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Debian now got everything you need to program Micro:bit
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22nd January 2019
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I am amazed and very pleased to discover that since a few days ago, +everything you need to program the BBC +micro:bit is available from the Debian archive. All this is +thanks to the hard work of Nick Morrott and the Debian python +packaging team. The micro:bit project recommend the mu-editor to +program the microcomputer, as this editor will take care of all the +machinery required to injekt/flash micropython alongside the program +into the micro:bit, as long as the pieces are available.

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There are three main pieces involved. The first to enter Debian +was +python-uflash, +which was accepted into the archive 2019-01-12. The next one was +mu-editor, which +showed up 2019-01-13. The final and hardest part to to into the +archive was +firmware-microbit-micropython, +which needed to get its build system and dependencies into Debian +before it was accepted 2019-01-20. The last one is already in Debian +Unstable and should enter Debian Testing / Buster in three days. This +all allow any user of the micro:bit to get going by simply running +'apt install mu-editor' when using Testing or Unstable, and once +Buster is released as stable, all the users of Debian stable will be +catered for.

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As a minor final touch, I added rules to +the isenkram +package for recognizing micro:bit and recommend the mu-editor +package. This make sure any user of the isenkram desktop daemon will +get a popup suggesting to install mu-editor then the USB cable from +the micro:bit is inserted for the first time.

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This should make it easier to have fun.

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Web browser integration of VLC with Bittorrent support
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21st October 2018
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Bittorrent is as far as I know, currently the most efficient way to -distribute content on the Internet. It is used all by all sorts of -content providers, from national TV stations like -NRK, Linux distributors like -Debian and -Ubuntu, and of course the -Internet archive. - -

Almost a month ago -a new -package adding Bittorrent support to VLC became available in -Debian testing and unstable. To test it, simply install it like -this:

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-apt install vlc-plugin-bittorrent
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Since the plugin was made available for the first time in Debian, -several improvements have been made to it. In version 2.2-4, now -available in both testing and unstable, a desktop file is provided to -teach browsers to start VLC when the user click on torrent files or -magnet links. The last part is thanks to me finally understanding -what the strange x-scheme-handler style MIME types in desktop files -are used for. By adding x-scheme-handler/magnet to the MimeType entry -in the desktop file, at least the browsers Firefox and Chromium will -suggest to start VLC when selecting a magnet URI on a web page. The -end result is that now, with the plugin installed in Buster and Sid, -one can visit any -Internet -Archive page with movies using a web browser and click on the -torrent link to start streaming the movie.

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Note, there is still some misfeatures in the plugin. One is the -fact that it will hang and -block VLC -from exiting until the torrent streaming starts. Another is the -fact that it -will pick -and play a random file in a multi file torrent. This is not -always the video file you want. Combined with the first it can be a -bit hard to get the video streaming going. But when it work, it seem -to do a good job.

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For the Debian packaging, I would love to find a good way to test -if the plugin work with VLC using autopkgtest. I tried, but do not -know enough of the inner workings of VLC to get it working. For now -the autopkgtest script is only checking if the .so file was -successfully loaded by VLC. If you have any suggestions, please -submit a patch to the Debian bug tracking system.

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As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my -activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address -15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

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