This post is a follow up of my previous post about using Raspberry pi as a media server and a torrent box. Since last time, I’ve managed to fix up most of the problems that came up and now my Raspberry Pi setup is working well as a media server and torrent box. The major […]
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Raspberry Pi as a media server and torrent box.
A few weeks back I bought a Raspberry Pi 2 with a vague idea of using it as a device for downloading torrents and streaming videos. Using a PC for this work seems like an overkill. But work, travel and other stuff didn’t leave enough time and I could work on this project only for […]
Saving bandwidth on Google Chrome and Mozilla Thunderbird
Since last 3 months, I am on an shitty internet connection which as a download limit of just 15 GB and costs an arm and leg. But stuck with it because the only other option in my area is just as bad. So now it happened that this 15 GB download limit was getting over […]
Script for taking automatic backups in Linux
From now, on I’ll post all my tech related articles in tech section here. I’ll start it from this small tutorial to automate backup process in linux over a network. Read the rest of post here
PHP5 installation & integration with Apache2
This tutorial is meant for people who are want PHP5 on their Ubuntu computer along with Apache2, but can’t seem to make it happen. I’ll just explain it all as it happened to me. I have an old pc running BackTrack 4 R2 which is used as a MySQL server. It’s Ubuntu version is Intrepid, […]
NoDoFollow for Firefox 4, 5 and above
NoDoFollow is a Mozilla Firefox addon which Highlights links in a document and color codes them according to follow / nofollow. It’s used quite a bit in my office but the author hasn’t released updated version compatible with Firefox 4 or Firefox 5. So when I installed latest Firefox version 5.0.1, there were quite a few […]
Essential OS basics 1: Linux Networking
This article is for people trying to get their Linux PC connect to internet or just the local network. Most linux distributions come with automatic DHCP clients and thus need minimal tinkering with configuration. But if you are in a situation where having a simple DHCP client is not working, read on. In this part […]