http://wiki.linuxmce.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Lozarythmic&feedformat=atomLinuxMCE - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T10:57:57ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.24.1http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Logitech_Quickcam_Pro_5000&diff=17968Logitech Quickcam Pro 50002009-03-14T09:16:26Z<p>Lozarythmic: </p>
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<div>[[Category: Cameras]]<br />
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I tried installing one of these on my core to use as a security camera, using instructions found [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/USB_Surveillance_Camera here]. Unfortunately I found that when I viewed the cam in my orbiter, nothing showed up! After consulting a few guides I found that this webcam required an update to the v4l drivers.<br />
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This command can be used to test if your system is able to use your webcam:<br />
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mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0 -fps 5<br />
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I then used instructions from http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain%2C_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers to update the drivers.<br />
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Unfortunately I still get the same problem... <br />
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I'll update this document further if/when I get time for some further investigation.</div>Lozarythmichttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Logitech_Quickcam_Pro_5000&diff=17840Logitech Quickcam Pro 50002009-03-01T21:48:45Z<p>Lozarythmic: New page: I tried installing one of these on my core to use as a security camera, using instructions found here. Unfortunately I found that when I viewed the cam in my orbiter, nothing showed up! Af...</p>
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<div>I tried installing one of these on my core to use as a security camera, using instructions found here. Unfortunately I found that when I viewed the cam in my orbiter, nothing showed up! After consulting a few guides I found that this webcam required an update to the v4l drivers.<br />
<br />
This command can be used to test if your system is able to use your webcam:<br />
<br />
mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0 -fps 5<br />
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I then used instructions from http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain%2C_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers to update the drivers.</div>Lozarythmichttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Lozarythmic&diff=17706User:Lozarythmic2009-02-20T17:28:36Z<p>Lozarythmic: </p>
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<div>[[category:User Setups]]<br />
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== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Inspired by Itsmeok, i decided to document my build from start to finish. After scanning the forums for ages and looking for issues that I might run into, as well as making a virtualbox test install on my laptop, I feel I'm prepared enough to get going! <br />
<br />
Yesterday I bought the hardware for my first hybrid:<br />
<br />
Mobo: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ASUS_P5N7A-VM Asus P5N7A-VM]<br />
<br />
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E7400<br />
<br />
RAM: 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2<br />
<br />
GFX: Nvidia 9300 onboard mobo<br />
<br />
HDD: 1TB Hitachi Deskstar<br />
<br />
Case: Antec NSK2480 v2 (uk)<br />
<br />
PSU: 380 Watt incl w/ case<br />
<br />
TV: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-PVR-150_MCE Hauppage PVR-150]<br />
<br />
<br />
For my core I'm using some existing hardware. It's a Gigabyte Nforce 3 socket 939 board (i'll get the model later) with 1GB ram and a 4200 X2 CPU which i've just bought to give it some more horsepower. Disk-wise it's got a 250G IDE drive and a couple of 80GB sata drives which are currently striped. Still not sure what to do with them, i'll probably make a decision once I see what LMCE's raid capabilities are like.<br />
<br />
Update (01/02/2009) :<br />
Got the system built yesterday but didn't have time to test it fully. Install went smoothly for the most part (I had trouble seeing a couple of the lists, and lmce couldn't determine my timezone), however when I moved the core into the office where it'll live, it didn't like the fact that i changed from a USB to PS/2 mouse. Will investigate this tonight!<br />
<br />
Update (03/02/2009) :<br />
