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HP MediaSmart ex475
 I have been interested in getting a Windows Home Server for a while. Last week we got a HP MediaSmart ex475. I was looking forward to installing it, and transfering everything off our NAS and our Mac mini.
When I plugged it in, it started up fine. I installed the software fine on my laptop, but when the setup assistant tried to find the server, it failed. It looks like this problem is happening to many other people. Reseting the server back to factory defaults didn't solve the problem.
I am extremely frustrated with this. I am going to try creating a network with only the server and my laptop, to see if a noisy network could have caused the communication to be interrupted. If that doesn't work, I will call HP techinical support. (Unfortunately, this is hard for me to do, as they are only open during business hours, and I am at work at that time.)
I am very close to sending this back.
apt-get download speed
This post has a good tip for speeding up apt-get downloads. Ubuntu will check all of the mirrors to find the one that has the smallest latency.
Sound, XPS m1330 and Ubuntu 8.04
In this previous post, I mentioned that everything was working correctly after upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04. Unfortunately, after I wrote that post my audio stopped working.
I went through several steps to get audio back, including building and installing the latest version of alsa.
I found that if I put the following line in my /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base file, everthing works
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-3stack
Windows Home Server
I am thinking about getting the HP EX475 MediaSmart Windows Home Server. I would replace our NAS with his server. Also be able to install SqueezeCenter on it as well, and then I can disconnect the Mac mini.
I can use the Windows Home Server to share our photos, music and videos to our XBox for viewing on the TV.
Also, I was thinking that I could install some software that would allow my TiVo content to automatically be archived.
Upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04
This evening, I upgraded my laptop from Kubuntu 7.10 to 8.04. I followed their recommended upgrade steps, where I used the alternate CD and then updated from that. When I was prompted for conflicts for configuration files, I just selected "use the package mantainer's". I was a little concerned about this, as this was necessary to get sound to work with Ubuntu 7.10, on my laptop.
After booting, everything seems to be working OK, including sound.
The only thing that I have had a problem with so far is that the upgrade upgraded my previous Firefox installation to the 3.0 beta. Many of my plugins are not compatible with 3.0. I know that this will be fixed soon.
Also, I haven't made the switch to KDE 4 yet. I haven't configured it to how I like it, and until I do that, I will stick with GNOME.
links for 2008-04-19
links for 2008-04-11
MSN Direct
I have been using the Nuvi 680 for several months. One of the reasons that I bought it was for the traffic information provided by MSN Direct. I have been unimpressed with the quality of the data. There are several problems:
- There are many areas that don't have coverage. For example, when driving from San Jose to Sacramento, as soon as we left the local area there was no coverage. Unfortunately, we encountered a traffic delay that we could have been routed around.
- Many of the roads that I travel on to and from work are not included in the MSN Direct data. I only have seen information on interstates and state and US highways.
- The data seems to be stale. I have had many occasions when the Nuvi stated that there was a delay, when the delay had already cleared up.
I think that the Dash Express could present better data, but I still have some reservations.
- It doesn't have bluetooth.
- The form factor doesn't really lend well for a portable unit. I can slip the Nuvi into my pocket when I take it from my car.
StupidFilter
StupidFilter looks pretty interesting. This is an open source project to filter rampant stupidity. When they release the core engine source code, I will write a plugin for LifeType.
links for 2008-03-25
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