Ubuntu Mate for Raspberry Pi 3

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Check out my video on Ubuntu MATE for Raspberry pi 3!

I was actually looking around for ways to install RetroArch on my tablet. But, I can't seem to do it while using Kano OS. So, when I found ubuntu mate, I decided to try it. It got a raspberry pi 3 version and I really like how nice it looks, compared to the mundane Raspbian.

It's pretty easy to install the ubuntu mate. The procedure is the same as installing Raspbian by using the etcher software. Once, it's done writing on your microSD card, just insert it on your raspberry pi and let it load.

Installations, and booting up for the first time on the pi is really time-consuming though. But, once everything is done, you can start to tour the OS. It's really very accomplished looking and you can also set to your own preferences.

Just a note if you're installing it on a tablet-like mine, you'll need to config the touchscreen LCD display. It seems there's some touchscreen hardware problem thingy. The screen is upside down. All that means is that the power and HDMI sit at the bottom and it will fall over.

There's a way to solve it by going to the terminal:

1. Type "sudo nano /boot/config.txt"
2. Add the line "lcd_rotate=2" to the top of the file.
3. Press CTRL+X
4. Then Y
5. Then Enter.
6. Reboot!

The screen will flip to the correct way up, again.

Anyway, with ubuntu mate, I just need to follow the instructions to install RetroArch for my raspberry pi here.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libretro/stable && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install retroarch

It didn't work while I was using Kano OS. That's one of the reasons that I decided to install ubuntu mate. While using Kano OS, I did try using higan by, sudo apt-get install higan,  but somehow the game was lagging and unplayable. I'm not sure why. I had to set the video to 'SDL' to at least able to load the game.

I've already got another dedicated set with Recalbox for my Tv. I'm glad that now, I can play my favorite retro games using retroarch on my raspberry pi 3 tablet. While at the same time, able to play around with Linux.

But, now, I've got another problem to solve. Using, ubuntu mate, Kodi doesn't work!

I'm still looking around for ways to get Kodi to work. That's part of the problem with Linux's various distro. There's always something that's not working. I guess that's how you learn. Frankly, it really reminds me of the old days of learning windows pc and using Linux for the first time.

It could be a hair-pulling, frustrating and chaotic experience to try out things and finding solutions to get things to work in Linux. But, that's also part of the charm. When you finally discover ways to solve the problem, it's like eureka!

Click here to read through my old blog post on which I bought and also the time played around with earlier versions of ubuntu.

That's why I love raspberry pi 3!



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It's a pretty cheap single-board computer and you can use it as your daily driver or for any kind of project that you can think of. You can even buy as many as you want for different kinds of projects!

It got me to play around with Linux again. And, there are still many new things to try out!

Truly, an adventure!

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Happy computing!

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Eee pc Reviews + hacks

As I'm interested in the Eee pc and the pre-installed Xandros (strip down version) Linux, I've been reading up on linux and hacks for the Eee. It seems interesting to me and the instructions is pretty simple. Well, most of it anyway.

If you do a search on Google or Yahoo or whatever your favorite search engine is you'll find a whole lot of links. I found a link reviewing the Eee pc which includes a couple of hacks you can do or try. Click the link below to read up >>

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/eee-pc-review.ars/1

And guess what? Finally, after 2 weeks of waiting, tomorrow I'll be going out to meet my supplier to get my very own Asus Eee pc!

WahooooooooEeeeeee!

I'm so excited. I wish I can go and meet him right now. But, it's already 11 pm at night. So, we decided to meet tomorrow around 12 in the afternoon. I think he thought of us meeting at Sitex but, I'm a little eager to get that Eee and play with it. I've read up on so many ways to hack the system that I'll be spending the whole Sunday meddling with the thing.

First thing first, I'll check if I can surf with my broadband. Next, I'll try if I can find any wifi near my area and try to get connected. I think, I'll be bringing it to work on Monday to try and get connected using the in-built wifi. There's so much I want to do!

It will be great if I can take a few days off from work and stay at home to test the Eee. I can do that, but I won't. Heh. Pretty tempting.

Okay, then. Can't wait for tomorrow. I don't think I can sleep! Too freaking excited!

If all goes well, maybe I'll post some pics or videos or whatever. There's so many Youtube videos demo about the Eee pc. Thought, I'll do something different. I've already got some plan. We'll see.

So, till tomorrow!

How fast 'n easy to surf with Eee pc?

