Time for another in a series of blog posts about the use I’m making of my HP ProLiant MicroServer I previously blogged about. This one covers caching Ubuntu .deb packages to reduce duplicated package downloads.
I have a few Ubuntu machines at home, and like to help out testing the latest release which can …
I previously blogged about my HP ProLiant MicroServer which I’m playing with for doing backups of remote data and other “small/home office” tasks. I’ve decided to backup my GMail-based email using OfflineIMAP, which is awesome.
Offlineimap is in the Ubuntu repository and is pretty easy to setup once you know the format of the configuration …
I recently took delivery of a new HP ProLiant MicroServer which I wanted to use for various small/home office server type tasks. It’s a cracking little server, ideal for small offices and home users who want a small, low-power server. With only one fan in the case it’s fairly quiet with most noise coming …
For a few years I’ve owned a variety of webcams which I’ve used under Debian and Ubuntu on my desktop and laptop computers. As many others do, I’ve used them with the likes of Skype & Ekiga for video calls and camstream & guvcview for just capturing images. More often than not though, my …
