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Dynamic DNS

I often need to access my computer remotely to transfer files, stream music, or manage programs. For this, I need to know the IP address associated with my computer, but both NET and Speedy providers use a system of dynamic IPs.

Julio Batista Silva

Last updated on Jul 29, 2011 2 min read Networks, Tutorial

Compiling Linux Kernel 3.0

INCOMPLETE ARTICLE! The new version 3.0 of the kernel was released 3 days ago (07/22/2011) and I decided to compile and install it on my laptops and post the results here.

Julio Batista Silva

Last updated on Jul 25, 2011 3 min read Linux, Tutorial

Jailbreak

Jailbreaking is a process that sets up the /etc/fstab to mount all iPhone partitions for read and write, giving you full access to the system and removing the locks imposed by Apple.

Julio Batista Silva

Last updated on Jul 24, 2011 2 min read IPhone, Tutorial

Videos in Chrome

To watch videos directly from Google Chromium, just install the gecko-mediaplayer plugin: sudo pacman -S gecko-mediaplayer

Julio Batista Silva

Last updated on Jul 23, 2011 1 min read Linux, Tutorial

Shell Script - block comment

In Shell script, we can comment line by line using #. It works similarly to // in C++ and identically to # in Python: # Commented line 1 # Commented line 2 Code # Half commented line 3 To comment multiple lines, like /* */ in C, we do it as follows:

Julio Batista Silva

Last updated on Jul 23, 2011 1 min read Tutorial

Sync iPhone and Google

I used to sync my iPhone through iTunes, but that’s not good. First, because I don’t like iTunes, second, because it doesn’t run natively here; wine and VMs are just workarounds.

Julio Batista Silva

Last updated on Jul 18, 2011 1 min read Tutorial

Email Change

I decided to change my email accounts from Gmail and Hotmail to a simpler Gmail account with addresses on my own domain (<juliobs.com>). Importing all contacts is a simple task, just export a CSV and upload it to the new account.

Julio Batista Silva

Last updated on Jul 18, 2011 2 min read Tutorial

CUPS is an open-source printing system maintained by Apple and is probably the simplest for Unix-like systems. With CUPS, adding and sharing printers over the network becomes a fairly easy task.

Julio Batista Silva

Last updated on Jul 16, 2011 3 min read Tutorial, Cups

Subsonic

Nowadays I use Jellyfin and Plex Subsonic is an open source media server capable of streaming your entire music and video library to any phone or computer connected to the internet.

Julio Batista Silva

Last updated on Jul 14, 2011 4 min read IPhone, Multimedia, Tutorial

Recover Grub

I installed Windows 7 on my old laptop, which already had Ubuntu installed. As expected, I lost the boot manager (Grub2). Boot from an Ubuntu live CD. In a previous post I explained how to create a live USB.

Julio Batista Silva

Last updated on Jul 12, 2011 1 min read Linux, Tutorial