System Profiler and Benchmark: Hardinfo

Hey folks,

today I want to suggest you a simple tool for system profiling and benchmark. It is called Hardinfo, hosted at http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage

We will take a look at the installation procedure and examine its features, which can be grouped in two set: the system informations and the machine benchmarks.

As it is quite rare to find a software suite with these features I suggest you to spread the word!

Phctool bug with kernels 2.6.38

Hey guys,

unfortunately another bug in phc and phctool.... with 2.6.38 kernel throttling interface has moved, so you get:

Undervolting CPU in Ubuntu

Hi guys,

as for MakeMKV I want to open another tool to Ubuntu users too: PHC. It stands for Processor Hardware Control and, as it's easy to understand, it allows users to customize some features of CPU control in a linux environment, as undervolting.

Gentoo users should look at this specific guide!


!!UPDATED UBUNTU 11.10 VERSION!!!
!!UPDATED UBUNTU 12.04 VERSION!!!

Bluray on Ubuntu without rip!

Hey guys,

few months ago I wrote down a guide for Gentoo to play Bluray Discs without ripping. As it seems that the topic is hot I want to help Ubuntu and Debian friends too :]. The solution is the same, just the package handling is different, so the how-to will have some changes!

Phctool patch for 2.6.36 kernels

Here comes a bug solution for Phctool, committed in gentoo package 0.5.2-2-r1 and developed by me :]

Phctool python-based graphic interface seems to not work due to the way CPUs id is defined. Looks like it's based still on /proc/acpi/processor/CPU./info which is no more present in my system. It looks like that kernel 2.6.36 and later doesn't support those deprecated /proc/acpi directories even with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS enabled.