Re: [Hampshire] Top posting
http://vim-adventures.com/ On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Bob Dunlop bob.dun...@xyzzy.org.uk wrote: On Wed, May 28 at 05:14, Anton Piatek wrote: Excellent! In my line of work everyone should know at least vi, as it is the only editor on Unix and z/OS you can expect to find. Vi that uses a cursor addressable terminal doesn't it. If that's not available you'll have to use ed. How's your ed these days ? Mine's fair to middling, I had occasion to use it a few weeks back. nvi is basically the same program I've been using fpr 30+ years. Why have to learn new tricks with every upgrade. -- Bob Dunlop -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Top posting
On 28 May 2014 10:34, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: When a list has precious else to talk about (I guess Linux works for everyone most of the time now), and the members have been around a long time the flames are easier to start. I never considered that reason for the low-traffic (that everything mostly just works) but it's probably true! I figured that the community is more fragmented now as there is Facebook, Google+, Twitter and meetup.com's all around us. On the mostly works now front, I had an interesting read through this thread recently. http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/26fjei/as_a_linux_user_since_only_2009_i_just_want_to/ I think all the veterans on this list deserve a pat on the back for sticking with Linux all these years ;) -- Key fingerprint = EF78 310C C517 9564 9ECA 82F6 68FA E621 17E1 5D16 http://about.me/imranchaudhry -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] XBMC ISO
Hi all Im looking to build / get a cheap media centre PC for under the telly. I noticed [1] and wondered if anyone had used them and had any views The trouble is most of my collection of videos is in iso format. I have the original DVD media for each iso but the disk needs to head toward the loft. So far as I can tell, none of Apple TV, Roku, PS3 (or anything that speaks DLNA) can handle these type of ISOs. Ive just had my first play with xbmc on a reasonably low specced Ubuntu box. Seemed to play them isos fine albeit a bit of a faff. Ive seen these on ebay: [1] http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raspberry-Pi-XBMC-Media-Centre-Mini-Keyboard-64GBc lass10-complete-HDMI-WiFi-KIT-/121144886604?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raspberry-Pi-XBMC-Media-Centre-Mini-Keyboard-64GB class10-complete-HDMI-WiFi-KIT-/121144886604?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_E Hhash=item1c34cc454c hash=item1c34cc454c I must admit £120 is a bit steep but I guess if it contains everything and is basically plug and play fair enough. Just wondered if anyone had tried it and noticed any performance issues. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] XBMC ISO
On 29 May 2014 17:51, Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote: I must admit £120 is a bit steep but I guess if it contains everything and is basically plug and play – fair enough. Just wondered if anyone had tried it and noticed any performance issues. Raspberry PIs do run XBMC but they really are rather slow (even rendering and navigating through the menus was too slow for me for regular use). Much better to get it running on an Atom net-top machine at the least. The price is a little steep if you consider that you can buy the components for around £50, and install XBMC in a matter of minutes - a task that hopefully a LUG list subscriber wouldn't baulk at. But *if* your time is very precious to you, and you don't want the hassle of sourcing everything, then maybe the extra price is worth paying to save you the effort (although I would probably still reinstall XBMC... I wouldn't trust an OS installed and configured by someone on eBay...). For the same price you could get a decent wireless keyboard (if the XBMC remote app on your phone or an iPad isn't an option you have), and a 2nd hand Acer Revo, a little SSD to shoehorn into it, and the pleasure of a Saturday afternoon fiddling around with it all :-) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] XBMC ISO
On 30 May 2014 00:05, Michael Pavling pavl...@gmail.com wrote: Raspberry PIs do run XBMC but they really are rather slow (even rendering and navigating through the menus was too slow for me for regular use). Much better to get it running on an Atom net-top machine at the least. +1 I found the Pi not well suited to media playing apps. Playing the media was okay ish, not perfect, but navigating the menus was painful. I have an Acer Aspire Revo 3600 which has an Atom CPU and nVidia GPU, running a stripped down Linux distro and XBMC. Works a treat with an external remote control. The only thing it doesn't do is power down/up when I need it. You can pick them up on ebay. Cheers, Al. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
