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The most recent update for Chromium on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS on the 4.14.73-149 kernel on the XU4 fixed an annoying bug for those of us who use YouTube with 2-factor authentication on the XU4. Although the update stated it was...

If you follow this blog, you can probably tell that we've been enjoying playing with the VoDisplay lately. We're wanting to add the VoCam + VoDisplay as an auditing step in our shipping processes, so we're looking at a way...

Because the VoDisplay's driver, vodisp, can only display raw bitmap images at present, we cannot simply display text to it. However, with help from the tools we installed in the earlier article about the VoDisplay, we can make it happen....

Introduction The VoDisplay works best with a 24-bit BMP image. In order to capture your screen and display it on the VoDisplay, it is currently required to create an image in this format before displaying it. Installing Prerequisites These prerequisites...

Real-World Server Applications for SBCs Two of the most important applications for servers are not really tasks at all--they’re uptime and data redundancy. Here’s where SBCs can come to the rescue.   While we have multiple heavy-duty Intel servers in...

Ideas for Leveraging SBCs in Your Workstation Setup (and other areas of your life)   SBCs are a great tool for computing tasks that need to be running all the time. As SBCs have a very low power overhead, they...

Making Single Board Computers Work for You in Any Workflow   Maybe you’re like me. One of the old-school computer tinkerers that started on 8-bit machines back around 1980 when home computers were just hitting the scene. A time when...