Migrating CentOS VM’s from Xen to Proxmox

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In the day job, I’m in the process of migrating the VM estate from an aging collection of Xen hosts to Proxmox. All of the VM’s are CentOS (v5 to v7, with a couple of v4!) with a mixture of bare partitions and LVM-based installs. TBH, the last time I had to deal with Xen […]

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The GameSir G6s Mobile Gaming Controller

The GameSir G6s gaming controller for mobile devices is there for all those times when your gaming on the go needs more than just a touchscreen.   What’s this mobile gaming thing all about anyway?.. The rise of mobile gaming is more than just people playing Candy Crush on their commute. With games like Fortnite […]

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Fiio BTR3

Fiio BTR3 Bluetooth headset

This is a review of the Fiio BTR3 Hi-Res audio Bluetooth amplifier and USB DAC Why do we need high-resolution audio playback anyway?… There are some who say that hi-res audio is a bit of a myth, in that if you can’t physically hear it, then you’re just adding data that is unnecessary. Then there […]

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ClockworkPi GameShell front view of assembled device

The ClockworkPi GameShell open-source handheld console

I first read about the ClockworkPi GameShell back when it was a Kickstarter project. In short, it’s a handheld retro gaming device that runs (Debian) Linux and looks like a chunky GameBoy. However, the difference between the GameShell and its Nintendo inspiration, is that this device is fully open-source for both software and hardware. Their […]

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reMarkable Tablet

The reMarkable Tablet

Every so often I see something on Kickstarter/Indiegogo and think “I really need that, it’ll be incredibly useful”, and so far, that has been true for this, the reMarkable tablet. Essentially, it’s like a really big Kindle that you can write on, that sync’s to the web and your desktop. But there is more… The […]

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