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Monitor your Linux with NMON

sudo apt-get install nmon
nmon -f -s 30 -c 120  # ~/<hostname>_date_time.nmon will be created

May 2014

Introduction to Odroid-show

Using bash scripts to show texts or images. May 2014

Sort by file size

find . -type f -exec ls -s {} \; | sort -n -r | head -5

Find fils that are larger than 100MB

find - -size +100M

Dual boot Android and Ubuntu

1. Modify the Android source code for the MTP.
2. Copy the Xubuntu root file system
   1. Modify the odroid-config script
   2. Check the u-boot version
3. Generate a new partition table
4. Format the partitions
5. Install the Ubuntu rootfs
   1. Replace UUID in boot.scr
6. Install the Android system files
7. Using the prebuilt image
8. Switching between Android and Ubuntu

May 2014

Pipe viewer and dd

See the progress of your operation.

sudo apt-get install pv
dd if=/dev/sdX bs=4M | pv | dd of=/dev/sdY

May 2014

Android boot process

May 2014.

Openbox

Openbox can be run by itself or within another desktop environment. The main focus of Openbox is speed. It comes with only a terminal and web browser, and is perfect for embedded systems. Jun 2014.

Lego case for Odroid U3

Jun 2014

Step motor and Odroid U3

using a bash script. Jun 2014

Resize Android partitions

with gparted. Jun 2014.

Explore Android img files

Jun 2014

If X11 stops working

Ctrl + Alt + F1[1-6] to switch to a resident framebuffer terminal console.

To switch back to X11, click Ctrl + Alt + F7.

Create deb files - checkinstall

Jun 2014

Using wiimote

Jun 2014

High performance computing at home

LDAP, NFS/AutoFS. With LDAP (Lightweight Active Directory Protocol) configured, we will be able to have users log into any node of the cluster with the same credentials and permissions whcih, when combined with NFS/AutoFS, will permit us to configure network mounted home directories and shares, creating a uniform user experience when connecting to any node in our cluster.

Jul 2014.

Using Xbox 360 controllers with Android

Jul 2014.

Control your bandwidth

Jul 2014.

sudo apt-get install nload

Deny some users to access your machine via SSH

Jul 2014.

OS: GameStation Turbo

which is a Linux frontend for both games and media playback.

Jul 2014.

Portable solar computing

Jul 2014

Odroid weather board + Qt application

Odroid-show + PC/Odroid host. Jul 2014

Building native Android applications with RED

Jul 2014

Remote Desktop Connection

using x11vnc server. If we also want to use Microsoft RDP to access, you will need to also install the xrd service.

Jul 2014.

Robotic Operating System

Jul 2014.

Mupen64 and Retroarch

Pocket rocket and couch potato. Aug 2014

ODROID-VU 9 inch 1280x800 touchscreen lcd

for android, linux and windows. Aug 2014

Home web server

using lighttpd & nginx. Aug 2014

Youtube player alternative

Tampermonkey. Aug 2014

Linux kernel compilation

The article provides details on starting with natively building a kernel using only the odroid itself. It does not addres cross-compiling.

Aug 2014

All about emmc modules

Aug 2014

Fix android overscan

Aug 2014.

ODROID-W

a miniature raspberry pi compatible wearable computer. A diy smartwatch was used as an example. It can run a full raspbian desktop environment on its own. Qt 4 and applications were used to display he clock and sms/mail/call notification.

Aug 2014

Mouting sd card as extra storage when booting from emmc

instead of a USB drive.

Aug 2014

Android development using the linux kernel

Aug 2014

Pepperflash chrome plugin

Aug 2014

Robot

Sep 2014

Wicd - network manager

Sep 2014

Freedomotic - home automation

Sep 2014

Bash script

• do something every time the os boots
• do math and concatenate strings
• accept arguments
• run a loop
• launch a bunch of child processes with different arguments

Sep 2014.

Linux Gaming

Sep 2014

Conky

Oct 2014

I2C connection between U3 and Arduino module

Oct 2014.

KVM

Really, with 1GB memory! Nov 2014.

Node.js

Nov 2014.

Odroid C1 vs Raspberry Pi B+

Including an introduction to C1. Dec 2014.

Manage your software packages with automatic updates using apt-get

Kernel updates using apt-get.

Jan 2015.

ownCloud

Jan 2015.

Remote Desktop

Using Guacamole. All you need is a web browser with HTML5 support since no plugin or client-side software is required. Guacamole supports VNC, SSH and RDP.

Feb 2015.

Docker on ARMv7

Jan, Feb and March 2015.

Android Kitkat and Odroid C1

March 2015.

Android Development

Dissecting and modifying the APK file

Sep 2014, March 2015.

Installing Linux on an external USB drive

April 2015 issue. The boot partition is required to reside on a microSD card or emmc module. However, the root partition can be moved to a USB drive.

GPIO shutdown

April 2015 issue.

Triple boot Odroid C1

Pack Ubuntu, Android and Openelec.

April 2015 issue.

Dashing

May 2015 issue.

USB GPS and OBDII to track vehicles

June 2015 issue.