I check up with my supplier about my Eee pc and he confirmed 'again' that I'll get it either tomorrow Friday or on Saturday. Great! In the mean time, check out this cool video.

How fast and easy it is to get set-up and surfing within 6 mins from the time you unboxed your new Asus Eee pc? Click "Play" to find out!

Still waiting for my Asus Eee pc!

Well, it's almost 2 weeks and I still haven't gotten my Eee pc.

Blame it on it's enormous popularity and success. Everywhere it's sold out even before you can say Eee!

Even Amazon are still waiting for it's next shipment around maybe Dec. Right now, already there are a few new colors you can choose from. Beside the main white pearl color, there's also matt black which is even more popular. Now, you can choose either blue, pink or green!

And, I'm still waiting for my first Eee!

My supplier said this week I'll definitely get it but when I press him for an actual date he didn't reply back my message. I still feel a little excited every time the thought of me finally getting my hands on the Eee. I just know, definitely I'll get it come hell or high water!

Last week, I decided to get my mom a new mobile phone using my carrier Starhub account. My contract with them will end next year but I received a promotion letter from them stated that since I'm a Hubber ( I have mobile phone, Internet access and Digital Cable contract with Starhub) now we can upgrade our account every 12 months!

That mean, instead of waiting the normal 2 years before we can re-contract and upgrade our handset, now we can do it every 12 months!

I think that's great news. So, since my mom using my old Sony Ericsson K700i phone, I decided to let her use my account to get a new handset. I chose a Nokia 6300 with 3G capability and free 256mb micro sd card which I fill up with her choice of songs and videos. It's a beautiful black color. At first, I thought of keeping it for myself and gave her my Motorola V3x instead but once I put in her sim card I relented and let her use it. Hey, it's a blessing to make your mom happy!

Okay, okay, I'm a mommy's boy!

Next, I was surfing the starhub site again the other day just browsing around when I saw that they were having a latest promotion that offers FREE Xbox 360 Pro!

Since, my Internet access contract had already expired I decided to take the plunge and re-contract again to get that Free Xbox 360 Pro. So, after filling up the online form etc. I hit checkout and now I'm waiting for their sales consultant to contact me. Well, I'm still waiting. It says in my confirmation email that they will call me the next working day. I applied last Sunday night. So, 3 days had passed and still nothing!

I waited the whole day again today for them to called. And, since they still haven't called me I decided to email their sales contact. I'm hoping for them to contact me back tomorrow. If not then I'll call in their sales no. to ask about it. I was afraid that they did call me and couldn't get through to me. Sometime, my work bring me to the basement carpark and people won't be able to contact me on my mobile. It happens a couple of time. People couldn't get through to me and thought that I gave them the wrong numbers or whatever.

So, I'm hoping that I'll be able to settle all this and get my Eee pc and my new Xbox 360 before the end of the week!

All, in all. Before the year end 2007, I've got myself a new mobile phone, laptop and a console game. Can't wait to play some cool games on them!

Definitely, the year end with a BANG for me!

Of course, I can't say for some others out there. Whose, country are in turmoil. What with war, suicide bombers or natural calamity like hurricane or whatever. That's life. You're either up there or you're down there in hell.

Just have to be happy and thankful with what you have.

Okay, then. Until, my next post. Peace.


P.S. Check out this forum for Eee pc user at >>
http://eeeuser.com

You might recognize my nick over there. Hehe!

Arggg, why me!

Great, just great!

I was hoping there wasn't going to be any hiccup in this purchase but it did!

Today, my supplier said that the Eee pc stock will arrive late Tue/wed next week!

He was totally sorry about it. So, I told him that since I already waited this long another week or so won't hurt, right?

Argg ..but it did. Well, a bit. I was so hype up that I'm gonna get to play with my very own Eee pc this sat-sun but, this has to happen!

Sigh. I guess I'll just have to wait. The problem is that I see the date almost coincide with SITEX 2007 Singapore. An IT show going on at Suntec 29 Nov - 2 Dec. Maybe, they'll be on sale there. I was planning to go to the show to check out what's new or on offer.

Patience is a virtue or so they say. In my case though, patience is running a bit thin. I didn't know trying to buy a product is so NOT easy!

That just show how popular the Asus Eee pc are. Almost all the online store are out of stock!

Even Amazon having problem keeping up stock. It seems the Eee is a top seller over there.

