What have you done (Tech Related) today?

[Joshndroid]

Today setup Ubuntu mate on my extra SD card for rasp pi 2, runs fairly well for GUI based distro. Fixed up my bash script for android building still have an issue remaining but getting throw them. Updated all my android devices with self built ROMs. Used a old camping air mattress pump to clean out dust from !media PC and filters (after seeing in Linus moving logs using something very similar to what I have on his servers)

[JohnnyCorporalTech]

Researched parts for the Custom NAS I'm building.

Set up Sonos on my PC.

Used XP of a few minutes on my old PC to back up some old files.

Engaged God Mod on my PC.

Read up on some tech news on WCCFTech, ExtremeTech and PC and Tech Authority.

Read some Linus Tech posts.

Watched some LTT while waiting for the E-Mail server to get back on-line.
Found and fixed the issue that my 5.1 channel speakers were only running the two inner speakes.

Looked up on some external DAC's and sound-cards.

Set up my friends X-Box to run on his monitor.

[Joshndroid]

Played around with my raspberry pi, think i have settled on raspian as my distro of choice, very lightweight and seems to run fine, debloated it further by removing further useless programs. Looking to set it up as a secondary machine to use while my main computer is running builds.

 

Looking at debian based distros to potentially run, with hopes of being even more minimal and faster than lubuntu, to get faster android builds also hoping for compatibility with my notebook for my secondary hard drive. My metabox for whatever reason will not run any ubuntu flavour, and i mean none, with constant freezes on live cd/usb. tried many combinations of fixes and just wont work so the secondary hard drive is in a old qosmio notebook with a i7 second gen 1.7ghz mobile and 8gb ram, wow is it slow.

 

did some surfing trying to find a potential firefox replacement after reading that they are going to be ending support for their old extension structure, stumbled on some x64bit firefox versions such as waterfox and cyberfox. Currently seeing fantastic load times and page rendering on cyberfox (specific package for x64bit intel) currently just set it up and debloated (removed reader/pocket/disabled web rtc) and sync'd usual xmarks/lastpass/noscript, etc.

 

currently watching the footy, with a beer, about to setup the pi with some git stuff to play with an android kernel

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researched monitors , not sure if i wana still go triple 1080p surround or get a single 4k monitor for about 50$ more .-. so many choices lol 

[Joshndroid]

researched monitors , not sure if i wana still go triple 1080p surround or get a single 4k monitor for about 50$ more .-. so many choices lol 

 

i currently have 2 monitors and actually am thinking of picking up a 4k monitor for a triple setup with the 4k being in the middle.

I think you would enjoy the 3 monitors more than the single 4k unless it was an ultra wide monitor

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i currently have 2 monitors and actually am thinking of picking up a 4k monitor for a triple setup with the 4k being in the middle.

I think you would enjoy the 3 monitors more than the single 4k unless it was an ultra wide monitor

this what I was thinking as well , my reasoning for triple is cuz I play a lot of sims and racing games ect

And it's a touch cheaper

[JohnnyCorporalTech]

i currently have 2 monitors and actually am thinking of picking up a 4k monitor for a triple setup with the 4k being in the middle.

I think you would enjoy the 3 monitors more than the single 4k unless it was an ultra wide monitor

Can you get 4k Ultrawide monitors, I've only seen 1440 and 1080 Ultrawides.

[burnttoastnice]

Played around with my raspberry pi, think i have settled on raspian as my distro of choice, very lightweight and seems to run fine, debloated it further by removing further useless programs. Looking to set it up as a secondary machine to use while my main computer is running builds.

 

Looking at debian based distros to potentially run, with hopes of being even more minimal and faster than lubuntu, to get faster android builds also hoping for compatibility with my notebook for my secondary hard drive. My metabox for whatever reason will not run any ubuntu flavour, and i mean none, with constant freezes on live cd/usb. tried many combinations of fixes and just wont work so the secondary hard drive is in a old qosmio notebook with a i7 second gen 1.7ghz mobile and 8gb ram, wow is it slow.

