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Installing and using pulseaudio-dlna with the Hiby R3 family of Audio devices

Installing and using pulseaudio-dlna with the Hiby R3 family of Audio devices

Hi everyone, In this post, we’ll see how to install the pulseaudio-dlna package and use it. DLNA is a protocol that may allow special devices and software to connect to a media server, playback a file, act as a media controller, or be one or more of these. Some routers have a DLNA feature built-in allowing the use of the USB port to host a USB drive in order to allow these software to find and playback your multimedia files….

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Installing Daily Ubuntu Linux Kernels manually (And the Linux Kernel 6.0rc1)

Installing Daily Ubuntu Linux Kernels manually (And the Linux Kernel 6.0rc1)

Hi everyone, In this post, I will show you how to install the daily builds of the Linux Kernel from the Ubuntu Kernel Team Server site. Last week, we got the very first Linux Kernel 6.0 release. It is the first Release Candidate, but this kernel failed to build for the amd64 architecture. This means that we can’t install it using the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer tool. Luckily, the Ubuntu Kernel Team does daily builds, and it seems there are…

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Workaround for Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer to install the Linux Kernel 5.19.2

Workaround for Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer to install the Linux Kernel 5.19.2

Hi everyone, The Linux Kernel 5.19.2 was released on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. This kernel is a maintenance release that mainly brings some improvements and bug fixes. As usual, we should be able to install this kernel in Ubuntu with the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer tool, but when you open the app, you’ll notice that all of the Linux Kernels disappeared from the list, looking like this: This has to do with the fact that the very first release candidate…

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Improve the sound of the KZ ZES IEM by applying a piece of Paper Towel

Improve the sound of the KZ ZES IEM by applying a piece of Paper Towel

Hi everyone, In this post, I will share a slight modification I did to my KZ ZES IEM. I found that this is the best sounding KZ model I have ever used, having a good balance of bass, mids and treble, but I also had an issue with them. For some reason, in rare cases, one of the sides of this IEM would produce lower volume sound. It seems that somehow, the grill was the culprit of it, so I…

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Starting up the PulseAudio Service manually in Ubuntu 22.10

Starting up the PulseAudio Service manually in Ubuntu 22.10

Hi everyone, You may recall the post I wrote about installing WirePlumber a few weeks ago. This was because Ubuntu 22.10 will switch to using the PipeWire audio server as the default, replacing PulseAudio. However, there are still some packages that may depend on the actual PulseAudio service due to its implementation. An example of this is the pulseaudio-dlna package, which uses PulseAudio to add DLNA renderers as sound output devices. Therefore, we must start this service manually in Ubuntu…

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Keeping your Ubuntu Linux machine up to date by upgrading your system packages with apt

Keeping your Ubuntu Linux machine up to date by upgrading your system packages with apt

Hi everyone, Today, I want to show you how easy it is to upgrade your Ubuntu Linux machine packages using the apt terminal utility. Updating and upgrading your system package makes your machine more stable and secure. Linux updates are released in the form of packages. Even the Linux Kernel is in this form and the distribution version can be kept up to date when they are released with this tool. Therefore, it is important to know how to keep…

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Creating a simple QR code in Linux with qrencode

Creating a simple QR code in Linux with qrencode

Hi everyone, Today, I will show you how easy it is to create QR codes in Linux with a command-line tool called qrencode. QR codes have risen in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic started. It is used on some restaurants as a way to allow customers to see a menu on their phones, since most phones offers a QR code scanner built-in. QR codes are also a good way to put some sort of links into documents, flyers, and more….

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Installing the Linux Kernel 5.19 in Ubuntu

Installing the Linux Kernel 5.19 in Ubuntu

Hi everyone, The Linux Kernel 5.19 was released last week and can be installed in our Ubuntu system with the help of the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer. We can install this Kernel version really simple in just a few clicks and we will see those steps below. Installing the Linux Kernel 5.19 1. Launch Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer (Check the above link to install this tool if you do not have it installed): 2. Wait for it to load. You…

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Labeling a DVD with Lite-On’s LabelTag technology in Linux

Labeling a DVD with Lite-On’s LabelTag technology in Linux

Hi everyone, Today, we will see how to label a DVD using a LabelTag-compatible DVD drive and using Linux. Before we proceed, you must have installed Wine in your system. If you have not, you can follow the steps I wrote in this post to install it. You’ll also need to have Lite-On’s SmartPack installed in your system. You can download it here. Lite-On’s LabelTag is a technology they developed back around 2010, and made available on very few drives….

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Installing the Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu with ubuntu-drivers

Installing the Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu with ubuntu-drivers

Hi everyone, Today, we will be installing the Nvidia GPU drivers for an Nvidia GeForce 10-series using a command called ubuntu-drivers which is available in Ubuntu. While I’m using the GeForce 10-series as an example, this should work for other GPU generations and architectures as well. When I upgraded Ubuntu 22.04 to the development release of 22.10, everything went fine. However, I was using the integrated graphics card in my Media Center PC as my main output device. The reason…

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