Author Archives: Jouni Rinne

Punching Pulseaudio-RTP through a firewall

As I mentioned in the previous post, I recently set up a network audio server computer using pulseaudio-rtp. Because it would have been a waste of resources to use it only for audio work, I started using it for some … Continue reading

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M-Audio Audiophile 2496 and Pulseaudio

When I built my previous Linux workstation in 2007, I equipped it with a M-Audio Audiophile 2496 professional audio card. I was very pleased with its quality – superb sound, excellent recording capabilities, S/PDIF and MIDI in/out, and proper RCA … Continue reading

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How to resurrect an 80’s Hitachi MX-W01 CD Slimline System

Motto: “If you buy a quality product, you don’t need to replace it every 35 years.” I bought the Hitachi MX-W01 CD Slimline System in 1986, that is, 35 years ago. It was my first proper stereo system, and so … Continue reading

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Useful snippets #5: GTK3 dark theme with Firefox

A long-standing problem with Firefox on Linux, when an user is using a dark GTK3 theme like Adwaita:dark, is the “bleeding” of the desktop colors to the actual web page. Because almost all web developers assume that everyone is using … Continue reading

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Light in a Box

Added a lightbox plugin to the site for easier viewing of the pictures. Should have done that years ago…

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