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Rescued my little Acer C7 Chromebook

Rob —  September 26, 2013 — 2 Comments

After installing chrubuntu on my c7, I decided to put it back to factory and give crouton a try so that I could run both chrome and crouton at the same time.  I created the restore usb stick in Linux then threw it in the c7 at the ‘missing or damaged’ note.  My c7 gave me “An unexpected error has occurred” when I tried to run it! Continue Reading…

If you’re a gamer, then you’ve heard of the steambox. This is Valve’s answer to the xbox, ouya, etc.. offering gaming in your living room.

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Delete files that are x days old

Rob —  September 6, 2013 — 5 Comments

Sometimes in Linux, you want to clear out older files in a directory. One instance would be if you have a security system and it continuously writes video files to a directory on your NAS (Network Attached Storage) until it fills it up. You’ve figured out that if you keep a week’s worth of video, it will usually leave plenty of space for other users.
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Install XenServer via usb flash drive

Rob —  September 3, 2013 — 1 Comment

USB Flash drives are getting cheaper and cheaper lately. I just picked up few at staples – 16GB flash drives for just under $8. I like to use them to install Linux – I always seem to scratch CDs or DVDs by the time I get to the datacenter!

This short article will show you how to install XenServer using a usb flash drive, though, you could use this similarly for other distributions of Linux as well like CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, etc..
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