Author: Nayar

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Stream Movies from your PC (Linux) to your Android

Wanna watch or copy a movie found on your Computer directly from your Android phone? Here’s what to do.

Setting up share on your PC (KDE Linux)

1. Right Click on your movie folder.

2. Go to Share > Share with windows. Give only yourself the right to access the files for security reasons.

Setting up your Android phone

1. Download and install Es File Explorer from the Play Store here.

2. Open the newly installed App.

3. Swype your fingers from Right to Left on the screen. Make a new scan.

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4. Press the IP of your PC. Long press on the movie folder then Add to server list

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5. Go back to the server list,  Edit the one you’ve just added and insert your Username and Password.

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6. You can now view movies stored on your PC. Tap on them to play

Enjoy!!!

NOTE: You can now copy films to and from the Mobile using WiFi. Just play around 🙂

 

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Results: How much data Android eats on standby

I had made an experiment to estimate how much data Android consumes on idle. The results are now out!

I lent my sister the phone today as she needed it for school. So i took the reading earlier at 07:30.

So, for 8hrs and 30 mins, my money went from Rs 22.20 to Rs 20.84 i.e. Rs 1.36 (453KB)

Here’s the extrapolated costs:-
1 hr: Rs 0.16 (53KB)
1 day: Rs 3.84 (1MB)
1 week: Rs 26.88 (9MB)
1 month: Rs 107.52 (35MB)

Assumptions:-
– You will be out all the time.
When you are at home, you would be connected to WiFi therefore it won’t be reflected on your bill
– No browsing or other manual Internet tasks were carried out.
In real life, you’ll be browsing the net occasionally, checking Facebook, reading emails etc.

Conclusion:-
It is a very bad idea to let your Android Internet on while you are out. It is recommended to deactivate data network whenever you don’t need it.

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My First Qt App ft. Linux Notifications

This is more than just a “Hello World” app. It uses the linux notification API to send global notifications.

It is very easy to do this. It’s like working in Visual Basics.
– Create a button in the ui editor.
– Right-click on it then select “Go to slot”
– Select signal “clicked()”

For following code will be created in mainwindow.cpp

void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
{
}

Now you can add the notify function between the curly brackets

system("kdialog --title '*le Nayar testing' --passivepopup \"Hahaha, i still don't know how to fetch the text above :P\"");

You can alternatively use libnotify instead of kdialog. libnotify works in both GNOME and KDE.

system("notify-send '*le Nayar testing' \"Hahaha, i still don't know how to fetch the text above :P\"");

Now i need to put some variables instead of hardcoding texts and play with the options provided by kdialog and libnotify 😉