It turns out that getting a sound output from a HDMI connected display when using Alsa is actually really simple. Here is the outline of the process.
1. Install alsa-utils (we need a tool called aplay). For example: sudo apt-get install alsa-utils
2. Open a terminal client and type aplay -l to list all your sound devices.
You will get something like this: Continue reading
You might have an English only Firefox installed within your system and the question then occurs: How to change the language? The notes presented below should work somewhat universally among different systems using Firefox. Continue reading
This time the post comes as a PDF file so that any unneeded marking errors could be avoided. The topic of today is about using multiple screens on lightweight desktops.
Techtimejourney.net: How to use multiple screens on lightweight desktops: Arandr and Xrandr.pdf
One of the most common things happening when a computer is being used for a long time is that there tends to be various logs and extra files, which remain anything but useful. Given the previous, it is sometimes in place to purge some historical records and throw those residuals out from the system altogether. Here are some cleaning techniques for Linux boxes. Continue reading