Re: Suggested software for a light media box
I use a tiny pi that cost $60. The NUC is better if you can afford it (I used my father's NUC before I got the Pi). On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:55 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > you could look at this > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/intel-next-unit-of-computing-desktop-kit-intel-celeron-silver-black/7580007.p?id=1219278233066 > > I personally use a combination of the fire stick and a chromecast. > > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Steven wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I ran the numbers the other day and realized I could put together a >> small form factor box for less than $300 and hang it off the back of my >> TV. Nothing too fancy, a Gigabyte Brix 1900 bare bones with a celeron >> j1900, 8 gigs ram, and 120 gb ssd, keyboardless at the moment, and >> hooked up to the TV through hdmi. Right now I have the 14.04 LTS version >> of Ubuntu running on it and connecting through VNC to control it. >> >> Does anyone here have anything similar set up? I know I can view youtube >> on the TV simply using a browser but I'm open to thoughts on alternate >> software/os-distributions/etc. If I'm reading things right then Netflix >> ought to be workable with an up to date browser and Amazon video with >> just a little effort. >> --- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Suggested software for a light media box
you could look at this http://www.bestbuy.com/site/intel-next-unit-of-computing-desktop-kit-intel-celeron-silver-black/7580007.p?id=1219278233066 I personally use a combination of the fire stick and a chromecast. On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Steven wrote: > Hello all, > > I ran the numbers the other day and realized I could put together a > small form factor box for less than $300 and hang it off the back of my > TV. Nothing too fancy, a Gigabyte Brix 1900 bare bones with a celeron > j1900, 8 gigs ram, and 120 gb ssd, keyboardless at the moment, and > hooked up to the TV through hdmi. Right now I have the 14.04 LTS version > of Ubuntu running on it and connecting through VNC to control it. > > Does anyone here have anything similar set up? I know I can view youtube > on the TV simply using a browser but I'm open to thoughts on alternate > software/os-distributions/etc. If I'm reading things right then Netflix > ought to be workable with an up to date browser and Amazon video with > just a little effort. > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Suggested software for a light media box
Hello all, I ran the numbers the other day and realized I could put together a small form factor box for less than $300 and hang it off the back of my TV. Nothing too fancy, a Gigabyte Brix 1900 bare bones with a celeron j1900, 8 gigs ram, and 120 gb ssd, keyboardless at the moment, and hooked up to the TV through hdmi. Right now I have the 14.04 LTS version of Ubuntu running on it and connecting through VNC to control it. Does anyone here have anything similar set up? I know I can view youtube on the TV simply using a browser but I'm open to thoughts on alternate software/os-distributions/etc. If I'm reading things right then Netflix ought to be workable with an up to date browser and Amazon video with just a little effort. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: LAMP cart all of a sudden became slow
It was an external server that was not returning data. I do not have strong Linux admin skills (troubleshooting) so I was having difficulty trying to determine if it was hardware or software. I thought it was MySql. I restarted Apache and MySql immediately, which did not solve the problem. I think I need to write a simple survival guide for LAMP developers explaining how to determine MySql / MariaDB and Apache are working correctly. I probably could have known it was not MySql or Apache in 10 minuted with a cheat-sheet. Then I could have focused on software. On 2015-07-09 17:15, Michael Havens wrote: what was the solution? On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Keith Smith wrote: Problem fixed. On 2015-07-09 14:37, Keith Smith wrote: Hi, I have a LAMP shopping cart that all of a sudden became very slow. The system admin says it is software. Very little CPU usage and mtop shows one line : 295 mysqltop localhost Query show full processlist. I can run queries from within phpMyAdmin and they are fast. Any suggestions how I might figure this out? Thanks! Keith -- Keith Smith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] -- :-)~MIKE~(-: Links: -- [1] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Keith Smith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: LAMP cart all of a sudden became slow
what was the solution? On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Keith Smith wrote: > Problem fixed. > > > On 2015-07-09 14:37, Keith Smith wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a LAMP shopping cart that all of a sudden became very slow. >> The system admin says it is software. Very little CPU usage and mtop >> shows one line : 295 mysqltop localhost >> Queryshow full processlist. >> >> I can run queries from within phpMyAdmin and they are fast. >> >> Any suggestions how I might figure this out? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Keith >> > > -- > Keith Smith > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: LAMP cart all of a sudden became slow
Problem fixed. On 2015-07-09 14:37, Keith Smith wrote: Hi, I have a LAMP shopping cart that all of a sudden became very slow. The system admin says it is software. Very little CPU usage and mtop shows one line : 295 mysqltop localhost Queryshow full processlist. I can run queries from within phpMyAdmin and they are fast. Any suggestions how I might figure this out? Thanks! Keith -- Keith Smith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
LAMP cart all of a sudden became slow
Hi, I have a LAMP shopping cart that all of a sudden became very slow. The system admin says it is software. Very little CPU usage and mtop shows one line : 295 mysqltop localhostQuery show full processlist. I can run queries from within phpMyAdmin and they are fast. Any suggestions how I might figure this out? Thanks! Keith -- Keith Smith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: xorg: Maximum number of clients reached
Some follow up on this - Chromium was definitely a problem. I stopped using it for the past week, all my odd issues went away, and my desktop has been perfectly stable since. Even disabling all plugins, all hardware interaction, it would still start causing my x client counts to blow out, my screen locker would freak out, and randomly apps wouldn't work or spawn new. I migrated back to firefox, and it's been quite back to its old reliable self. I also don't catch it chewing up 25gb of memory too which is nice. I even filed a bug with the chromium people. Crap part is once it freaks out the counts, I can't find a way to see what is using them, as itself tries to spawn a client session and cannot. Since I know it's chromium, I suppose I'll just have to enable everything and pull a gdb trace with it, hoping some dev wants to help troubleshoot it. I always feel cursed with these things, but no one else sees the same in their chromiums on linux? I'd be interested to see the results from others. I made a little one-liner script I can call to monitor with watch in a small cli window in the corner. echo "/usr/bin/xlsclients | wc -l" > ~/bin/xclients chmod +x ~/bin/xclients watch ~/bin/xclients One odd fact I've found out of this, Canonical leaves their x client counts hardcoded to 256, whereas redhat and cent upped this some time ago to 512 in their compiled xorg servers. If google and various window managers are going to drive those usages, seems xorg needs to fix this or at least up the count and make uniform among the vendors. -mb On 06/20/2015 09:32 AM, Michael Butash wrote: So Chromium is definitely causing the x client limit to be hit, but "not always"... It's really odd, and I can't explain it. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
OT: Using Chromebook to edit docs offline ...
> Keith wrote: > Please post your experience so we can learn from it. > Stephen wrote: > I have been trying to wrap my head around a Chromebook > experience with limited success. I would also be interested > in hearing about your experience. Still trying to figure out how to simplify this procedure, but here are some first draft notes on my experience with using Chromebook to access and edit documents offline: http://upquick.com/temp/chromebook/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Using fldigi in Linux: My contribution to the Interwebz this week.
For all you radio and weather fans out there, I created a how-to guide for getting NOAA/NWS weather radiofaxes via a shortwave radio and fldigi. Based on using 'nix of course, but the process works for any OS as fldigi is cross-platform. On my blog at: https://ranous.wordpress.com I'm also fine tuning my tech writing skills so constructive critique is welcome. Thanks! -- Kenn --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
