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Linux For The Rest Of Us #140 – Lots of Pi and Kiosk

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A Linux podcast for anyone even remotely interested in Linux!

With the DoorToDoorGeek aka Steve McLaughlin and Cody Cooper

Episode 140 Show Notes

Basic Basic –

Raspberry Ripple ice cream on the Gadget Show – the Gadget Show, on the UK’s Channel 5, described the Pi as the “…most important and revolutionary piece of tech created in this country, this century.” And then went on to use it to power an ice cream machine they made from bits of laser-cut plywood and a collection of nuts and bolts in the studio

(http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4439)

Gadget show on HULU

(http://www.hulu.com/the-gadget-show)

Raspberry Pi becomes Raspberry PC via Mini-ITX carrier – Raspberry Pi embedded development firm Geekroo has surpassed its Kickstarter funding goal for a Mini-ITX board and case that extends the RPi into a full-fledged computer (SBC)

(http://linuxgizmos.com/mini-itx-carrier-board-for-raspberry-pi/)

Kickstarter (reached goal) – Everything you need to start your Raspberry Pi, in a Mini-ITX motherboard.

(http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kwang/mini-itx-motherboard-for-the-raspberry-pi-fairywre)

How to Turn a PC Into a Linux Web Kiosk – What’s a Web kiosk? It’s a PC that directs the public to a certain intended Web application. Imagine public computers found at a library or a cafe, these would be considered Web kiosks.

(http://www.linux.com/community/blogs/133-general-linux/728387-how-to-turn-a-pc-into-a-linux-web-kiosk/)

E-Mails

Piotr Bukeweicz writes:

Hiya Door & SuperCoop! What’s shakin’?

It is I, your favorite unpronouncably-named Polak!

So recently my aging Acer Aspire laptop got crippled (again) when the trackpad buttons seemed to go haywire. I noticed some bugginess when navigation chrough chromium as if buttons were being clicked that I wasn’t clicking. Using xev from the a terminal window i discovered one of the buttons was acting as if it was being mashed, i.e. constant input.

I disasembled it and after finding what looked like corrosion from previous owner’s liquid spill damage, I just pulled the trackpad cable from the motherboard and booted her up again. Suffice to say I got no more problems (and incientally I’m not seeing the overheating issue I was having before) but I got no mouse.

I could spend $30 on replacing the trackpad or just plug in a USB mouse but well then I’d lose out on a challenge: going mousless!

I’ve always loved the customizability and ease of use of keyboard shortcuts, but I find this an interesting way to force me to learn how to use Linux in a bit of a different way than I would by default.

I was wondering if you guys would share your favorite habits for using keyboard shortcuts to get stuff done in Linux and If you could ask your audience for their tips as well.

It hasn’e been all that much of a burden yet, unless I’m trying to tab through webpage links to get the right one to click. Hopefully someone’s got a tip or an application to help out in that regard.

Great show again! Thanks for responding to my earlier feedback and again I raise a glass of Sam Adams Summer Ale for the two of you and your excellent podcast!

Best,

-Piotr-

aka: Spaceman Pete

(*Tip for listeners, unclutter is a great and customizable little application to make the mouse transparent)

Keynav – (http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/keynav/)

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