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Raspberry Pi Configuration Manager `PiCon` Lets You Configure Your Pi Using A GUI

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>PiCon is a <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/">Raspberry Pi</a> configuration manager which lets you make changes to the <i>config.txt</i> file using a GUI</b>. The <i>config.txt</i> file is used to store various system parameters that you would normally set from the BIOS, but Raspberry Pi doesn't have a conventional BIOS and thus, it uses this file for such settings.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/picon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picon raspberry pi configuration manager" border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99oYofE5a4vY_q4sZ6cwplAC4at3LDB4sbvzRQyHEklJUCCibxSUI-ZILoHWPl1_SsXILlzgffGnUObHzppXk-ftH-hlOZGYkmwiYVNwzglKaBLU6RCkpQiF6gbTLdzU6FI483HgdMV0/s320/picon.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The application is designed to run on a host system </b>(works on Windows, Linux and Mac since it's written in Java) <b>and not directly on the Raspberry Pi</b>. It is possible to run the app on Raspberry Pi, but the performance is pretty bad.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Raspberry Pi Configuration Manager (PiCon) can be used to change settings such as:</b><br /><ul><li><b>video output controls</b>: switch between NTSC and PAL, change the aspect ratio, rotate the screen, overscan configuration, enable fixed framebuffer, change the HDMI display modes, force or disable sound, force HDMI 3D support, HDMI boost, use HDMI safe mode and more;</li><li><b>overclock</b> the CPU, GPU and SDRam;</li><li><b>advanced overclocking</b>: overvoltage the GPU or SDRAM, force turbo, initial (temporary) turbo, change the GPU processor frequency, the hardware video block frequency, 3D block frequency, image sensors pipeline block frequency as well as setting a temperature limit (sets clock and voltages to to default when the temperature reaches a certain value);</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To use PiCon in Linux</b>, firstly <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=52441">download</a> and extract the archive in your home directory. Then, put the SD card into your computer, access the boot partition (normally, when you insert an SD card on your computer on which you've installed a Raspberry Pi Linux distribution, two partitions should be mounted: the smaller one - 73 MB for my RaspBMC -, is the boot partition) and copy the <i>config.txt</i> file from this partition into the PiCon folder:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/picon-configtxt.png"><img alt="raspberry pi boot partition" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/picon-configtxt_thumb.png" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To launch PiCon, use the following command (obviously, make sure you've installed Java before this):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>java -jar ~/PiCon*/PiCon.jar</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Make the changes you want and click "Save Settings" - this will write the changes to the <i>config.txt</i> file which you must copy back to the SD card boot partition.</div><br /><b><a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=52441">Download PiCon</a>, the Raspberry Pi Configuration Manager</b>

Raspberry Pi Configuration Manager `PiCon` Lets You Configure Your Pi Using A GUI

PiCon is a Raspberry Pi configuration manager which lets you make changes to the config.txt file using a GUI . The config.txt file is use...

