Category Archives: linux

Problem: Automatic Reboot after Shutdown (Ubuntu 11.10)

Posted on November 18, 2011 by littleiffel
Posted in linux, Thinkpad x220 | 2 Comments

On my Thinkpad x220  when I am running on battery under Ubuntu 11.10 and I do a normal shutdown, the system shuts down correctly, but it reboots after 1 sec. This only happens when i am on battery. I found … Continue reading →

Battery Life on Thinkpad x220 (i7) running Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on November 18, 2011 by littleiffel
Posted in linux, Thinkpad x220 | Tagged , , | 31 Comments

To get the same battery life running a Linux installation and Windows is still a challenge. Especially for ThinkPads as Lenovo Engineers seems to magically tweak the drivers to use less power. For Linux, power usage has never been excellent out of the box and some tuning and extra knowledge is necessary to double the out-of-the-box battery life. I get more than 12 hours for Ubuntu 11.10 with the 9-cell battery, the power usage in Idle State is around 7.5W. Continue reading →

SqueezeServer on Ubuntu 10.04 with SqueezeSlave and Android

Posted on March 11, 2011 by littleiffel
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SqueezeServer (former SlimServer or SqueezeCenter) is an open source streaming audio server. In contrast to Music Player Daemon (MPD), SqueezeServer is not a music player itself. MPD is a music player that runs in the background an can be controlled from clients (local or network). SqueezeServer is a server that can stream to several audio players over the network (or local). Continue reading →

Install Virtualbox Guest Additions for Linux Guests

Posted on January 2, 2011 by littleiffel
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Virtualbox is one of the best virtualization solution for Desktop OS, and Oracle recently released version 3.0.0 of Virtualbox. To test the daily build of Ubuntu Natty, or any other Linux Distribution, or if for some reason you need a … Continue reading →

Android DDMS with Ubuntu

Posted on November 28, 2010 by littleiffel
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Using DDMS under Linux and your connected phone via USB does not show up? Continue reading →

Ubuntu 10.04 on EEEBox 1501 (towards the perfect media-center)

Posted on August 24, 2010 by littleiffel
Posted in EEEBox, linux, Lucid Lynx | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

building the perfect media center is a difficult task, as there are many constraints for this task. connectivity with tv, network and other computers which includes a perfect choice of hardware, operating system and drivers. input devices are important as … Continue reading →

Ubuntu One Sync with Phone (SE Hazel)

Posted on August 12, 2010 by littleiffel
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the ubuntu one service is a very nice idea. sync your files easily with multiple computers, easy to setup … easy to use. i use the service for syncing of my contacts, since i always have trouble keeping a contact … Continue reading →