Well, anyway. I'm sleepy and I'm going to bed early. I'll be waking up at 4am tomorrow as there's an European Soccer qualifier match between England vs Croatia. England needs to win if they want to go to the final. While, Croatia are already through. It's going to be an interesting match to see if England will be able to win the game as it'll then mean they are through to the final.

I just feel that England can win it. They're tough to beat at home ground. And result at the new Wembley stadium had been good the last couple of qualifiers. Of course, there's no Owen or Rooney partnering upfront. And they don't have Terry as a rock defending. Crouch is a good player and have shown he can score goals at International level. With Beckham doing the pin-point cross and lampard, gerard, joe cole giving the support from midfield, there's no reason why England can't win and win big!

On paper, England is a good team and can win this game but Croatia ain't a pushover and although they are already through. They'll be like the Israelis who against all odds beat Russia 2-0 in home soil. The Onus is on England to win it. Although, they only need a draw but they'll be attacking at the Croat to show everyone that England deserves to be in the European Final.

Enough said!

Let's see tomorrow if England will buckle at the pressure or win it with style.

Till then. Good night and enjoy the match wherever you are!

P.S. Singapore team is actually through to the third round of the World Cup qualifier after beating Palestine and Tajikistan. They'll be meeting the seeded giants of Asia like Japan, South Korea, Iran or Australia etc. Wish them all the best and do Singapore proud!

P.P.S You might also want to check up Amazon if you're interested to buy the Eee pc!

Yes! I'll get my very own Eee pc this Fri-Sat !!

Finally!! I'll get my very own Asus Eee pc 701, 4Gb, White pearl, English Linux either this Friday or Saturday!

After surfing the net and joining some forum especially my favorite at eeeuser.com , I finally manage to get a hold of someone that would order for me via Taiwan. And he promises that I'll get it by this Friday evening or Saturday morning. I'll be posting about it when I got it in my hand! Hurray for me!

Okay, I know, I sound like a geek. But, I haven't get excited about anything for awhile since I bought my first 80Gb iPod. So, now, I've got a new toy to play with. I plan to carry it around to work or when visiting my dad in Johor (a state in Malaysia).

What, I'm truly excited to test is the wifi that's built in. If I could surf at Starbuck or anywhere that's got free wifi connection then it'll be great!

Now, I can surf anytime and anywhere!

The Eee pc is pretty small and pretty slick. Also, it's affordable. I'll maybe give it to my nephews to play with once I'm tired of it or want to get an 8gb black model version. We'll see. For now though, I'm just happy to be getting my hand on it. Can't wait!

There's so much I'm planning to do with it. I want to test it's video, music, games, software capabilities and so much more. I have watch a lot of demo on Youtube etc. So, I'm just curious how it works. I'm also curious if my SD card will work with it. I certainly have videos and music on it. I use my SD card on my old Treo 600. I wonder if it'll work. Well, I'll soon be able to find out if it's compatible.

Okay, then. Counting down days to getting my Eee!

4 more days...

P.S. Wanna get your own Eee pc? Click the link
on the right side of my blog for more info!

Play Playstation games on your pc?

Hurray!

Yesterday night, out of curiosity, I Google-d "play playstation game on your pc". There was a couple of links but I decided to check out WiKiAnswers. After reading for a while, I decided to try it out. I've a whole lot of old playstation games that can't be played on my playstation anymore (I fried it looong time ago).

I heard or read about an emulator that you can use on a pc that let you play old console games but, I didn't thought it could be this easy.

So, just for the heck of it, I followed the instructions on this WiKiAnswers. Download, a couple of software. Install, test and configurate. Then hoping for the best, I pop in a Final Doom playstation CD and voila, it works!

I was so excited to try out all the other games that I didn't sleep untill 2 a.m. yesterday!

The graphics isn't that fast or good as my playstation console but maybe, I'm using an old Pentium 3 pc. I think, if you have a P4 or the new pc or laptop version, it would certainly fly!

I think it's great that I can play my old favorite playstation games again. If I had knew, it would be this easy, I would have done it long ago. Lucky, I didn't have the heart to throw all the games out as I was thinking of maybe buy a re-used console. My nephews keep asking me to try out the old console and I have to keep repeating it to them that it was fried!

Well, I called one of my nephew just now and he sound pretty excited when I told him that he can now play the games on this pc.