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Dropbox Uploader 0.12 Released [Bash Script To Access Dropbox Via Command Line]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader">Dropbox Uploader</a> is a bash script that allows you to perform various actions on your <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a> (upload, download, delete, share, etc.) without installing the Dropbox client. This is useful for servers, automatic backups or accessing Dropbox from ARM devices, like Raspberry Pi.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The script was updated recently, getting a copy function, a "-s" option to skip existing files when uploading/downloading (files are overwritten by default), along with other changes. </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are the <b>changes in the latest Dropbox Uploader 0.12:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>added copy function;</li><li>added <i>-s</i> option to skip existing files when upload/download;</li><li>fixed problem uploading twice the same directory;</li><li>add checking for not allowed file names;</li><li>handling connection/resolving host errors;</li><li>better error handling;</li><li>converted if condition to BASH native syntax;</li><li>added normalize_path function, to canonicalize paths;</li><li>removed check for free quota on every file upload to improve performance;</li><li>added checks for file permissions before writing/reading files on the local fs;</li><li>fixed unicode problem in file listing;</li><li>many other minor changes and improvements.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Since our last article about Dropbox Uploader</b>, the script has received numerous improvements, including <b>support for downloading and uploading directories</b>, move/rename function and more.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Dropbox Uploader 0.12 supports the following commands: upload, download, delete, move, copy, mkdir, list, share, info and unlink. There are also some optional parameters, like the newly added "-s" to skip already existing files when uploading or downloading, "-p" to show curl progress meter and more.</div><br /><br /><h2>Download and install Dropbox Uploader</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Dropbox Uploader depends on Bash and Curl. In Ubuntu, Bash is already installed and to install Curl, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install curl</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, download and install Dropbox Uploader using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>curl "https://raw.github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader/master/dropbox_uploader.sh" -o /tmp/dropbox_uploader.sh<br />sudo install /tmp/dropbox_uploader.sh /usr/local/bin/dropbox_uploader</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also grab the latest Dropbox Uploader with Git:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install git<br />git clone https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader/</code></pre><br /><br /><h2>Authorize Dropbox Uploader with your Dropbox account</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The first time you run Dropbox Uploader, you'll need to authorize it with your Dropbox account. To do this, run Dropbox Uploader:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>dropbox_uploader</code></pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/dropbox-uploader_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT43EDvj7aWB5tkvanzQfKtW1dSYk3lrDlzXRq3Ypk801n3g6FQZozzOEIuBxc9VmCmeYR2vDbZsN3Vwbcd0TdbU1IvIHLeENPWr2rmwfr0E05t5SwEUUlJTygb5hZ2zHzEysyZ7Ay6mA/s320/dropbox-uploader_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Then visit <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps">https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps</a>, click "Create app", select "Dropbox API app" and: <br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>for the type of data select "Files and datastores";</li><li>then choose if the app should be limited to a single folder or if it can access files already in your Dropbox;</li><li>if you didn't limit the app to is own private folder, you can also select the file types it can access ;</li><li>enter the app name provided by Dropbox Uploader.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/dropbox-uploader_2.png"><img alt="Dropbox Uploader" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/dropbox-uploader_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Click "Create app" at the bottom and on the next page you should see your app key and secret which you need to enter in the terminal where you ran <i>dropbox_uploader</i>:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/dropbox-uploader_22.png"><img alt="Dropbox Uploader" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/dropbox-uploader_22_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now back to the terminal: select the access level you have chosen when creating the app and Dropbox Uploader will display a link you need to enter in your browser - visit the link, click "Allow" and finally, back to the terminal, press ENTER and you're done:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/dropbox-uploader_3.png"><img alt="Dropbox Uploader" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/dropbox-uploader_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />To see all the available commands, simply run:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>dropbox_uploader</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For more information, bug reports, etc., see the Dropbox Uploader <a href="https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader">GitHub page</a>.</b></div>

Dropbox Uploader 0.12 Released [Bash Script To Access Dropbox Via Command Line]

