Nov 30, 2015 Posted by newlife007

Managing Your Collections with DataCrow Server

Introduction Let’s face it, we collect things, many different things. One issue we have is keeping track of them, but with technology and many computers we have options at our disposal. One of many programs is DataCrow. I have written about this program years back and feel it needs revisited with improvements. DataCrow can be run in several different ways, portable, standalone and also as a client /... read more

Nov 24, 2015 Posted by newlife007

Upgrading From Fedora 21 to Fedora 23 with fedup

Introduction The warnings have been appearing, Fedora 21 is loosing support on December 1, 2015 due to the recent release of Fedora 23. So now is the time to upgrade. Well fear not the upgrade is simple with the application fedup.  We just need a good Internet connection and a bit of patience. So let’s get started. Preparing for the Upgrade So we are now ready to start the process. On your Fedora 21... read more

Nov 17, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Convert M2TS to MKV Using MKVtoolNIX

Introduction So you are in process of building a Media Server in your home to move your collection from DVD / Blu-Ray to your drive to stream to your TV’s and other devices. While transferring and you have run into a file on the Blu-Ray that has the m2ts file extension. The question is how do we make this available for streaming? Simple answer and solution is to convert to another format. In this... read more

Nov 15, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How to Uninstall Windows 10 and Downgrade

Introduction So you have taken the bite on the Windows 10 free upgrade icon that magically appeared on your status bar and you really miss what you had. There is good news if you are under 30 days since you installed the upgrade. If it has been over a month, or if you have run Disk Cleanup tool and removed the “Previous Windows Installation” files or deleted C:\Windows.old directory, you will... read more

Nov 10, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Convert DVD and Blu-ray with MakeMKV

Introduction To go along with other posts and conversion we have another tool to add to your arsenal called MakeMKV which runs on Windows, OS X and Linux. It is fast and easy to use. What is MakeMKV? According to the developer. MakeMKV is your one-click solution to convert video that you own into free and patents-unencumbered format that can be played everywhere. MakeMKV is a format converter, otherwise... read more