November 3, 2016

With the latest version of Ubuntu coming out at the end of this month, I just couldn’t resist getting the beta installed on my desktop. Since my primary Linux computer is my laptop now, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try it on that one first to see what happens. I know there are probably […]

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Low Speaker Volume Fix

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on September 15, 2008November 3, 2016

With DVD playback finally fixed, I can finally watch movies on. However, one thing leads to another and as soon as I started doing this, I noticed that the volume was awfully low. I turned up the volume everywhere as much as I could and looked around a bit and I suddenly realized that I […]

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DVD Playback resolved on XPS 1530

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on September 15, 2008November 3, 2016

In my last post, I mentioned briefly that I had yet to get DVD playback to work despite trying every solution out there. It turns out it was something as simple as the region not being set on the DVD player. I bumped into this while doing a few things in Vista. Now, after a […]

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Ubuntu on Dell XPS 1530

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on September 10, 2008November 3, 2016

I’ve had my XPS 1530 for a little less than a week now and I had Ubuntu installed just days after I got it so I have had a few days to tweak a few things so that they work as I would like them to. First of all, as far as installation I simply […]

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New Laptop – New Linux Adventures

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on September 6, 2008November 3, 2016

Yesterday, my much anticipated Dell XPS 1530 arrived at my local FedEx office. I was fortunate enough to be able to pick it up just before they closed down for the day and being a Friday night, I now have a whole weekend to get things rolling on this thing. First of all, the XPS […]

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NES on PS3 – Homebrew in Action

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on August 24, 2008November 3, 2016

I think the PS3 community has been waiting since the PS3 came out for Homebrew to be available and possible on the PS3. That dream finally came true not too long ago and it seems like development of Homebrew PS3 titles really are picking up. The best of all, the Homebrew titles are super-easy to […]