Reinstalled yesterday due to a few issues, mainly that i added a DVD-ROM to the core and changed the networking setup to reflect more accurately the setup described [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Internal_LAN_setup here]. The only thing I did differently was disable wireless on the internet router. I tried a PXE boot of my MD but got the kernel panic at the network card error i've seen mentioned on the forums a few times. As i'll be using VDR, i've been told I should do a proper install of MCE on the MD, which i'll be doing tonight. I've got a potential diskless MD which is an old shuttle system, so i'll look into PXE booting a bit more then.<br />
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Update (20/02/09) :<br />
Having a few problems with my MD setup so i'm concentrating on my core for now. As I have a slow internet connection, I installed squid on my core and wrote a wiki page for anyone that's [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Squid interested]</div>Lozarythmichttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Squid&diff=17694Squid2009-02-19T09:34:48Z<p>Lozarythmic: New page: == Squid == Squid is a proxy which caches images on websites for later retrieval, thereby saving bandwidth. I have a slow internet connection (Even though I work for an ISP!) and this app...</p>
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<div>== Squid ==<br />
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Squid is a proxy which caches images on websites for later retrieval, thereby saving bandwidth. I have a slow internet connection (Even though I work for an ISP!) and this application speeds up my web surfing no end. Even if you have plenty of bandwidth to spare, it's useful to keep your browsing speed up while you're downloading or streaming.<br />
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Squid is also HIGHLY configurable. I wont go into that here, as it's OOB functionality should be enough to get you going for now. If you want further information, check out their [http://www.squid-cache.org/ website]<br />
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Here are the steps required to get it working:<br />
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'''1.''' Go to your KDE desktop and start a terminal session using konsole or your favourite terminal program.<br />
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'''2.''' Enter the command "sudo aptitude install squid".<br />
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'''3.''' Enter the command "sudo update-rc.d squid defaults".<br />
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OK, so squid is now on your system. To check it is running type "pgrep squid" into your console, and it should give you a number (this is not important). If the previous command doesn't output anything, enter "sudo /etc/init.d squid start" into your console. You should get a message in the console indicating squid has started ok. If not, have a look at the logs in /var/log/squid/ and have a look at [http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/TroubleShooting this page]<br />
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Now, assuming squid is up and running (as I said, it worked OOB for me), we need to modify the squid configuration file so it's allow access to your local network. Please note that my network setup is the suggested one (i.e. an external interface for my ADSL, and an internal interface for my LAN). So....<br />
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'''4.''' Using your favourite text editor, open up /etc/squid3/squid.conf (you'll need root privileges for this)<br />
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'''5.''' Find the following line: # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS<br />
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'''6.''' Under the line is one that reads "http_access allow localhost". Below this you need to insert a line allowing your local LAN. For me (again, using default network settings) this is: "http_access allow 192.168.80.0/24". Now save the file, and exit.<br />
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'''7.''' Into your console type "sudo /etc/init.d/squid restart". You should get a message that squid has restarted successfully<br />
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Now all that's left to do is configure your client:<br />
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'''Firefox 3''' (For Linux)<br />
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1. Click on Edit menu, then Preferences.<br />
2. In the preferences dialog box click on advanced, then on the advanced tab click the Settings button<br />
3. Click the radio button for "Manual proxy configuration"<br />
