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  • c++

    My first C++ application

    Posted on August 20, 2010 | No Comments
    I finally finished my first C++ console application. (Except hello world) I made it using Eclipse IDE. It’s an encryption program which let’s you encrypt or decrypt text using the simple caesar cypher. You can get the source code here: cryptCC.cpp.tar Here is the executable...

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  • linux_sound

    ALC892/Realtek ID 892 on Mint Linux/Ubuntu

    Posted on August 18, 2010 | No Comments
    After installing Mint Linux on my computer, I noticed that the sound did not work. I tried a lot of things and then finally, thanks to the help of some guys from http://www.linuxmintusers.de, I found a solution. First I identified the codec of my sound card:...

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  • tux

    Linux vs ACPI APIC support

    Posted on August 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Now that I have my new computer, I wanted to try Linux on it. Unfortunately, none of the distributions I tried worked, they just did not want to start so I could not install them. The only way was to use the safe mode. After...

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  • newhardware

    New hardware

    Posted on August 15, 2010 | No Comments
    I sold my old hardware and arranged a new computer. This time, I didn’t use a water cooling system, the new computer is cooled just via air cooling. This is the new hardware: CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Mainboard: Biostar TA890FXE GPU: Sapphire HD5850 Toxic...

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  • medidlna

    Project Fileserver: DLNA via Mediatomb

    Posted on July 19, 2010 | No Comments
    To watch my videos via DLNA on my Samsung TV, I needed an alternative program, because the Samsung software does not support Linux operating systems. I chose to install Mediatomb. To make it work with Samsung TVs, there were a few additional config tweaks necessary....

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  • Project Fileserver: Samba + Truecrypt

    Project Fileserver: Samba + Truecrypt

    Posted on July 18, 2010 | No Comments
    After assembling the computer and connecting everything, I had to install the operating system. I chose to install Debian Linux via netinst image, then I installed Samba and Truecrypt. The next step was configuring Samba and mounting the Truecrypt devices. I thought it would be...

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  • fileserver1

    Project Fileserver: The Hardware

    Posted on July 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Today, I will present you the Hardware for my Fileserver: CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 4850e Mainboard: MSI K9A2VM-FD RAM: 2 GB DDR2-800 Power supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 W System HDD: Seagate Barracuda 320GB File HDDs: 2x Samsung 500GB; 1x Samsung 1,5TB Pictures: Share on Facebook

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