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Dropbox-Like Cloud Sync And Collaboration Tool Seafile Gets Command Line Support, More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://seafile.com/">Seafile</a> is an open source cloud sync and collaboration tool, similar to Dropbox, OwnCloud or Sparkleshare that you can install on your own server </b>or you can sign up for an account and get 5 GB of free space. We've talked about it a while back so for more information about Seafile, see our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/seafile-robust-file-synchronization-and.html" title="Seafile: Robust File Synchronization And Collaboration Tool That You Can Run On Your Linux Server">previous post</a>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vPC8qHWysfc/UTceyFR-OLI/AAAAAAAAOZE/QkK8KU61WJ0/s1600/seafile-1.5.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Seafile web interface"><img alt="Seafile" border="0" height="184" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vPC8qHWysfc/UTceyFR-OLI/AAAAAAAAOZE/QkK8KU61WJ0/s320/seafile-1.5.png" title="Seafile" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Both the Seafile server and client have been updated recently</b>, getting new features and bug fixes. <b>Seafile Server 1.5 comes with two major new features: command line client support and LDAP</b>, as well as some other features and improvements, such as:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>audio / video playback support;</li><li>improved public info page;</li><li>support selection of file encoding when viewing online;</li><li>edit library title / description;</li><li>bug fixes for using httpserver under https.</li></ul><br />Here is the new audio / video playback feature in action:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-video.png" rel="image_group" title="Seafile web interface: Video playback"><img alt="Seafile web interface: Video playback" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-video_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-music.png" rel="image_group" title="Seafile web interface: Audio playback"><img alt="Seafile web interface: Audio playback" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-music_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, there is now a <b>separate Seafile server for Raspberry Pi</b>, however, it hasn't been updated to the latest 1.5 version yet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seafile client was also updated, and there's now a command line client so you can use it on a headless server. Other improvements include displaying detailed syncing message and bug fixes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The next Seafile release should come with a redesigned collaboration feature</b>, bringing Seafile a lot more closer to its team collaboration platform goal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>how to use the new Seafile command line client</b> on Debian / Ubuntu, see <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Seafile-CLI-client">THIS</a> page.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Seafile</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seafile server for Linux runs on Debian, Ubuntu (11.10, 12.04), Centos 5.8, 6.0+ and Raspberry Pi and is very easy to set up thanks to a script that does everything for you. For the server installation instructions, see the <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Download-and-setup-seafile-server">Seafile wiki</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For upgrading the Seafile server, see the instructions from <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Upgrading-Seafile-Server">HERE</a>. I've tested the upgrade instructions and everything worked as expected, even though the upgrade script has displayed a message saying that my Seafile server has been upgraded from 1.3 to 1.4, when in fact it was upgraded to 1.5.</div><br /><a href="http://seafile.com/en/download/">Download Seafile server / clients</a> (clients available for Windows, Mac, Linux and mobile: Android and iOS).

Dropbox-Like Cloud Sync And Collaboration Tool Seafile Gets Command Line Support, More

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Raspberry Pi: Easily Boot Multiple Linux Distributions From The Same SD Card With BerryBoot

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a title="raspberry pi transparent case" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Z0V0NkZsck/USJRyvvO7yI/AAAAAAAAN0A/E6Fbmxf2aIU/s1600/rasberry-pi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="raspberry pi transparent case" border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Z0V0NkZsck/USJRyvvO7yI/AAAAAAAAN0A/E6Fbmxf2aIU/s320/rasberry-pi.jpg" title="raspberry pi transparent case" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>BerryBoot is a tool / bootloader that allows you to install (and boot) multiple Linux distributions on the same SD card or USB drive. It supports <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/raspberry-pi-computer-goes-on-sale.html">Raspberry Pi</a> as well as Android tablets, TV sticks and boards that have an Allwinner A10 processor, such as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/mk802-new-usb-thumb-drive-sized-android.html">MK802</a>.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The Raspberry Pi version which I've tested can automatically download and install the following Linux distributions / utilities: Debian Wheezy Raspbian, XBMC (OpenELEC), Puppy Linux, RaspRazor (Qt/Raror desktop), Sugar, LTSP thinclient BerryTerminl, BerryWebserver (lightweight webserver software bundle with Lighttpd, PHP 5.3 and SQLITE) and Memtester.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/berryboot.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="BerryBoot boot menu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/berryboot_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boot menu - select OS to boot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Berryboot comes with a menu editor that allows you do add more operating systems, rename or delete existing Linux distributions and so on. You can also add your own custom operating systems to the menu - see the bottom of the Berrybot <a href="http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot#adding_your_own_custom_operating_systems_to_the_menu">homepage</a> for more info. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Using Berryboot</b> is very easy: simply download the zip, extract it and copy the contents to the SD card, which must be formatted to FAT (you can use Gparted to format the SD card). Then start Raspberry Pi and follow the instructions:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/berryboot-install-distro.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Berryboot install distro" src="http://img.netupd8.com/berryboot-install-distro_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berryboot - selecting an OS to install</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot">Download Berryboot</a></b></div><br /><br />The Berryboot source code is available @ <a href="https://github.com/maxnet/berryboot">GitHub</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://korben.info/berryboot-du-multiboot-facile-sur-le-raspberry-pi.html">korben.info</a>, screenshots via <a href="http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot">BerryBoot</a></i></div>

Raspberry Pi: Easily Boot Multiple Linux Distributions From The Same SD Card With BerryBoot

BerryBoot is a tool / bootloader that allows you to install (and boot) multiple Linux distributions on the same SD card or USB drive. It sup...

