http://blog.flexion.org Bad grammar and typos for total strangers Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:39:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.flexion.org/gravatar.jpeg http://blog.flexion.org Bad grammar and typos for total strangers I've finally found a photo manager for Linux I can live with, Shotwell. Shotwell is an photo manager for GNOME that I've been testing for a few months now but the recent 0.5 release which added tagging and printing, it means Shotwell is finally ready replace F-Spot on my workstation. Shotwell ... http://blog.flexion.org/index.php/2010/03/20/goodbye-f-spot-hello-shotwell/ After tinkering with Ext4 I did some research and tested other file systems on my new disk arrays. I've concluded that XFS, once tuned, is the best file system for my needs and it could well be the best file system for your needs too. I'm now using XFS for ... http://blog.flexion.org/index.php/2010/02/12/give-xfs-a-chance-dont-believe-the-fud/ Occasionally readers of my Wiki or Code want to comment on what I've published but I don't have a suitable way for them to contact me. So I have opened a small forum to capture any feedback or comments from readers, this way anyone can to benefit from what gets ... http://blog.flexion.org/index.php/2010/01/17/flexion-org-forums-are-open/ The Ext4 file system, like Ext3, reserves 5% of the blocks on the file system for the root user. The reserved blocks are there for root's use as a safe guard if the filesystem gets full, it provides some wiggle room to enable the really important programs to still function. ... http://blog.flexion.org/index.php/2010/01/07/recovering-reserved-space-ext4/ I've ripped my entire CD collection to MP3 and I'm in the process of ripping my entire DVD, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD collection to MPEG-2 TS files so that I can stream everything to my PS3 using MiniDLNA. I currently have this data stored on an internal 2TB volume and backed ... http://blog.flexion.org/index.php/2010/01/02/startech-s354uer-review/ I have been using Mediatomb for nearly two years now but I decided to give MiniDLNA a whirl since it is a fully fledged DLNA server whereas Mediatomb is UPnP only. I am currently running both Mediatomb SVN and MiniDLNA CVS. So, how does MiniDLNA compare to Mediatomb? MiniDLNA is easier ... http://blog.flexion.org/index.php/2009/12/18/mediatomb-minidlna/ I've no idea when Amazon.co.uk lauched their MP3 store and I've no idea when they released their Linux client for downloading the MP3s you purchased. I don't care, I just want to say I'm really impressed Amazon have considered us Linux users. Well done Amazon! Not only that but the MP3s ... http://blog.flexion.org/index.php/2009/12/16/amazon-loves-linux-music-lovers/ A while back I released a script that rips a DVD to MPEG-2 PS allowing the user to select one audio stream and one subtitle stream. Optionally the video can be requantised, using M2VRequantiser and an ISO image created. If creating an ISO image the chapters are also preserved from ... http://blog.flexion.org/index.php/2009/12/04/dvd-mpeg2ts-ripper-linux/ We use hex editors daily at work, we are regularly cutting up data from flight data recorders for analysis or recovery.  So when I find a new hex editor for Linux I usually give it a try. I happened across a blog listing Five GUI Hex Editors for Ubuntu today. ... http://blog.flexion.org/index.php/2009/12/03/linux-hex-editors/ I recently added a Wiki page explaining how I created JetDirect compatible server on my NSLU2 running Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04. You can find the wiki article on the link below. http://wiki.flexion.org/JetDirectServer.html The solution was to use p910nd, which is a small printer daemon that does not spool to disk but passes the ... http://blog.flexion.org/index.php/2009/10/17/creating-jetdirect-server-linux/