Computers

LG NAS N2A2DD2 Upgrade...

So quite some time ago I acquired one of these NAS devices with hopes of being able to power down my main machine and still download torrents and have some sort of central media storage for our TV shows and music etc. I recently discovered that there's a new GUI firmware available after ignoring it for a long time.

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Upgrading PCs, the woes of IT...

Well, in light of recent issues with her old machine it was finally time to replace the wife's machine. It's been an ongoing issue, we knew it had to be done, but it seemed like all the newer PCs that were available were lesser machines than my main machine that I bought a few years back, but at the same price! I'm talking about a 500 euro desktop... I was hoping to find something a bit lower price as she doesn't need that much horsepower, just something a little more stable.

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New Picasa 3.5!

Neat! Google have released the new version of Picasa 3.5 with built in Facial recognition. It appears it's only for Windows/Mac users as they claim there's a poor response from Linux users... Perhaps due to the fact that there is no native Linux version? There is a v3 which is nothing more than the windows version bundled with wine. So, for the clever Linux users:

1. Download picasa35.exe (http://picasa.google.com) and install via wine

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UT on Ubuntu 9.04

Well since I couldn't get UT2003 to work, I opted for the original UT... used the lokigames installer and it went smooth as glass... and it runs frighteningly fast on my Quad Q9300 with Geforce 9600GT and 3gb ram... too fast even... even at 1680x1050 on my 22inch monitor... 360+ FPS... lmao

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UT2003 on Ubuntu 9.04

Decided I needed a decent FPS on my machine, and since I had a copy of UT2003 laying around, thought I'd try to install it in Ubuntu.

This is the process that seemed to work for me:

Insert disk3, copy "linux_installer.sh" to my home dir, open a terminal in the home dir, and run:
sudo _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 linux32 sh ./linux_installer.sh

follow the gui installer :)

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