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I’ve been using a Logitech diNovo Mini keyboard on zuul, the new HTPC, for three weeks now. There are plenty of reviews online, which you should read if you are thinking of buying one. These are my notes on using it with XBMC and Ubuntu.

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It’s been almost two years since I assembled gozer, my first HTPC. Over the Christmas holiday I replaced gozer with zuul, a Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11.

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Update 2010-10-14 - This problem has been resolved since pulseaudio 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu14. You can now play AC3 audio with the Lucid packages.

Since upgrading my media PC to Ubuntu 10.04 “Lucid Lynx”, pulseaudio can’t play files with AC3 audio. ( Read more... )

Update at tolaris.com, wherein I have a shiny new way for the whole family to waste time.

Note: I have no intention of posting on LJ whenever I post at tolaris.com. Tolaris is a very technical blog, and most of my friends here are not that kind of geek. If however you do jive on the deep geeking, I suggest the LJ syndication or RSS feed.

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As I mentioned in my last post, I now have a Home Theater PC (HTPC). Want to look under the hood?

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I recently bought a Shuttle X27D to use as a Home Theater PC (HTPC). The reviews of this hardware run from disappointing to average, but I’m reasonably happy with it. It’s quiet (just one small fan for the GPU, and none for CPU, case, or power supply), uses little power (I ( Read more... )