I found a nice guide to installing Retropie on Ubuntu 18.04.03 at a website called markontech and it works brilliantly. sudo apt-get install -y git dialog unzip xmlstarlet git clone –depth=1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git cd RetroPie-Setup sudo ./retropie_setup.sh Once the Retro-Pie install script is running, you will want to do a Basic Install and then navigate back… Continue reading Install Retropie on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04.03
Private VPN on Ubuntu Server or Raspberry Pi
I can run my own VPN that becomes an encrypted, point-to-point connection from anywhere? Say what? Relatively safe and secure using public wifi? Yes, it’s true. You can setup PiVPN on your Ubuntu Server or Raspberry Pi device. There are three components to this: PiVPN running on the server, the UFW firewall configuration, and the… Continue reading Private VPN on Ubuntu Server or Raspberry Pi
Clone a Hard Drive using Ubuntu Live CD
I have a hard drive-duplicator device. It works great if you two of the same drive. But I’ve had issues transferring from an SSD to a regular hard drive (and vice versa). I looked into buying the EaseUS Disk Copy program (only works in Windows) but now they want a subscription? Hell no to that.… Continue reading Clone a Hard Drive using Ubuntu Live CD
Connect a PC to a Commodore 1541/1571 drive
Did you ever want to transfer files from your old Commodore 1541/1571 drive between your computer and a real drive? Did you also want to use a real Commodore floppy drive with the VICE emulator? Me too! 😉 Both of these things are possible with the zoomfloppy device being offered by Retro Innovations. You can… Continue reading Connect a PC to a Commodore 1541/1571 drive
Subsonic issues on Ubuntu Server?
HTTP ERROR: 503 Can’t load server My subsonic installation was not working! I tried everything (or so I thought) including reinstalling subsonic, looking at my router settings (is 4040 configured properly?) etc. Finally I found the solution: cleaning up a corrupt Subsonic Database. If you are being met with a 503 html error, this could… Continue reading Subsonic issues on Ubuntu Server?
Ubuntu and Video Streaming Services
Up until now, I have been frustrated by the lack of support for video streaming services on Ubuntu. For streaming audio, there’s a Spotify snap app conveniently in the Ubuntu Store but nothing for Netflix, Hulu or others. Today I was poking around and discovered an application called “ElectronPlayer” in the Ubuntu Software store. It… Continue reading Ubuntu and Video Streaming Services
Commodore 64 (Vic 20, Pet, etc) emulator from Raspberry Pi Raspbian
I can confirm this install method (source) worked with a Raspberry Pi 4 using Raspbian Buster. Compiles Vice and installs into /usr/local/bin. Initial launch reports a sound issue. If you go into settings (F12), there’s a sound configuration you can change to “Alsa”. … # get dependencies – this may take a long time and… Continue reading Commodore 64 (Vic 20, Pet, etc) emulator from Raspberry Pi Raspbian
Ubuntu fstab; mount external drive at boot
Procedure for rescuing an Ubuntu Server when the boot file gets messed up due to a misnamed external hard drive. Backup the current fstab file: sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.old List the drives: sudo blkid Example output: /dev/sda1: UUID=”8F1B-7691″ TYPE=”vfat” PARTUUID=”eea0152e-f8aa-4d1f-8d44-172261edd5a2″ /dev/sda2: UUID=”5be250be-a857-11e8-9dd6-a82066361186″ TYPE=”ext4″ PARTUUID=”9ba42200-226c-4e67-a667-649658dfbd0b” /dev/loop0: TYPE=”squashfs” /dev/loop1: TYPE=”squashfs” /dev/loop2: TYPE=”squashfs” /dev/loop3: TYPE=”squashfs” /dev/sdb1: LABEL=”media” UUID=”746622C40BE949C9″… Continue reading Ubuntu fstab; mount external drive at boot
Force Ubuntu Server to redirect http to https
If you want to redirect your web address from http to https, you will have to configure your server’s virtual host file. Edit the virtualhost file to update the port 80 portion; replace “test.com” with your domain name: sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/test.com.conf Edit the :80 portion (in bold), replacing <ip_or_host> with your domain name: <VirtualHost *:80>… Continue reading Force Ubuntu Server to redirect http to https
Windows 10 and FAT32
Recently, I needed to format a thumb drive to FAT32 in Windows 10 (adding the BleemSync hack to the Sony PlayStation Classic). I could swear the last time I had to do this, the option was there. Today the only options were exFAT and NTFS. Ugh. Windows! Well, I found a nice free tool that… Continue reading Windows 10 and FAT32