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Ubuntu Karmic – Mac Mini – MythTV
Dec 15th
I gave up on OSX. I could not get the media center working the way I wanted. Plex and XBMC have their bugs, as previously posted, twice, preventing predictable functionality. MythTV for OSX simply is not as refined as its native Linux counterpart. It feels like running Windows applications via wine. I just scrapped OSX for Ubuntu Karmic. Out of the box, off of the cd, things work great. Audio works perfect. What didn’t work? The Mac Mini remote control. I tried for a day to get it to work the hard way. I saw that /dev/usb/hiddev1 was working and displaying data; shown with cat. But lirc would not bind to the device. Ultimately I removed the program, and ran a system update. Problem resolved; clearly a bug report was filed and a resolution provided.
Fanart and coverart work fine. The Linux based fronted is seamless compatible with the Linux based MythTV server. I didn’t even need to input the servers ip information manually. I did have to set the repeat feature, for each key in ~/.lirc/mythtv.
Now all I want is to have MythTV sleep the system and wake the system. I get it to sleep the system by making the halt script sudo pm-suspend. Adjust your /etc/sudoers files to allow passwordless sudo for /usr/sbin/pm-suspend. The halt script is configured in setup-general settings. Waking the computer is another thing that I have yet to get working.
KDE Desktop Option – Various Environments
Dec 8th
Now that I can logout to GDM I have realized a couple of things. The first thing is that Ubuntu 9.10 does not support modification of GDM. This must be because of various changes / upgrades. But there is no option to install themes or modifications in any graphical way. I’m not working really hard to figure out how to modify things, but I’m not incredibly disappointed with the way things look or work.
I also installed KDE. It installs easy on Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
Then on the GDM it gives you a desktop session option. Toggle the drop down menu, and log in as normal to an alternative desktop environment. KDE is a nice change, I have been using Gnome for the longest time. Things work entirely different on KDE, and it will give me an opportunity to investigate something new.
Modern Warfare 2 – I’ll Buy This One
Nov 10th
I don’t buy many video games. The last one I purchased was Batman Arkham Asylum. Before that Rainbow 6 Vegas 2. Today I will purchase Modern Warfare 2. I like multiplayer games. I like to beat other real people. This game is way hyped, and good come through with its promises.
The widely-anticipated video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been tipped to be the biggest selling video game in history.[Source]
I’ll probably get this game on my lunch break, and if not after work. I will see you all online 
Heres a trailer of the game in action. GO ahead check out the goodness.
WebShare Graphical FTP Interface
Oct 18th
WebShare has been developing this software for some time now. Previous version have been rather interesting, and the most recent version (labeled alpha) is even more so. The interface is graphically stunning, intuitive, and powerful. The idea changes the way ftp is presented to the end website user. No longer is ftp limited to a ftp client running as a local program. WebShare allows anyone with a browser connection to utilize ftp based functionality without the need to install a local ftp client applcation. http://en.webshare.fr/ While many people do not necessarily need ftp services, it is indeed very use when needing the ability to access files from many locations. Why lug the files with you when you can just remotely access them in a graphically appealing way? Also the borwser application has built in photoviewing, audio playback, and savvy right click menu options. Its sort of a webOS. I likes 