4. Next to HTTP Proxy enter the IP of your core (192.168.80.1 for me) and the port that squid runs on is 3128 by default<br />
5. Squid can also be used as an FTP and SSL proxy, however I wont go into that here<br />
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'''Internet Explorer 7'''<br />
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1. Click on the tools menu, or the tools button on the right-hand side at the top, and click on "Internet Options"<br />
2. In the tools dialog box, click on the Connections tab, then click on the LAN settings button towards the bottom.<br />
3. Tick the box that says "Use a proxy server for your LAN", and then enter the IP address of your Core(192.168.80.1 for me), and squids port which is 3128<br />
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There! Thats everything done. Once you 'ok' those settings you should be ready to rock! Try browsing to any page. At this point you may get an 'access denied' error from the squid server, in which case you probably haven't added your ACL's correctly, please re-read step number 6.<br />
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'''Further Work'''<br />
Hoping to get squid added into the default installation, to be controlled via the admin portal, and also made transparent which would negate the need to change any browser settings. Working on this now....</div>Lozarythmichttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Lozarythmic&diff=17528User:Lozarythmic2009-02-03T09:52:44Z<p>Lozarythmic: /* Introduction */</p>
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<div>[[category:User Setups]]<br />
<br />
== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Inspired by Itsmeok, i decided to document my build from start to finish. After scanning the forums for ages and looking for issues that I might run into, as well as making a virtualbox test install on my laptop, I feel I'm prepared enough to get going! <br />
<br />
Yesterday I bought the hardware for my first hybrid:<br />
<br />
Mobo: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ASUS_P5N7A-VM Asus P5N7A-VM]<br />
<br />
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E7400<br />
<br />
RAM: 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2<br />
<br />
GFX: Nvidia 9300 onboard mobo<br />
<br />
HDD: 1TB Hitachi Deskstar<br />
<br />
Case: Antec NSK2480 v2 (uk)<br />
<br />
PSU: 380 Watt incl w/ case<br />
<br />
TV: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-PVR-150_MCE Hauppage PVR-150]<br />
<br />
<br />
For my core I'm using some existing hardware. It's a Gigabyte Nforce 3 socket 939 board (i'll get the model later) with 1GB ram and a 4200 X2 CPU which i've just bought to give it some more horsepower. Disk-wise it's got a 250G IDE drive and a couple of 80GB sata drives which are currently striped. Still not sure what to do with them, i'll probably make a decision once I see what LMCE's raid capabilities are like.<br />
<br />
Update (01/02/2009) :<br />
Got the system built yesterday but didn't have time to test it fully. Install went smoothly for the most part (I had trouble seeing a couple of the lists, and lmce couldn't determine my timezone), however when I moved the core into the office where it'll live, it didn't like the fact that i changed from a USB to PS/2 mouse. Will investigate this tonight!<br />
<br />
Update (03/02/2009) :<br />
Reinstalled yesterday due to a few issues, mainly that i added a DVD-ROM to the core and changed the networking setup to reflect more accurately the setup described [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Internal_LAN_setup here]. The only thing I did differently was disable wireless on the internet router. I tried a PXE boot of my MD but got the kernel panic at the network card error i've seen mentioned on the forums a few times. As i'll be using VDR, i've been told I should do a proper install of MCE on the MD, which i'll be doing tonight. I've got a potential diskless MD which is an old shuttle system, so i'll look into PXE booting a bit more then.</div>Lozarythmichttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Lozarythmic&diff=17527User:Lozarythmic2009-02-03T09:51:47Z<p>Lozarythmic: /* Introduction */</p>
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<div>[[category:User Setups]]<br />
<br />
== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Inspired by Itsmeok, i decided to document my build from start to finish. After scanning the forums for ages and looking for issues that I might run into, as well as making a virtualbox test install on my laptop, I feel I'm prepared enough to get going! <br />
<br />
Yesterday I bought the hardware for my first hybrid:<br />
<br />
Mobo: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ASUS_P5N7A-VM Asus P5N7A-VM]<br />
<br />