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Dropbox Uploader Bash Script: Useful For Servers, Raspberry Pi And More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader">Dropbox Uploader</a> is a bash script you can use to access your <a href="http://www.dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a> files from the command line, without having to install the Dropbox client. The script can upload, download, delete, share or list the files available in your Dropbox account.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The script is useful in many situations, including: automatic backups, access Dropbox from an ARM server / <b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/raspberry-pi-computer-goes-on-sale.html">Raspberry Pi</a></b>, etc. (since Dropbox isn't available for ARM). That's because its only requirement is cURL, so you don't have to install the Dropbox client to quickly upload or download some files from Dropbox.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Dropbox Uploader isn't just for Linux and it should work on Mac OSX, FreeBSD or Windows/Cygwin too. Also, since it uses the official Dropbox API for the authentication process, you don't have to enter your username and password and you can easily revoke its access to your account from the Dropbox website.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first time your run the script, you must create a Dropbox app and allow the script to access your Dropbox account. Simply run <i>./dropbox_uploader.sh</i> and follow the steps: create a Dropbox App, enter the application key and secret, select if you want to give the script full Dropbox access or just for the app folder and in the end, you'll have to access a link in your web browser to authorize Dropbox Uploader.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Everything is explained by the Dropbox Uploader script, as you can see in the screenshots below:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KPg95mzf-5U/UQq4MDFE9NI/AAAAAAAANGQ/H5q1HW2UXTU/s1600/dropbox-uploader1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dropbox uploader" border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KPg95mzf-5U/UQq4MDFE9NI/AAAAAAAANGQ/H5q1HW2UXTU/s320/dropbox-uploader1.png" title="Dropbox uploader" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xRd33OrWmUU/UQq4L5HZOwI/AAAAAAAANGM/x67d8g6G9us/s1600/dropbox-uploader2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xRd33OrWmUU/UQq4L5HZOwI/AAAAAAAANGM/x67d8g6G9us/s320/dropbox-uploader2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />To see all the available options, simply run the script:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>./dropbox_uploader.sh</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Supported Dropbox commands at the time I'm writing this post: upload, download, delete, mkdir, list, share, info and unlink:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cQX4BhxFCXA/UQq4ke5CieI/AAAAAAAANGc/Rw9tFhGQv8A/s1600/dropbox-uploader3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dropbox uploader" border="0" height="210" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cQX4BhxFCXA/UQq4ke5CieI/AAAAAAAANGc/Rw9tFhGQv8A/s320/dropbox-uploader3.png" title="Dropbox uploader" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Dropbox Uploader</h2><br /><b>You can download Dropbox Uploader from <a href="https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader">GitHub</a> - here's a <a href="https://raw.github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader/master/dropbox_uploader.sh">direct link</a> to the script.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To make it easier, you can copy/paste the following commands to download Dropbox Uploader in your home folder, install curl and make the script executable (the first command will install curl in Debian-based Linux distributions, required for using Dropbox Uploader and since we're installing it, we'll use it to download the script too):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install curl<br />cd && curl -O https://raw.github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader/master/dropbox_uploader.sh<br />chmod +x dropbox_uploader.sh</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Adam for the tip!</i></div>