I'm already planning to try the emulator on the Eee pc once I get my hand on it. But, I'll have to use the Linux version. With the spec on the Eee pc at 900mhz I think it would work great. We'll see then. If it does, then, I'll post some pictures here. Now, I can use my Eee pc for games too!

Alright then, I still have a lot of games to try out on this emulator. Some, of it load and play pretty slow, so I'm just putting aside the good one to play later.

If you have some old playstation games and your console went kaput or you want to play it on your pc then you might want to try this out. You can visit WiKiAnswers to read up for more info and instructions. Good luck!

Playstation Ruleeeezzz !!

Eeeuser.com - Forum

Okay, okay. I know, I've been posting a lot about Asus Eee pc. It's just my latest fetish!

And, also, I haven't yet got my hand on it. It's like waiting for the 'durian' to drop. You wait and you wait and it's like taking forever to drop!

But, when it drop and you smell the fruit and eat it, you'll be like "whoaaa.. heaven!"

That's what I'm feeling right now. I've been going here and there hoping and wishing that somehow, I could get my hand on it. Try it and, after I'm fully satisfied? Buy it of course!

Alas that has to wait. Although, right now, buyer in the U.S. can go to Buy.com, Mwave.com

So, while waiting for my chance to purchase it, I've been surfing around and researching all sites that have news or say about it. I found a site that also have a forum where you can talk about Eee and more eeeeee..

Pretty interesting stuff or read. Check it out. The site URL is at >>

http://eeeuser.com

They talk about games installed, video reviews, pictures or just bitch about the small screen, the speakers and the 4gb SSD.

Join in the fun!

Good night.. me go sleep.

How would you change Asus' Eee Pc?

That's the question ask on Engadget.com forum.

Currently, there are 161 comments on it including mine!

After reading up on all the comments, I've come to the conclusion that I preferred that the product specs stay as it is. Why change, a good simple product that's meant for simple surfing, simple games, free office words and spreadsheets?

I mean, the main reason I like the Asus Eee pc is that it's affordable and the specs ain't that bad with that price. Of course, I would preferred it much cheaper and more memory but I think, the current form is already good enough for simple usage. My main priority is that I can use it to surf the Net on-the-go. All the pre-installed OS (linux), applications and games is a bonus.

Anyway, yesterday night, I check up at Newegg.com and it was on sale. I thought, that's good news as maybe, the product will arrive in Singapore soon. But, earlier in the day I check again and the Eee is already out of stock!

The next stock will be on the 19th of Nov. It sold out in a couple of hours, or did my eyes fooled me?

It was almost midnight, and I was already kind of sleepy. Heh, I could be dreaming.

The Asus Eee pc is such a hot products right now. There's news that a government body bought a 100,000 units. Maybe, it's for their school. The Eee is good for kids in school at any levels. Even, teachers are interested in the products as it's light and easy to carry around to work with. I think, it's good compared with the OLPC and Intel Classmates.

That's my opinion anyway. The main thing is that it's cheap and affordable and with specs that's just right.

I've seen some other ultra portable laptop and although, some of it is small, good looking and powerful. But, they are so damn expensive!

Most of the price hovers around the $1000 marks. While the Eee cost around $299-399 !

You can check up at Newegg.com for more info or to see if they have stocks. You'll have to be fast or it'll be sold out soon!

I read somewhere that you can also check up at Bestbuy.com and also at Walmart. Mostly, on US sites.

I can't wait for the next stocks to reach Singapore again. As, I didn't know about it till it was sold out!

Anyway, got to go. My favorite soccer team is playing "Live" right now. Wanna, watch it.

Have a great Sunday!

P.S. Check out Engadget.com for latest tech news!

Eee Pc - Ultra cheap mobile laptop

It's been a couple of days and I've been checking out this totally affordable Eee Pc for some time now. I've read about it in Cnet and Asia Cnet and the more I read about it, the more I want it!

Here's a link to one of the article and forum on it at Engadget.com

A lot of good reviews so far. It's not like a powerful laptop with all the bell's and whistles but for simple surfing and editing it's pretty good. Best of all it's cheap!

That's why I'm interested to buy it. It'll be great to bring it to work or just for a second laptop at home. It's also great for your kids to play or school work or whatever.

Here's a link to Cnet.com review also with video included.

I think it's already being sold in Singapore. I'll be checking it out soon. Since, it doesn't cost much I can't wait to buy and play with it. Great!

That's it for today. It's already sunday evening and it's going to be Monday. Arggg!

Got to go. Chow!