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E7400<br />
<br />
RAM: 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2<br />
<br />
GFX: Nvidia 9300 onboard mobo<br />
<br />
HDD: 1TB Hitachi Deskstar<br />
<br />
Case: Antec NSK2480 v2 (uk)<br />
<br />
PSU: 380 Watt incl w/ case<br />
<br />
TV: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-PVR-150_MCE Hauppage PVR-150]<br />
<br />
<br />
For my core I'm using some existing hardware. It's a Gigabyte Nforce 3 socket 939 board (i'll get the model later) with 1GB ram and a 4200 X2 CPU which i've just bought to give it some more horsepower. Disk-wise it's got a 250G IDE drive and a couple of 80GB sata drives which are currently striped. Still not sure what to do here, i'll probably make a decision once I see what LMCE's raid capabilities are like.<br />
<br />
Update (01/02/2009) :<br />
Got the system built yesterday but didn't have time to test it fully. Install went smoothly for the most part (I had trouble seeing a couple of the lists, and lmce couldn't determine my timezone), however when I moved the core into the office where it'll live, it didn't like the fact that i changed from a USB to PS/2 mouse. Will investigate this tonight!<br />
<br />
Update (03/02/2009) :<br />
Reinstalled yesterday due to a few issues, mainly that i added a DVD-ROM to the core and changed the networking setup to reflect more accurately the setup described [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Internal_LAN_setup here]. The only thing I did differently was disable wireless on the internet router. I tried a PXE boot of my MD but got the kernel panic at the network card error i've seen mentioned on the forums a few times. As i'll be using VDR, i've been told I should do a proper install of MCE on the MD, which i'll be doing tonight. I've got a potential diskless MD which is an old shuttle system, so i'll look into PXE booting a bit more then.</div>Lozarythmichttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Lozarythmic&diff=17526User:Lozarythmic2009-02-03T09:51:15Z<p>Lozarythmic: /* Introduction */</p>
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<div>[[category:User Setups]]<br />
<br />
== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Inspired by Itsmeok, i decided to document my build from start to finish. After scanning the forums for ages and looking for issues that I might run into, as well as making a virtualbox test install on my laptop, I feel I'm prepared enough to get going! <br />
<br />
Yesterday I bought the hardware for my first hybrid:<br />
<br />
Mobo: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ASUS_P5N7A-VM Asus P5N7A-VM]<br />
<br />
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E7400<br />
<br />
RAM: 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2<br />
<br />
GFX: Nvidia 9300 onboard mobo<br />
<br />
HDD: 1TB Hitachi Deskstar<br />
<br />
Case: Antec NSK2480 v2 (uk)<br />
<br />
PSU: 380 Watt incl w/ case<br />
<br />
TV: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-PVR-150_MCE Hauppage PVR-150]<br />
<br />
<br />
For my core I'm using some existing hardware. It's a Gigabyte Nforce 3 socket 939 board (i'll get the model later) with 1GB ram and a 4200 X2 CPU which i've just bought to give it some more horsepower. Disk-wise it's got a 250G IDE drive and a couple of 80GB sata drives which are currently striped. Still not sure what to do here, i'll probably make a decision once I see what LMCE's raid capabilities are like.<br />
<br />
Update (01/02/2009) :<br />
Got the system built yesterday but didn't have time to test it fully. Install went smoothly for the most part (I had trouble seeing a couple of the lists, and lmce couldn't determine my timezone), however when I moved the core into the office where it'll live, it didn't like the fact that i changed from a USB to PS/2 mouse. Will investigate this tonight!<br />
<br />
Update (03/02/2009) :<br />
Reinstalled yesterday due to a few issues, mainly that i added a DVD-ROM to the core and changed the networking setup to reflect more accurately the setup described [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Internal_LAN_setup here]. The only thing I did differently was disable wireless on the internet router. I tried a PXE boot of my MD but got the kernel panic at the network card error i've seen mentioned on the forums a few times. As i'll be using VDR, i've been told I should do a proper install of MCE on the MD, which i'll be doing tonight. I've got a potential diskless MD which is an old shuttle system, so i'll look more</div>Lozarythmichttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Lozarythmic&diff=17492User:Lozarythmic2009-02-01T16:18:46Z<p>Lozarythmic: /* Introduction */</p>
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<div>[[category:User Setups]]<br />
