How To Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into A Music Server With Volumio

Once you have Volumio set up on your Raspberry Pi, you’ll be able to stream all the major music formats, including FLAC, WAV, MP3, AAC, ALAC, and PLS. And, just to make sure you have a wealth of music at your fingertips, we’ll also show you how to stream music from Spotify. What you’ll need To complete this tutorial, we’ll be turning our Raspberry Pi into a headless music server that’s connected to the network via Ethernet, which means we won’t be needing many of the peripherals typically associated with Raspberry Pi projects....

December 30, 2022 · 5 min · 868 words · Stacey Johnson

How To Use And Edit The Hosts File In Linux

What Is the Hosts file? The “/etc/hosts” file is where your system keeps an internal map of IP Addresses -> hostnames. This doesn’t require a DNS server because it’s stored locally on your machine. This is a great way to manage things like internal servers or other devices on your network that commonly require you to enter an IP Address. I use this all the time for Raspberry Pi projects and managing commonly-used KVM Virtual Machines....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 515 words · Carlos Howard

How To Use Autohotkey To Automate Anything In Windows

For this tutorial, we start with the bare basics that will get you started in turning any multi-step process into a single keystroke. Installation Download and install AutoHotkey from its official site. Choose the current version. Ignore the other two options – “V2” is a new version, incompatible with existing scripts and with a slightly different syntax, while “V1.0 Deprecated” is old and restricted. Make a blank script After its installation, AutoHotkey will have registered as the default app for files with the AHK extension....

December 30, 2022 · 7 min · 1350 words · Lillie Chavez

How To Use Css3 Pie To Modernize Internet Explorer

As a result, coding a site with exclusive CSS3 features will only alienate a large portion of your website’s visitors, and obligating them to download a standards-compliant browser, like Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, will only come across as arrogant. A possible solution to the problem is to use a modernizer, which is a script or application that uses a variety of tricks to make your site appear as it should in all browsers....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 490 words · Christine Kaliher

How To Use Emacs To Play Music With Emms

What is EMMS and How Does it Work? EMMS is an Elisp front-end client for various multimedia players. This means that unlike traditional music players, EMMS only deals with displaying files and it uses external programs to decode those files. EMMS consists of three distinct parts: the core, the player and the source. The core – controls how files in an EMMS buffer should behave. Further, it also provides a way for other EMMS modules to read and manipulate those files....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 583 words · Brian Ramirez

How To Use Goodnotes To Better Manage Your Day

Templates Goodnotes comes with a good selection of cover and page types for daily use, but adding your own templates, with sections appropriate to your work, hobby or other needs can save time and effort, meaning you can spend more time on the actual notes. The simplest way to begin is to make your template inside Goodnotes. This means the page size is going to be right, and you can also use familiar tools to create your design....

December 30, 2022 · 4 min · 743 words · Marcie Gonzales

How To Use Multiple Desktops In Windows

What Are Multiple Desktops in Windows? Multiple Desktops are virtual desktops separated into many individual workzones or “desktops.” You can create separate desktops dedicated to your choice of applications. In Windows 10, the multiple desktops feature can be launched from the tiny “task view” icon next to the Start menu. The Task View icon in Windows 11 looks very different from Windows 10 due to a greyish color scheme. The similarities don’t end there, as some extra features have been built into Windows 11 Task View....

December 30, 2022 · 7 min · 1279 words · Kimberly Wetmore

How To Use Subscript And Superscript In Google Docs

We show you here how to use subscript and superscript in Google Docs. First, let’s talk more about what both are. What Subscript and Superscript Are As we noted, subscript and superscript characters are alternatives to writing “on the line.” Here are the key differences: Subscript. This is text that sits below the nominal line and are ‘inferiors’ in typography circles.Superscript. This is text that sites above the nominal line and are ‘superiors’ to those in the know....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 443 words · James Sims

How To Use Vlc As A Video Editor

Follow the steps below to start using VLC as a regular video editing tool. There is not much of a learning curve, and you can immediately start working on this after you download the latest VLC version. 1. Trimming Videos in VLC VLC allows you to trim video clips to save a select timeline. First, go to “View -> Advanced Controls.” It will activate a few extra buttons at the bottom....

December 30, 2022 · 4 min · 744 words · Simon Henry

How To Use Windows Defender From The Command Prompt

The Windows Defender command line lets you do all the basic things like performing different types of scans, listing and restoring quarantined files, adding dynamic signatures and removing or updating the virus definitions. This article will show you how to use Windows Defender from the command prompt. Use Windows Defender from Command Prompt To run Windows Defender via Command Prompt, you need to have administrative privileges, so search for Command Prompt in the Start menu and select the “Run as Administrator” option....

