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Music Networking with XMMS2, Icecast2 and Last.fm

Posted on June 7, 2009 by gerrit

In the last few months I haven’t found much time to listen to music, but I decided this needs to change and I should finally dust off my old music library. About two years ago I signed up for last.fm, … Continue reading →

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Headphones with Ubuntu 9.04 and Gateway T-6345u

Posted on May 26, 2009 by gerrit

Ubuntu seemed to work perfectly on the Gateway T-6345u laptop model…until I plugged my headphones in and found that no sound was coming out of them. I tried a second pair and could make sure there was nothing wrong with … Continue reading →

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VideoLAN

Posted on May 25, 2009 by gerrit

VideoLAN has been my favorite video player for quite some time already. It’s free and works on Windows as well as Linux. It plays almost anything you feed it without having to install third-party codecs. It features a nice, clean … Continue reading →

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Sharp UXB800 Configuration Notes

Posted on April 10, 2008 by gerrit

For a while I used Internet based fax-services to send and receive faxes, but these solutions did not really work for me, because I don’t use faxes often enough to subscribe and pay for a monthly service. And if I … Continue reading →

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