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Bought a server!! Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 for project Jarvis…
Send emails when torrent is done – Windows & uTorrent
Here’s a snippet of PHP code to help you send emails from Windows machine when a torrent has downloaded through uTorrent.I am using Outlook.com to send and receive email but you can easily use GMail or any other internet mail service. You will need PHPMailer class $argOpts = “n:e:”;$argVal = getopt($argOpts);$torrent_name = $argVal[‘n’];$to_email = $argVal[‘e’];require(“phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php”);$mail = new PHPMailer();$mail->Username = “Your outlook.com username”;$mail->Password = “Your outlook.com password”;$mail->Host = “smtp-mail.outlook.com”;$mail->Port = 587;$mail->IsSMTP();$mail->SMTPSecure=”tls”;$mail->SMTPAuth = true;$mail->setFrom(“From address”, “From name”);$mail->addReplyTo(“Reply …
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Don’t wait in line for Windows 10 upgrade
Here’s how to skip the line, if you have not figured it out already… Go to Windows 10 download page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Download the right version of Media Creation tool (32bit or 64bit). Afterwards, run the tool and select appropriate option from the two options: “Upgrade this PC now” or “Create installation media for another PC”. If you select “Create installation media for another PC”, then you will be presented with option to select Language, Edition …
Fix Sending emails from Webmin
If Webmin is unable to send emails, for example, from automated backups, then following fix may work for you. Before this ensure you have some kind of mail configured on your system. If not, here’s a guide to configure ssmtp Basically, you need to go to Webmin Configuration and check “Sending Email” configuration. For me, it was a matter of setting “From” address. Quite simple, but took me hours to figure out..
Install Serviio on Ubuntu
I use Serviio as DLNA server hosted on Ubuntu to stream movies to Xbox One. It’s by far the best DLNA server I have used. Very easy to set up and quite feature rich. Here’s the guide to installing it on Ubuntu Server: http://wiki.serviio.org/doku.php?id=howto:linux:install:ubuntu You can make it run at boot time by creating a service in Webmin. To configure you will need to download Windows Client.
MediaTomb breaking after Ubuntu upgrade
Yesterday, upgraded Ubuntu Server from 14.10 to 15.04, and somehow it broke MediaTomb. After upgrade, my uPnP server was not showing up in consuming devices. I looked at the logs, and found that MediaTomb was binding to localhost cat /var/log/mediatomb 2015-06-07 12:31:46 INFO: Loading configuration from: /etc/mediatomb/config.xml2015-06-07 12:31:46 INFO: Checking configuration…2015-06-07 12:31:46 INFO: Setting filesystem import charset to UTF-82015-06-07 12:31:46 INFO: Setting metadata import charset to UTF-82015-06-07 12:31:46 INFO: Setting playlist charset to UTF-82015-06-07 12:31:46 …
Configuring VNC on Ubuntu Server
I recently configured VNC on my home server. This enables me to log on to the server and work in a GUI environment. I am using GNOME basic. Server – Assumed Ubuntu Server 14.04 Pre-reqs – Install GNOME basic desktop sudo apt-get install –no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop Install gnome-panel sudo apt-get install gnome-panel Install VNC Server. I used TightVNC Server sudo apt-get install tightvncserver Set up VNC initial configuration vncserver Stop the VNC session vncserver -kill :1 …
AMD Kaveri Dual Graphics R7 250
I finally tried Dual Graphics on my AMD Kaveri A10-7850k based system. Kaveri A10-7850k is an onboard R7 250 GPU, and pairs with any standalone R7 250 card in Dual Graphics mode. However, the standalone card must be DDR3. The card I am using is MSi R7 250 2GB DDR3, and is less than $60. Popping it in, the system immediately recognized it, and AMD Catalyst asked for setting Dual Graphics mode. Easy.. GPU-Z shows …
Looking forward to Windows 10!
Haters will hate. Critics will criticize. Complainers will complain. Guess what, Windows 10 is coming, and we the Windows fans are eagerly looking forward to it! Thank you Microsoft! Pic courtesy: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2014/09/30/announcing-windows-10/