December 30, 2022 · 4 min · 678 words · Michael King

How To Use Xbmc To Play All Your Network Media

Clicking the “Music” item on this screen will displays the files in the default folder that XBMC sets up, and the “Music Add-ons” allows you to add additional features. To connect to another store of content, click “Add a source.” Next, click “Browse” in the “Add Music source” dialog. This displays the a list of local folders and some “automatic” network protocols like Zeroconf and UPnP, but scrolling all the way down to the bottom reveals the “Add newtork location” option....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 516 words · Charlie Volz

How To Verify Authenticity Of Linux Software With Digital Signatures

Think about a site that hosts a Bitcoin wallet utility. If an attacker manages to replace the legitimate version with a malicious one, he can potentially steal money from tens of thousands of users. Another valuable target to backdoor is an operating system. This happened to Linux Mint in the past. So, what can you do about it? Hashes and Signatures Developers that are security-conscious will often bundle their setup files or archives with checksums that you can verify....

December 30, 2022 · 4 min · 847 words · Michael Daugherty

How To Watch 360 Degree Videos On Windows 10

To achieve this, a video is recorded by a camera that captures video from all angles. When it’s uploaded and viewed in a player that supports 360 functionality, users watching the video can move the camera around to look at different spots. Even better, if you use a VR headset and compatible software, you can wear it while watching a 360 video and look around as if you were actually there!...

December 30, 2022 · 4 min · 729 words · Thomas Uitz

How Tracking Pixels Monitor Your Email And How You Can Stop Them

Tracking pixels have been around for quite a while now, both in emails and on webpages, and have periodically come under fire for being a very sneaky way to gather data, as the user is typically not informed that they’re sending any information. It’s not just companies, either: this technology is freely available for individuals to use, making it possible for anyone to find someone else’s location just by sending them an email with a clickbait subject line and a tracking pixel....

December 30, 2022 · 5 min · 883 words · Joshua Cline

How Useful Do You Find The Stylus

Our Opinion Odysseas said since he “first used a stylus on a cheap consumer Wacom tablet,” he could never go back to using mousing for sketching, a hobby of his since childhood. With a mouse being dominated by its weight and stuck on a flat surface, it doesn’t allow full freedom of motion in the wrist. With regard to using fingers as “input devices,” he notes that’s how our ancestors painted on cave walls eons ago....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 366 words · Margaret Turner

Idisplay Turn Your Android Devices Into A Second Monitor

When you connect two (or more) monitors to your computer, you can drag an application window from one to another monitor. Now, what if your second monitor is your smartphone, or tablet and you are able to drag window to it and interact with your fingers? Sound cool, isn’t it? iDisplay is one such app that allows you to turn your mobile device into a second monitor. It was launched a year back for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 426 words · Diana Rivas

Instant The Polaroid App For Mac

Interface The interface of Instant is pretty simple while still being amazing. The interface is some sort of Polaroid camera facing toward you. However, the Polaroid doesn’t seem to have a special function. It’s simply a design. Where you really get to work is with the Finder window. In the all-important Finder window, accessed by clicking on the screen, you will be able to select the photo that you want to use in the Instant application....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 432 words · Rosemary Yoder

Iphone 14 Pro Set For Severe Christmas Shortages

According to respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will ship 15 to 20 million fewer iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max handsets than expected for the final quarter of the year. This is a direct result of labour protests at the Hon Hai/Foxconn iPhone plant in Zhengzhou, China, over a restrictive Covid policy. Workers at the plant have reportedly been forced to live on site in a bid to contain an outbreak of the virus....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 301 words · Harry Spurlin

Isyncgenius Review Back Up And Transfer Your Iphone Data

This is a sponsored article and was made possible by iSunshare. The actual contents and opinions are the sole views of the author who maintains editorial independence even when a post is sponsored. Easy Back up of iPhone Data iSyncGenius promises easy and direct transfer of iPhone data to a Windows computer without going via iTunes, also allowing for direct backup to an external hard drive attached to a Windows PC....

December 30, 2022 · 4 min · 738 words · Tyler Lyons

Kde Power Management 101

KDE’s power management is controlled by an application called PowerDevil. There are three ways to access and manage PowerDevil: 1.System Settings module 2.Plasma Battery Monitor widget 3.Krunner plugin System Settings The PowerDevil System Settings module is found under the “Advanced” tab in the “Advanced User Settings” section. Click on “Power Management” to start it. There are three side tabs: General Settings – Here you can configure global settings that will apply to all profiles, such as “lock screen on resume”....

December 30, 2022 · 4 min · 698 words · Dorothy Weaver