Category Archives: Computing

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NetBSD TV: The Media Server

Posted on 13 November, 2008 by Matthias Scheler

As I mentioned recently I bought a Playstation 3 (PS3) to use as a streaming video client in conjunction with the MediaTomb UPnP media server. Here is my recipe for installing and configuring the server package under NetBSD. The instructions … Continue reading →

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NetBSD TV: The Streaming Video Client

Posted on 10 November, 2008 by Matthias Scheler

For quite some time I’ve been looking for a streaming video client that would allow me to watch the video files that are stored on my NetBSD server on the TV in the sitting room. I thought that my requirements … Continue reading →

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The Exorcism of my Mac

Posted on 2 November, 2008 by Matthias Scheler

After I updated my Power Mac G5 to Mac OS X Leopard the system seemed to work fine at first. But over time I experienced an increasing number of kernel panics. They all looked like the kernel panic described in … Continue reading →

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