Turning a Dell Wyse 3040 into an HTPC (Part 4)
A TV needs a remote We’ve been putting together an HTPC using a Dell Wyse 3040 thin client PC. The OS, Arch Linux, has been… Read More »Turning a Dell Wyse 3040 into an HTPC (Part 4)
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Turning a Dell Wyse 3040 into an HTPC (Part 3)
Make it work more gracefully We’ve been transforming a Dell Wyse 3040 thin client PC into an HTPC using Arch Linux. Last time in Part… Read More »Turning a Dell Wyse 3040 into an HTPC (Part 3)
Turning a Dell Wyse 3040 into an HTPC (Part 2)
Now make it do stuff In our quest for an HTPC, we previously talked about installing Arch Linux on the Wyse 3040 back in Part… Read More »Turning a Dell Wyse 3040 into an HTPC (Part 2)
Solving “Unable to find partition containing kernel”
Why isn’t it working it was working just before now it should be working tl;dr: If you’re using the pygrub loader, make sure /boot/grub/ exists!… Read More »Solving “Unable to find partition containing kernel”
Streaming a Phone (or IP) Camera to YouTube
Yet another thing ffmpeg can do Streaming a camera to YouTube came up in chat the other day. It’s not something I’ve ever had cause… Read More »Streaming a Phone (or IP) Camera to YouTube
Turning a Wyse 3040 Into an HTPC (Part 1)
As a wyse mann ynce seide… I recently acquired a Dell Wyse 3040, a thin client PC intended to connect to virtual desktop[s] running remotely.… Read More »Turning a Wyse 3040 Into an HTPC (Part 1)
PSA: Dell Wyse 3040 Uses ‘Fallback’ EFI Location
Many hours died to bring you this information tl;dr: run grub-install –target=x86_64-efi –efi-directory=<espdir> –removable if following the Arch Linux install guide I acquired a Dell… Read More »PSA: Dell Wyse 3040 Uses ‘Fallback’ EFI Location
Generating a traefik/nginx password hash without htpasswd
For when you don’t want to install httpd-tools / apache2-utils tl; dr: openssl passwd -apr1 | sed -E “s:[\$]:\$\$:g” (traefik) openssl passwd -apr1 (nginx) Explanations… Read More »Generating a traefik/nginx password hash without htpasswd
ffmpeg can cut off the end of a transparent VP9
It’s a current bug tl;dr: use -lag-in-frames 0 as a workaround for now I have been creating stinger transitions for my stream. These are animated… Read More »ffmpeg can cut off the end of a transparent VP9
Running Foundry VTT with Docker
More fun with containers I only recently came across Foundry VTT, and my quick look at it convinced me to try it further. This afternoon,… Read More »Running Foundry VTT with Docker