Dropbox Uploader Bash Script: Useful For Servers, Raspberry Pi And More

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XBMC 12.0 `Frodo` Stable Released. Use It On Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi, Android And More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>XBMC Media Center 12.0 "Frodo" has been <a href="http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2013/01/29/xbmc-12-0-frodo/">released</a> today with HD audio, Live TV and PVR support and many other enhancements. Also, the application is now available for Android and Raspberry Pi </b>(although there are no official Raspberry Pi builds provided by XBMC).</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12.0.png" title="XBMC 12.0"><img alt="Xbmc 12.0 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12.0_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Here are the new features and improvements in the latest XBMC 12.0 "Frodo":</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Support for Raspberry Pi, but no official builds are provided: you can use OpenELEC, Raspbmc, Xbian or Raspbian. Downloads <a href="http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Raspberry_Pi/FAQ">here</a>;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Android support - official builds are now available for download, but only from xbmc.org (XBMC isn't available in the Google Play Store yet);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Live TV and <a href="http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=PVR/Backend">PVR</a> support. This allows users with a TV tuner to watch live TV, listen to radio, view an EPG, schedule recordings, etc. Supported backends include: DVBViewer, MythTV, Tvheadend, VDR, Argus TV / ForTheRecord, NextPVR, Njoy Digital, MediaPortal and more;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">HD audio support, including DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">New unified "AudioEngine" audio abstraction framework with an API and platform sinks;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video software decoding for anime;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Improved AirPlay support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Improved controller support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Video library tags and advanced library filtering;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Advanced UPnP sharing;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Added support for direct playback of ISO image files for Blu-ray Disc media;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Added Bluray HDMV menu support (but not BD-J / BD-Live menus);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Improved Bluray playback support of unencrypted bdmv and mpls files without menus;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Added option to set a default preference for subtitles and audio tracks based on language;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Added HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) and M3U8 (Extended M3U) playlist support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Linux: improved VAAPI (Video Acceleration API)  and VDPAU (Nvidia) support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Linux: added dedicated AMLPlayer and OMXPlayer video players for hardware accelerated video decoding on AMLogic devices and OpenMAX IL API;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">more </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can see a few screenshots featuring the latest XBMC 12.0, running in Ubuntu:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc12-playing-video.png" title="XBMC 12.0 - playing an YouTube video"><img alt="Xbmc 12" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc12-playing-video_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc12-video-addons.png" title="XBMC 12.0 - video addons"><img alt="XBMC 12" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc12-video-addons_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc12-youtube-videos.png" title="XBMC 12.0 - Youtube videos"><img alt="XBMC 12" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc12-youtube-videos_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc12-Hi10P.png" title="XBMC 12.0 - playing a h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video"><img alt="XBMC 12" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc12-Hi10P_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-pvr.png" title="XBMC 12.0 - PVR"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 PVR" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-pvr_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The default Android skin isn't optimized for touch devices but you can change to a touch-optimized skin from the XBMC for Android settings (set the skin to "Touched"). Here are some screenshots with the default Android skin:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-coGYkXW9Nr8/UQgWzChGCcI/AAAAAAAANEc/GxlGZjErbMQ/s1600/xbmc-android-default-skin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="XBMC for Android - default skin"><img alt="XBMC for Android - default skin" border="0" height="192" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-coGYkXW9Nr8/UQgWzChGCcI/AAAAAAAANEc/GxlGZjErbMQ/s320/xbmc-android-default-skin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IWI-zWnRBL4/UQgWzNle__I/AAAAAAAANEg/Ag6ZWohZSKs/s1600/xbmc-android-default-skin2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="XBMC for Android - default skin"><img alt="XBMC for Android - default skin" border="0" height="192" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IWI-zWnRBL4/UQgWzNle__I/AAAAAAAANEg/Ag6ZWohZSKs/s320/xbmc-android-default-skin2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />And with the "Touched" skin (using XBMC under Android):<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5yySKjpdasY/UQgW4eqns6I/AAAAAAAANEs/d9ZGZUF0HUk/s1600/xbmc-android-touched-skin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="XBMC for Android - Touched skin"><img alt="XBMC for Android - Touched skin" border="0" height="192" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5yySKjpdasY/UQgW4eqns6I/AAAAAAAANEs/d9ZGZUF0HUk/s320/xbmc-android-touched-skin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LMn0tR0LOp4/UQgW4g8xwrI/AAAAAAAANEw/i78HnDHP5U4/s1600/xbmc-android-touched-skin2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="XBMC for Android - Touched skin"><img alt="XBMC for Android - Touched skin" border="0" height="192" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LMn0tR0LOp4/UQgW4g8xwrI/AAAAAAAANEw/i78HnDHP5U4/s320/xbmc-android-touched-skin2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oA_cRFOIVmc/UQgW4uo4iqI/AAAAAAAANE0/_nisLlSTMsk/s1600/xbmc-android-touched-skin3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="XBMC for Android - Touched skin"><img alt="XBMC for Android - Touched skin" border="0" height="192" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oA_cRFOIVmc/UQgW4uo4iqI/AAAAAAAANE0/_nisLlSTMsk/s320/xbmc-android-touched-skin3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">One note about XBMC for Android though: it looks like the official XBMC addons aren't available in the application, even though the XBMC wiki mentions that the addons should work as long as they aren't platform-specific. But maybe this has something to do with today's release and their servers being slow (although the addons are displayed on my computer). <b>Update:</b> it seems it was indeed a server issue because the addons show up just fine now in XBMC for Android now.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install XBMC 12.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the XBMC stable PPA and install XBMC 12.0 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install xbmc</code></pre><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows, Mac OS X, ATV/2, iOS and the newly added Android and Raspberry Pi, see the <a href="http://xbmc.org/download/">XBMC downloads page</a>.</b>

