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Updating the WineHQ repository on Ubuntu 22.10 after using the Ubuntu 22.04 WineHQ repository

Updating the WineHQ repository on Ubuntu 22.10 after using the Ubuntu 22.04 WineHQ repository

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Hi everyone, I should have written this post some time ago, since Ubuntu 22.10 has been released for a while now, and there is now an official WineHQ 22.10 Kinetic repository. Therefore, in this post, I will show the steps to update the WineHQ repository file from Ubuntu Jammy to Ubuntu Kinetic. The process of updating the apt repository for WineHQ is very simple. We will rename the repository file from jammy to kinetic, use nano as our text editor…

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flac_recompressor Python Script
Releasing flac_recompressor Python Script

Releasing flac_recompressor Python Script

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Hi everyone, In the past few days, I’ve been working on a script that will attempt to get the smallest FLAC file size possible. I’ve been playing around several FLAC encoder options and determined that by changing the block size, it is possible to get a smaller file size. However, it seems that depending on the audio file, we may need to use try different block size combination in order to get the smallest size, and this is what this…

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Redbox Kiosks
Movies added and coming soon at Redbox – January 17, 2023

Movies added and coming soon at Redbox – January 17, 2023

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Hi everyone, Today is the third Tuesday of January 2023. Today, we have 3 movies on DVD. Let’s see them below: Movies added DVD Movies Coming Soon This list may be incomplete, and titles may be added or removed at any time. January 24, 2023 January 31, 2023 February 7, 2023 February 14, 2023 Coming later What will you be watching this week? Post Views: 22

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The CERRXIAN Micro USB OTG to Mini USB Cable

The CERRXIAN Micro USB OTG to Mini USB Cable

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Hi everyone, Today, we will be seeing the CERRXIAN Micro USB OTG to Mini USB Cable cable. This is an On-The-Go (OTG) cable that converts from Micro USB to Mini USB. Useful applications of it includes being able to use a USB Hub with a Mini USB connector with a Micro USB phone or tablet. Before USB-C became standard, older phones and tablets used a Micro USB port. These devices usually only had a single Micro USB port that besides…

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HP Stream 7 and 8 tablets running Ubuntu with Cinnamon Desktop Environment - Audio Settings
Adding Proper Audio Support for the HP Stream 8 tablet in the Linux Kernel – My first contribution to the Linux Kernel

Adding Proper Audio Support for the HP Stream 8 tablet in the Linux Kernel – My first contribution to the Linux Kernel

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Hi everyone, For several years already, I have owned an HP Stream 7 and HP Stream 8 tablets. These were low budget, Windows 8 tablets powered by an Intel Atom Z3735G Bay Trail processor and having only 1GB of RAM. These tablets are also limited to running the 32bit version of Windows not only because of the extremely low RAM amount by today’s standards, but also because the BIOS only runs 32-bit EFI images. This tablet can be upgraded to…

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Redbox Kiosks
Movies added and coming soon at Redbox – January 10, 2023

Movies added and coming soon at Redbox – January 10, 2023

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Hi everyone, Today is the second Tuesday of January 2023 and of the year. Today, we continue this year with 2 movies on DVD. Let’s see them below: Movies added DVD Movies Coming Soon This list may be incomplete, and titles may be added or removed at any time. January 17, 2023 January 31, 2023 February 7, 2023 Coming later What will you be watching this week? Post Views: 12

Installing Wine from WineHQ in Ubuntu 23.04 - 05
Installing Wine from WineHQ in Ubuntu 23.04

Installing Wine from WineHQ in Ubuntu 23.04

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Hi everyone, Today, we will be installing Wine from the WineHQ repository in Ubuntu 23.04. Wine is a compatibility layer that allow us to run Windows software on Linux. It is not an emulator nor a virtualization software. It simply translates the binary to Linux-compatible POSIX API call to allow the execution of them. In Windows, Microsoft added the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). There are currently 2 versions: WSL1 and WSL2. WSL1 can be considered the opposite of Wine,…

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Installing an SSD to the ASUS E210MA laptop – 500GB Samsung SSD 980

Installing an SSD to the ASUS E210MA laptop – 500GB Samsung SSD 980

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Hi everyone, In this post, we will see how to install an SSD to the ASUS E210MA laptop: This laptop features an M.2 2280 slot to install a separate NVMe drive, expanding the storage from the internal 64GB eMMC drive: We will be installing a 500GB Samsung SSD 980 NVMe drive in this slot, which will be used as a separate drive to hold the machine’s data, while keeping the 64GB eMMC drive for the Ubuntu operating system. The 500GB…

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