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I have a small ssd (c:\) so I installed my Steam client on my hdd (d:\). But there is a game I wanted to be on my ssd (c:\), here are the steps to do it:

1. Close Steam
2. Move the game to the new location
   e.g.: from “d:\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas” to “c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas”
3. Open a command prompt
   go in –> “Start Menu” –> “Run..” –> type “cmd”
4. Create a Windows symlink
   type: mklink /J “d:\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas” “c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas”
   output: Junction created for d:\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas <==> c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas

Now start your Steam client and the game will run from its new location.

NOTE: Dead Money DLC didn’t install while using a symlink, I had to move the game back in its original location to download and install the DLC.

1. Edit /etc/default/grub and add:
   GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="usbcore.autosuspend=-1"
2. Run update-grub
3. Edit /etc/crontab add:
   @reboot root echo -n USB0 > /proc/acpi/wakeup
4. Plug the USB Receiver into the lowest port under the PS/2 connector
5. Reboot

I am using Ubuntu 9.10 and XBMC 9.11.

SOURCE: http://www.minimyth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2524

The Acer EasyStore H340 comes with 1 x 1TB HDD and room for three more drives (SATA-II). A low power Atom 230, 2 GB of Ram and an internal 256M flash storage to install FreeNAS 64 bits. This comes in a nice 7.9″ (200mm) W x 7.1″ (180mm) D x 8.3″ (212mm) H casing.

I am curious to see if the Atom 230 is enough horsepower for ZFS, anybody tried it?

SOURCE: HappyBison.com

I wrote this script because I never found a Transmission remote GUI that permits to start downloading a torrent in a specific directory.

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To install iconv on a “data” parition:

export PKG_TMPDIR=/mnt/usb-data/temp
pkg_add -r iconv -P /mnt/usb-data/pkg

And execute this at boot time:
ln -s /mnt/usb-data/pkg/bin/iconv /bin/iconv

Dell is working on their smallest and greenest desktop PC (81% smaller and 70% less enegy-consuming). No name yet only this rendered preview. It should also be shipped in recycled and recyclable packaging.  !

Source: GIZMODO

In a not so far future, a son goes to see his dad and ask him: “Eh daddy what are “inches”?”. The father think for a minute or two and answer him: “You know my son, the “inches” are an old measurement system, an inch measure 25.4 mm, and it was invented to measure the diagonal size of TVs and computer screens. It took a long time to realize that it had no other application.”.

The son thanked his father and went back to play.

Damn standard units!