I was always interested in going furether than the pre-made RGB equipement by various manufacturers because each system was only compatible with only one brand (ex: iCUE, RGB Fusion, Asus RGB …) and that their RGB softwares were very unfinished and didn’t exploit the full potential of the RGB hardware.

First Attempt

So, when I built my first desktop PC, I decided to create from scratch a custom RGB system. This was based on an arduino board, internally connected to my PC using USB. This arduino was controlling cheap adressable RGB strips (WS2812B) powered by my PSU in 5v. On the software side, I developped a custom C# application, LedControl. This was my first attempt at controlling my RGB leds.

Introduction

A few months ago, I stumbled upon the DS Linux project while browsing the internet. The project is not actively developed anymore (which was to expect as the DS is a pretty old device with the first model released in 2004). However, working builds are available on their website here and I wanted to play a bit with it.

Installation

According to the project’s website, DS Linux is compatible with the original DS and the DS Lite (this is the one that I own), and maybe the newer models in compatibility mode. To install it on my DS Lite, I downloaded the dslinux-dldi version, as I own a memory expansion pack (which allows to store and edit configuration), and extracted the content at the root of the sd card.

Introduction

Wake on Lan is a technology delvelopped in 1995, that allows you to start a computer by sending a magic packet (usually in udp). I use it since a few years and it is especially useful when you are in a remote place, you can just start your computer and connect to it through rdp. The only problem is that this approach is not really suitable for dual-boot setups.

Introduction

With the recent turn of events (upcoming requirement of a facebook account to use your oculus), I finally decided to get my oculus working fully offline, but it was harder than I thought.

First Attempt

Indeed, if you can use your headset without an internet connection, you still need to have the oculus software installed. So, after some research, I came across this topic where a user describes how to backup the installer files to use it offline. So I tested it and ….