UPDATED
MSN havent updated all of their servers to the new cert version, so this was causing intermittent problems. The fix here is updated (if you dont want to or cannot upgrade to latest version yet) and the below information is correct and working as of 24/11/2010.
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Fix Pidgin Linux Ubuntu MSN SSL Unable to validate certificate error – omega.contacts.msn.com
Encrypting your Ubuntu swap partition
What is swap?
Even if you encrypt data on your partitions, something that is often overlooked is your swap partition. Swap is where linux ‘swaps’ programs (and their stored data) from physical system memory onto the hard disk when they are not used. When those programs become used again, the system ‘swaps’ them back into memory. This approach can allow you to run more programs than you have RAM for, at the cost of delay – for example when programs are swapped back into RAM from disk.
OGG to MP3 streaming howto – icecast and shoutcast
If your station DJs only have the ability to broadcast in OGG/Vorbis but your listeners listen mainly in MP3 via shoutcast (for example, Traktor can only broadcast in OGG), this howto guide is for you as it shows how to seamlessly integrate and transcode an Ogg (icecast) broadcast to a shoutcast (mp3) broadcast using some off the shelf, free technology. The way the system works is using the feature in icecast to call programs when a source connects or disconnects. These scripts then invoke (or terminate) a custom perl program which uses ogg123 to receive the ogg stream from the icecast server, pipes it into the lame program to convert to MP3 and then uses the libshout bindings to send the stream to the Shoutcast MP3 server. While this will work with any linux distribution, in this howto I use the Ubuntu and Debian ‘apt-get’ system to install the various required components. If you use a different distribution you should substitute any apt-get commands with your distribution specific package manager (or build from source if you are into punishment).
Linux Mythtv PVR Freesat channel plan
If you run a MythTV Freesat box, this SQL will update your channel plan to resemble a freesat set top box channel plan. Some channels are not on Freesat EPG so for those channels I have picked channel numbers which most resemble the Freesat channel categories and also are numbers that I don’t anticipate Freesat using any time soon. This plan also removes various test channels, customer channels and other clutter.
Freesat HD Mythtv 0.22 Linux PVR with Ubuntu Howto – Part 2
This article is a follow on from Part 1, where I guide you through some of the features of this DVBs/DVB-S MythTV DVR/PVR system and the software installation. In this part, I guide you through the setup of the MythTV software and getting it working with your DVB card.
Freesat HD Mythtv 0.22 Linux PVR with Ubuntu Howto – Part 1
What’s all this then?
In the UK (and many places throughout the world) there are digital TV platforms available via satellite (or sometimes Terrestrial transmitters) which allow you to receive their programming with no subscription using standard DVBs/DVB-S (or DVB-T) equipment. Many set top boxes that can access these platforms are ‘closed’ and do not offer much in the way of choice, add-ons or upgrades not to mention the fact many have no High Definition capability. This is a guide to how to turn your linux box into a fully fledged HD digital TV reception platform with recording, pausing, rewinding of live TV as well as many other features such as commercial break removal, access to interactive content and electronic program guide (EPG). You can watch TV (live or recorded) from any networked PC in your house, as well as run a web interface to allow you to schedule, view, watch and delete recordings from any PC in your house (or to the web if you have the bandwidth and a way to forward your web server IP to the public internet). While this guide is based around the UK Freesat platform, using a different tuner card (such as a DVB-T card instead of DVB-S) it can easily be adapted to Terrestrial broadcasting.
Ubuntu faster updates
You may have noticed that the default installation of Ubuntu doesn’t get your full speed on downloads when updating. This is down to the fact every installation of Ubuntu comes with the main Ubuntu APT repository set as default, and those servers can get overcrowded with the amount of people out there running a default installation.
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