<br />
== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Inspired by Itsmeok, i decided to document my build from start to finish. After scanning the forums for ages and looking for issues that I might run into, as well as making a virtualbox test install on my laptop, I feel I'm prepared enough to get going! <br />
<br />
Yesterday I bought the hardware for my first hybrid:<br />
<br />
Mobo: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ASUS_P5N7A-VM Asus P5N7A-VM]<br />
<br />
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E7400<br />
<br />
RAM: 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2<br />
<br />
GFX: Nvidia 9300 onboard mobo<br />
<br />
HDD: 1TB Hitachi Deskstar<br />
<br />
Case: Antec NSK2480 v2 (uk)<br />
<br />
PSU: 380 Watt incl w/ case<br />
<br />
TV: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-PVR-150_MCE Hauppage PVR-150]<br />
<br />
<br />
For my core I'm using some existing hardware. It's a Gigabyte Nforce 3 socket 939 board (i'll get the model later) with 1GB ram and a 4200 X2 CPU which i've just bought to give it some more horsepower. Disk-wise it's got a 250G IDE drive and a couple of 80GB sata drives which are currently striped. Still not sure what to do here, i'll probably make a decision once I see what LMCE's raid capabilities are like.<br />
<br />
Update (01/02/2009) :<br />
Got the system built yesterday but didn't have time to test it fully. Install went smoothly for the most part (I had trouble seeing a couple of the lists, and lmce couldn't determine my timezone), however when I moved the core into the office where it'll live, it didn't like the fact that i changed from a USB to PS/2 mouse. Will investigate this tonight!</div>Lozarythmichttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Lozarythmic&diff=17416User:Lozarythmic2009-01-27T00:04:32Z<p>Lozarythmic: </p>
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<div>[[category:User Setups]]<br />
<br />
== Introduction ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Inspired by Itsmeok, i decided to document my build from start to finish. After scanning the forums for ages and looking for issues that I might run into, as well as making a virtualbox test install on my laptop, I feel I'm prepared enough to get going! <br />
<br />
Yesterday I bought the hardware for my first hybrid:<br />
<br />
Mobo: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ASUS_P5N7A-VM Asus P5N7A-VM]<br />
<br />
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E7400<br />
<br />
RAM: 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2<br />
<br />
GFX: Nvidia 9300 onboard mobo<br />
<br />
HDD: 1TB Hitachi Deskstar<br />
<br />
Case: Antec NSK2480 v2 (uk)<br />
<br />
PSU: 380 Watt incl w/ case<br />
<br />
TV: [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-PVR-150_MCE Hauppage PVR-150]<br />
<br />
<br />
For my core I'm using some existing hardware. It's a Gigabyte Nforce 3 socket 939 board (i'll get the model later) with 1GB ram and a 4200 X2 CPU which i've just bought to give it some more horsepower. Disk-wise it's got a 250G IDE drive and a couple of 80GB sata drives which are currently striped. Still not sure what to do here, i'll probably make a decision once I see what LMCE's raid capabilities are like.</div>Lozarythmichttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Lozarythmic&diff=17415User:Lozarythmic2009-01-26T22:55:48Z<p>Lozarythmic: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[category:User Setups]]<br />
<br />
Inspired by Itsmeok, i decided to document my build from start to finish. After scanning the forums for ages and looking for issues that I might run into, I feel I'm prepared enough to get going! Yesterday I bought the hardware for my first MD:<br />
<br />
Mobo: Asus P5N7A-VM<br />
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E7400<br />
RAM: 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2<br />
GFX: Nvidia 9300 onboard mobo<br />
HDD: 1TB Hitachi Deskstar<br />
Case: Antec NSK2480 v2 (uk)<br />
PSU: 380 Watt incl w/ case<br />
TV: Hauppage PVR-150<br />
<br />
For my core I'm using some existing hardware. It's a Gigabyte Nforce 3 socket 939 board (i'll get the model later) with 1GB ram and a 4200 X2 CPU which i've just bought to give it some more horsepower. Disk-wise it's got a 250G IDE drive and a couple of 80GB sata drives which are currently striped. Still not sure what to do here, i'll probably make a decision once I see what LMCE's raid capabilities are like.</div>Lozarythmichttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Lozarythmic&diff=17414User:Lozarythmic2009-01-26T22:43:32Z<p>Lozarythmic: New page: category:User Setups</p>
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<div>[[category:User Setups]]</div>Lozarythmic