Category: Software

My first WordPress Plugin – Widget for Retroachievements

I like to play old games. But i also like the “features” of the latest Video Games like Achievements (or Trophies, if you will). During many months, I’ve been using a custom php script to display my latest achievements from retroachievements.org. This script was embedded in this site through an iFrame. This is pretty insecure …

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A Way out of AMD Driver Hell

Several months ago, I swapped my nVidia Card for an AMD Radeon Graphics Card. At that point in time, I was able to install AMD’s latest WHQL-Driver, 13.12, without any problem. Days and weeks passed by (and the card working fine), AMD releases a new driver. Every PC Gamer knows that 1st Rule is to …

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[Solution] Ubuntu 12.04 NFS Shares cause high CPU load + dropouts after upgrade from 10.04

After upgrading our Ubuntu Server from 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS, we noticed a severe decrease of Performance of our FOG Server. Transfer times of the images were drastically higher (few hours instead of +- 20minutes) and very often the transfer would fail after a few GB. Noticed that during transfer (which uses NFS), the cpu load …

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How to compile XBMC 11 in Fedora 16

This little guide will help to install (compile) World’s best Media Centre, XBMC, in Fedora OS (latest release is 16) We will install XBMC with all nice features such as Airplay / Airtunes Support and HDMI-CEC (plug the USB adaptor before you start) Please note that there is no HAL Support, as it is not …

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