sidux-underground.com Blog sidux-underground and other FOSS technology. 2008-04-19T17:44:50Z WordPress http://sidux-underground.com/blog/feed/atom/ trash80 http://sidux-underground.com <![CDATA[Wii and Bluetooth]]> http://sidux-underground.com/blog/2008/04/19/wii-and-bluetooth/ 2008-04-19T17:44:50Z 2008-04-19T17:44:50Z My bluetooth dongle arrived today. I purchased it off of Ebay, and with shipping it was about $25US. It is a tiny one made by Cirago (BTA-3210). I plugged it in and Kubuntu found it without problems; once my settup is working fine in Kubuntu, I will begin working on getting it to work with sidux. The wii and the dongle connected just fine. Some sites just say to press the 1 and 2 buttons. That did not work. I found the solution on the MythTV site; one must press the red button in the battery compartment to get the initial connection, then attempt the 1 and 2 button push. Anyhow, this is one step forward. More to come.

]]> 0 trash80 http://sidux-underground.com <![CDATA[Nintendo Wii Remote]]> http://sidux-underground.com/blog/2008/04/13/nintendo-wii-remote/ 2008-04-16T12:16:10Z 2008-04-13T21:49:20Z I recently brought home a Wii and found the wiimotes very impressive. Nintendo did a very good job on its design and usability. The wiimote is nearly a computer in itself. Read more about the internals here. While chatting on irc with zulu9, I found out that these wiimotes can be used on a computer running GNU/Linux, as well as Windows and Mac’s. A great video demonstrating the abilities of the wiimote can be seen here. Extremely impressive. When I have a few spare moments I may pursue adopting the wiimote to work with sidux (and Debian in general). Zulu9’s post about using the wiimote is here on sidux forums.

[edit, added 4-16] I found some more stuff about the wiimote. This could be great for low income schools, and other projects. Look here.

]]> 0 trash80 http://sidux-underground.com <![CDATA[New sidux build tool]]> http://sidux-underground.com/blog/2008/04/03/new-sidux-build-tool/ 2008-04-03T16:34:19Z 2008-04-03T16:24:19Z Kelmo has changed the build tool over to python. It amazed me the speed of which kelmo took up python, and then changed the codebase completely over. The documents for this new tool have not yet been written. When they are finished, we’ll get them posted on s-u, asap.

We had a storm blow through Monday, 31 March 2008. I have posted some pics of the damage here

Devil informed me that he has finished writing an article to be published in the German magazine, Linux Life, due to be available in May. The article explains the sidux build process, and mentions the s-u.

I would like to thank all the devs of sidux, and give big thanks to kelmo for the build tool, and to Devil for the article.

]]> 0 trash80 http://sidux-underground.com <![CDATA[We have opened the sidux fansite www.sidux-underground.net]]> 2008-01-29T05:00:28Z 2008-01-28T20:53:59Z Hi and welcome to my first post on my first blog.

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