XBMC 12.0 `Frodo` Stable Released. Use It On Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi, Android And More

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Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 Released With Stable E17 Desktop, non-PAE 32Bit ISO

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.bodhilinux.com/">Bodhi Linux</a> is a minimalistic Linux distribution that uses the Enlightenment Desktop (E17)</b>. Based on Ubuntu, Bodhi Linux is a semi-rolling release distribution: it comes with the core Ubuntu LTS packages but it also uses backports for its applications so the users can get the latest app updates.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-desktop.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Desktop profile, default theme"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 Desktop" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-desktop_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Desktop profile, default theme</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest <b>Bodhi Linux 2.2.0</b>, <a href="http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.ro/2013/01/bodhi-linux-220-released.html">released</a> yesterday, is the first version to ship with the new <b>stable E17 desktop</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But that's not all, the new release also comes with <b>two 32bit versions</b>: one that has PAE enabled by default and one that uses the non-PAE Linux Kernel - however, the non-PAE Kernel is older: 3.2 while the PAE-enabled version ships with the 3.7 Kernel. This means that old computers that couldn't boot the previous release (or that can't boot Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10) can now do so by using the Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 non-PAE ISO.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with this release, Bodhi Linux uses <b>hybrid ISO images</b> so you can write the image using the "dd" command (but of course, using other tools such as Unetbootin still works).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other changes in Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 include: updated Bodhi QuickStart guide and Bodhi Guide to Enlightenment, a <b>new default theme</b> along with <b>refreshed default profiles</b> (Bare, Compositing, Desktop, Fancy, Laptop, Table and Tiling) and some <b>new themes installed by default</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You probably want to see some more screenshots, so here they are:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-compositing-sgrey-theme.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Compositing profile, SGrey theme"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-compositing-sgrey-theme_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Compositing profile, SGrey theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-fancy.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Fancy profile"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-fancy_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fancy profile</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-laptop-ness-theme.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Laptop profile, Ness theme"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-laptop-ness-theme_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laptop profile, Ness theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-moonlight-theme.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Moonlight theme"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-moonlight-theme_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moonlight theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-tablet.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Tablet profile"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-tablet_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tablet profile</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Those of you who aren't familiar with Bodhi Linux probably want to know its default application/package selection: by default, Bodhi Linux uses the <b>Enlightenment File Manager</b>, <b>Midori</b> as the default web browser, Leafpad text editor, LXTerminal, <b>Synaptic</b> Package Manager and LXDM for the login screen, among others.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In other Bodhi Linux <a href="http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.ro/2013/01/bodhi-is-arming-up-for-new-year.html">news</a>, the <b>Raspberry Pi and Samsung Chromebook ISOs were updated a couple of days ago</b>:</div><ul><li>the Raspberry Pi image got the new E17 packages along with WICD network manager by default which should be useful for PIs with wireless addons;</li><li>the Chromebook image now has audio working by default and smoother trackpad, including two finger tap.</li></ul><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/2013-01-04-10.34.59.jpg" rel="image_group" title="My... Raspberry Pi running Bodhi Linux">Here's a photo</a> of my <s>cat</s> Raspberry Pi running Bodhi Linux. <br /><ul></ul><br /><br /><h2>Download Bodhi Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Bodhi Linux is available for 32bit (both PAE-enabled and non-PAE), 64bit as well as ARMHF: for Raspberry Pi, Nexus 7, Samsung Chromebook and Genesi Smartbook.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bodhilinux.com/index.php">DOWNLOAD BODHI LINUX</a></div></div>

Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 Released With Stable E17 Desktop, non-PAE 32Bit ISO

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Raspberry Pi Gets An App Store

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/pi-store.png"><img alt="Raspberry Pi app store" src="http://img.netupd8.com/pi-store_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs">Raspberry Pi</a>, the "$25 computer", now has its own app store. Pi Store is available for Raspbian (Debian for Raspberry Pi)</b> and only 25 applications/games are included right now, but the Raspberry Pi folks hope it will get a lot more, as users upload their own content to the store.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Current titles available in the Pi Store include: </b>LibreOffice, Freeciv and others, as well as a Raspberry Pi exclusive: Iridium Rising. There's also one <b>commercial game</b>: Storm in a TeaCup, an adventure game developed by Cobra Mobile.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/pi-store_2.png"><img alt="Raspberry Pi store" src="http://img.netupd8.com/pi-store_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Raspberry Pi Store can be installed in Raspbian using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install pistore</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And then launch it from the menu: <i>Programming > Pi Store</i> or the newly created desktop shortcut.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">New Raspbian images which include the new Pi Store are also available for download on the Raspberry Pi <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads">downloads page</a>.</div><br />You can also view the store online, at <a href="http://store.raspberrypi.com/">http://store.raspberrypi.com/</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via/more info: <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2768">Raspberry Pi blog</a></i></div>

Raspberry Pi Gets An App Store

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XBMC Media Center 12.0 Beta 1 Released With Raspberry PI And Android Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://xbmc.org/">XBMC</a> Media Center, a free, open source digital media hub and HTPC (Home theatre PC) software has <a href="http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/11/15/xbmc-12-0-frodo-beta-1/">reached</a> version 12.0 beta 1. <b> </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Besides new features and improvements, the latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1 codenamed "Frodo" is now available on some new platforms like Raspberry PI or Android.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12.png"><img alt="Xbmc 12 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Here's what's new in the latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1:</b><br /><ul><li>HD audio support, including DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD, via the new XBMC AudioEngine</li><li>Live TV and <a href="http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=PVR/Backend">PVR</a> (personal video recorder) support. This allows users with a TV tuner to watch live TV, listen to radio, view an EPG, schedule recordings, and more</li><li>h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video software decoding for anime</li><li>64bit support in OSX to match the 64bit support in Linux</li><li>Improved image support, allowing the database to accommodate numerous additional image types</li><li>Improved Airplay support across all platforms</li><li>Advanced Filtering in the library</li><li>Advanced UPnP sharing</li><li>Raspberry PI is now fully supported</li><li>Initial support for Android</li><li>More </li></ul><br /><br />Below you can see a few XBMC 12.0 beta 1 (running in Ubuntu) screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video-addons.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video-addons_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-music.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-music_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-pvr.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 live video pvr" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-pvr_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install XBMC 12.0 beta 1 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>The latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1 can be installed in Ubuntu (12.10, 12.04 or 11.10) using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/unstable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install xbmc</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though XBMC 12.0 beta 1 comes with initial Android support, <b>there are no Android builds available on XBMC download page</b> and the XBMC Android <a href="http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBMC_for_Android_specific_FAQ">FAQ</a> advices the users to compile it. But if you want to download pre-built Android binaries, <b>you can download XBMC 12.0 for Android from <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29737205">xda-developers</a></b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few <b>screenshots with XBMC 12.0 running</b> on my <b>Android</b> phone:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android.png"><img alt="Xbmc android" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_2.png"><img alt="XBMC android" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_3.png"><img alt="XBMC Android" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows, Mac OSX, iOS and AppleTV2, see the XBMC <a href="http://xbmc.org/download/">downloads page</a>.</b>

XBMC Media Center 12.0 Beta 1 Released With Raspberry PI And Android Support

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