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Home Assistant: Designing A Fancy Dashboard
In this article we're going to look at a Home Assistant companion - AppDaemon ▶
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Gaming
Linux Gaming on ODROID: Game Nostalgia Part 1 - Games I always come back to
I want to talk about games I used to play, or games I keep coming back to even today and games that I play on the ODROID ▶
Tinkering
eMMC Memory Modules: A Simple Guide
Have you ever wondered about using the eMMC module capability on your ODROID device but thought, naah that looks too complicated. It can be down right scary if you are new to these devices. Besides, how do you use one? What tools do you need? ▶
ODROID-XU4
Using your ODROID-XU4 as a Bluetooth A2DP Speaker or HFP Handsfree Unit With Your iPhone
The first is to stream audio via Bluetooth A2DP from an iPhone to an ODROID-XU4, and the second is to use the ODROID-XU4 as an HFP Handsfree Unit for the iPhone during calls. ▶
Linux
Kernel 5.0: the next LTS version of the Linux Kernel
Linux Kernel 5.0, which is the next LTS version of the Linux Kernel, is now available for ODROIDs! ▶
Gaming
Linux Gaming - DOSBox, an x86 DOS Emulator: Play Your Original DOS Games in HD
DOSBox is an x86 DOS Emulator that not only emulates the x86 architecture, but also emulates a common 1990s-era DOS environment. With DOSBox, you can replay your old games and play them on modern hardware, since there are many interesting and legendary DOS applications that aren’t available for Windows or ▶
Gaming
Playing Modern FNA Games on the ODROID Platform
FNA is an open source re-implementation of XNA. XNA is a game framework created by Microsoft Corp., and is quite popular. A few notable games have been written with XNA (wich is for MS Windows only) and later ported to Linux and MacOS using FNA and/or MonoGames. Let's make it work on our ODROID. ▶
ODROID-XU4
Thundroid: The Perfect Bitcoin Lightning Node
Bitcoin is a native digital currency for the internet age. It could be considered just another international currency, but one without a native country so it defies borders, trade policies, and arbitrary inflation. In the 2008 whitepaper (https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto it is described as “...a purely peer-to-peer ▶
Linux
Kodi 18.2: mali gbm driver testing on Ubuntu 18.04 minimal image
I have compiled and built Kodi version 18.2 from the final packages for public testing. You will most likely have the best luck using Kodi 18.2 with the minimal image, you are welcome to test it. The package includes the inputstream.adaptive Add-on which is needed to view DRM copy protected ▶
ODROID-XU4
Converting a Monitor to a Giant Android Tablet
This articles describes how to use an ODROID to change any monitor or TV into a giant Android tablet ▶