 

did some surfing trying to find a potential firefox replacement after reading that they are going to be ending support for their old extension structure, stumbled on some x64bit firefox versions such as waterfox and cyberfox. Currently seeing fantastic load times and page rendering on cyberfox (specific package for x64bit intel) currently just set it up and debloated (removed reader/pocket/disabled web rtc) and sync'd usual xmarks/lastpass/noscript, etc.

 

currently watching the footy, with a beer, about to setup the pi with some git stuff to play with an android kernel

 

Nicee My favorite linux distro at the moment is Elementary OS, it has a modern look and feel and a decent collection of apps. It doesn't take that long to boot from my USB either. If only Windows was as light as this

[Joshndroid]

Can you get 4k Ultrawide monitors, I've only seen 1440 and 1080 Ultrawides.

 

i dont actually think so, i believe you are right.

 

this what I was thinking as well , my reasoning for triple is cuz I play a lot of sims and racing games ect

And it's a touch cheaper

 

exactly, thats why i want 3 monitors, but considering i have had 2 already for a while i may as well spring for a 4k, probably need sli though

 

Nicee My favorite linux distro at the moment is Elementary OS, it has a modern look and feel and a decent collection of apps. It doesn't take that long to boot from my USB either. If only Windows was as light as this

 

i find this thing to struggle a little more than i like, while ubuntu is good it is a bit big for this thing. i read up about elementary but it was a little mixed whereas raspbian has had glowing reviews from alot of sources for rpi. I would ideally like something like puppy linux but debian based. i dont want anything that is too heavy as it will be used for a little web browsing/git handling/gediting. so i can use it on my second monitor while my main desktop is running an android build or im watching a steam/etc.

[Guest Philosophy]

I ghetto rigged a molex connector so my H80 will work and not kill my CPU.

[burnttoastnice]

i find this thing to struggle a little more than i like, while ubuntu is good it is a bit big for this thing. i read up about elementary but it was a little mixed whereas raspbian has had glowing reviews from alot of sources for rpi. I would ideally like something like puppy linux but debian based. i dont want anything that is too heavy as it will be used for a little web browsing/git handling/gediting. so i can use it on my second monitor while my main desktop is running an android build or im watching a steam/etc.

 

At the moment, Raspbian is the most efficient out-of-box experience for the Pi available, besides Kodi (mediacenter os). Most people move to barebones Arch once they've got the hang of Raspbian, though I don't see myself doing that soon. Raspbian is really stable

[Joshndroid]

pulled hdd from old notebook (to retire it again) and installed into newer notebook (hdd itself is about a week old) installed debian on it and rejoiced as due to all the screen lockups i get due to grahics on gui in any other linux distro, i was able to install via essentially commands, so currently re-setting up my second set of android source/build environment. Will need to put in the other 2hdds and the cd drive back in though lol

 

read up on how to modify a custom android kernel. fixed up a some borked source due to cyanogenmod making a massive/repo naming convenion change and then reverting it about 24 hours later (grrrrrrrr)

[techswede]

Torn my hair out trying to choose a school laptop..

[Joshndroid]

Today/last night have been working on creating a little custom android kernel. managed to port over a few things like changing cpu voltages, adding in schedulers and trying to get a new govenor to work. dang hard - need to definitely learn more it would seem.

 

Been trying to get this dam usb dvb-t stick working. Had originally tried the little crappy bundled antenna (i know they almost never work) even went outside to sync, suprise suprise that didnt work. Bought a coax adapter and using the home tv antenna still cant get a signal, maybe need to try a different tv channel scanning program now.

[cesrai]

Upgraded my PC, changed the case and GPU.

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finished setting up my tripple displays  

[Joshndroid]

went fan overkill on my raspberry pi 2. picked up a 5v fan off ebay.. changed the 3 pin fan to a 2 pin connection and jerry-rigged (hot glue) it to the stock case I got lol runs a few degrees over ambient at idle.