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Dell C1760NW old printer sharing with Windows 11, Android, Linux via a Linux system Here's how I quickly shared an old Dell Laser Printer to all devices in my household. 17 Dec 2024 Labels: Linux
My TV Recording Setup Here's how I record and process TV files, without adverts. 10 Mar 2024 Labels: Linux \| PC \| TV
Cinnamon Nemo File Browser Custom Actions How to create a new action by right clicking a file to compress a PNG in Linux Mint or other DE's that use Nemo. 08 Feb 2024 Labels: Linux \| Linux Mint \| PC
Lenovo IdeaPad 120S SSD Upgrade Making a really cheap laptop much better with an SSD (soldering required!) 30 Dec 2023 Labels: DIY \| Electronics \| Laptops \| Linux
Linux Mint Cinnamon Multi-Monitor show all apps on every panel This code edit allows you to show every application on every panel that has a window list applet (like Windows 10 style). 09 Aug 2022 Labels: Linux \| Linux Mint
NVIDIA Firefox hardware video decoding on Linux Mint 21 / Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) VA-API Thanks to very recent VA-API to NVENC driver, hardware video decoding is now possible in Linux versions, including Linux Mint. 30 Jan 2022 Labels: Linux \| Linux Mint \| PC \| TV \| Ubuntu
Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon Auto Login with wifi How to enable it. 21 Nov 2021 Labels: Linux \| Linux Mint \| PC
TV in Linux using the Geniatech MyGica USB TV tuner Stick T230A Using an old PC and this cheap USB stick, I've managed to setup a PVR that has plenty of flexibility 02 May 2021 Labels: DIY \| Linux \| Linux Mint \| TV \| Ubuntu
Transcode AVC H264 to HEVC H265 with timestamp using VLC I've setup a Raspberry Pi NOIR camera for night-time monitoring. Here's a Linux command line / script for recording an AVC unicast stream to HEVC files. 01 Feb 2021 Labels: DIY \| Linux

Dell C1760NW old printer sharing with Windows 11, Android, Linux via a Linux system

Here's how I quickly shared an old Dell Laser Printer to all devices in my household.
17 Dec 2024
Labels: Linux

My TV Recording Setup

Here's how I record and process TV files, without adverts.
10 Mar 2024
Labels: Linux | PC | TV

Cinnamon Nemo File Browser Custom Actions

How to create a new action by right clicking a file to compress a PNG in Linux Mint or other DE's that use Nemo.
08 Feb 2024
Labels: Linux | Linux Mint | PC

Lenovo IdeaPad 120S SSD Upgrade

Making a really cheap laptop much better with an SSD (soldering required!)
30 Dec 2023
Labels: DIY | Electronics | Laptops | Linux

Linux Mint Cinnamon Multi-Monitor show all apps on every panel

This code edit allows you to show every application on every panel that has a window list applet (like Windows 10 style).
09 Aug 2022
Labels: Linux | Linux Mint

NVIDIA Firefox hardware video decoding on Linux Mint 21 / Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) VA-API

Thanks to very recent VA-API to NVENC driver, hardware video decoding is now possible in Linux versions, including Linux Mint.
30 Jan 2022
Labels: Linux | Linux Mint | PC | TV | Ubuntu

Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon Auto Login with wifi

How to enable it.
21 Nov 2021
Labels: Linux | Linux Mint | PC

TV in Linux using the Geniatech MyGica USB TV tuner Stick T230A

Using an old PC and this cheap USB stick, I've managed to setup a PVR that has plenty of flexibility
02 May 2021
Labels: DIY | Linux | Linux Mint | TV | Ubuntu

Transcode AVC H264 to HEVC H265 with timestamp using VLC

I've setup a Raspberry Pi NOIR camera for night-time monitoring. Here's a Linux command line / script for recording an AVC unicast stream to HEVC files.
01 Feb 2021
Labels: DIY | Linux