Debian Installer for Zealz GK802 “Android TV” quad core ARM MiniPC
I’ve assembled a network installer image to install Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” on the GK802 “Android TV” Mini PC. This is intended for people who want to run the GK802 headless or semi-headless, for server or robotics applications. Last update: 24 May, see details
Unlocking an encrypted rootfs over ssh with Debian wheezy
Problem: You have a computer running Debian 7.0 wheezy with an encrypted root filesystem. At startup you’d like to be able to unlock the disk over ssh, maybe because it runs headless.
Anatomy of a cheap USB to Ethernet adapter
Taking apart a very cheap USB to Ethernet adapter and pondering on the parts found inside.
Debian on Flexiview FV-1
This post is about running Debian GNU/Linux on the Mesada/Flexiview FV-1 “AndroidTV” unit. This post has been a bit delayed, I got very sidetracked with other things this month! By following these steps, you should be able to use the FV-1 a bit like a normal desktop Linux computer. However, it’s still a long way [...]
Mesada Flexiview FV-1 “AndroidTV” Technical Review
First part: a general review of the “Mesada Flexiview FV-1″ cheap “Android TV” box. Second part: in-depth technical teardown, and discussion.
Notes using scratchbox2 with debian multiarch
I’m a very recent (3 days) user of scratchbox2 for cross-compiling. I have found that scratchbox2 (as of 2.3.3) is a bit fiddly when targeting Debian multiarch (wheezy/sid aka testing/unstable.) Here are my notes about what I tweaked…
Notes on FTDI latency with Arduino
Some notes about the FTDI Latency Timer, and how to set it for optimum latency on Linux, Windows and OS X.
Developing & static linking Qt apps for Windows, using Linux & wine
I just started working on a simple cross-platform desktop application. I’m developing from Linux and hoping to build binaries for Linux, Windows and OS X. This quick blog post are some notes I took about: * Developing & building a Qt app for Windows, on Linux with wine. * Building static Qt libraries for Windows, [...]
Open Letter to Wondermedia Technologies
This letter is my plea and suggestion to Wondermedia. If they open up their resources to the community, vendors will be able to ship better products and they will sell more units. At no extra cost to them.
More on Telstra, T-Box & GPL
Telstra have issued a PR statement about their GPL compliance. The statement is a promising sign, but I’m afraid it is somewhat misguided.
