Tag Archives: Linux

How to stream from your phone

14.02.2023 admin

Wireless transmission worked perfect for me with Elgato’s EpocCam transmission from iPhone to Macbook where I am using OBS . And well, the native USB connection works now out of the box since macOS 13 Ventura.

But how to attach the mobile cam under Linux? So far I connected only DSLRs but found only recently DroidCam that includes not only Android and iPhone but also a Linux client. As a bonus multiple remote actions are possible from setting white balance to focus mode or using flash settings.

Software

If Etcher dies silently

25.01.2023 admin

Balena Etcher dies silently on Mac OS 13.2 Ventura when creating a rescue system (rescatux 0.74) for the repair cafe. It seems to be a problem with missing rights, so only

sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher

works.

Software

What to do with an old Aldi Medion (Dell Inspiron 1520) laptop?

23.06.2014 admin

It turned out to be super easy

download Elementary OS Luna and create a CD ROM from the downloaded ISO by using OS X’s Disk Utility (Luna is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (“Precise Pangolin”)
press F2 at the Medion and let it boot from the CD, then install Luna right away
follow the instructions at ubuntuforums.org ( now askubuntu.com ) to install the wireless driver
go to to the admin panel, replace the Luna browser with Chrome, get Light-zone and add also Libre Office. Several more changes are also recommended.

I guarantee you a brand new machine 1 hour later that will boot in less than 30s, sleep in another 3s, start Chrome in <1s and render a Facebook page in 1s. Incredible. Something Microsoft was dreaming of for decades. Microsoft even wants us to trash these old XP machines by ending any support. That would be another incredible waste as look and feel with Luna is better than ever.