Running latest firefox on debian installed as user

Debian packages the firefox-esr release which works quite well most of the time, but I find often the newest browser is often required for some functionality. I've put together a little script that basically sets this up with a local firefox install in ~/.opt

You can copy/paste this into …


Setting ip address of squeezeboxserver

I couldn't seem to find this information anywhere, and I just spend longer than I'd like to admit sorting this issue out. I use the Logitech Media Server (v7.9.1 as of now) and I just reinstalled it on my server. After doing that the "Server IP Address" was …


mpd in debian jessie using pulse audio

I've used mpd on various desktops for a long time, and I've always just set the output directly in the mpd.conf file, but that leads to the sound device being tied up if you ever want to do anything else with it. I finally got around to setting this …


Export owncloud contacts for use in claws-mail

I wanted to setup claws-mail to be able to load contacts from owncloud recently. There is no direct way to do this as far as I can tell, but I did find some people exporting the contacts list to a vcf file, and then pointing claws-mail to use contacts from …


Triple monitor setup with two video cards using nouveau

I upgraded my debian desktop from wheezy to jessie today, and in doing so my triple monitor setup stopped working. This was originally a complicated thing to setup, and I had originally done it with a very specific xorg.conf file using Xinerama and some LeftOf RightOf screen setups. This …


Epson WorkForce DS-30 document scanner in linux

Purchased this little DS-30. portable document scanner recently, and although it was quite easy to setup in linux, I'd thought I'd post the steps if anyone else is looking for it.

I installed this in Debian, but any deb or rpm based distro should work pretty much the same. First …