How to: Install Simple Computer Remote on your Raspberry Pi

This short guide will show you how to install the Simple Computer Remote server on your Raspberry Pi. You will need a networked Raspberry Pi and a Android device running Android 2.1 or newer.

First we need to download the server package. Grab it from the github page and save it to a location of your choosing. For reference we use /home/pi.

Then we need to install the deb package, to do this we use the Debian Package Management System.
Open up a terminal window and browse to the folder you saved the file to, then type:

• sudo dpkg -i simplecomputerremote_1.2_armhf.deb

Now we need to make sure SimpleComputerRemote runs as a startup application. To do this we have to create a new file in /home/pi/.config/autostart. We do this using the following commands:

• sudo mkdir /home/pi/.config/autostart/
• cd /home/pi/.config/autostart/
• sudo nano RCS-autostart.desktop

The first command creates the folder /home/pi/.config/autostart, the second commands takes us to the directory, and the third command opens up a new file for us in nano, this is our autostart file. Enter the following 7 lines to the file and we're almost finished!

[Desktop Entry]
name=SimpleComputerRemote
GenericName=Remote Control
Comment=Allow remote control using Simple Computer Remote
Exec=/opt/rekap/SimpleComputerRemote
Terminal=False
Type=Application

Press "ctrl + X" then "Y" to save the document and close the editor. Then reboot your Raspberry Pi using the command:

• sudo reboot

Now all you have to do is install the Android App, connect to the Raspberry Pi and you're good to go!

A free BOINC skin

Sitting watching the BOINC bar move ever so slowly, I stole a little cpu time from it and made it a nice new skin. free boinc skins

Hit the picture to get the zip, and unpack to "C:\Program Files\BOINC\Skins" - assuming BOINC is in it's default location. Feel free to leave a comment if you like it :) Now back to the crunching

How to change language in Anno 2070

So I got myself and the wife the digital download of Anno 2070 on the nordic release date, and downloaded/installed on both our pc's, only to find the language, menus, audio ect was in German. Now I searched for hours for a solution, but since the game was only just released no such info could be found. I finally figured it out, by using the same method as was used for anno 1404.

Locate the file called "Engine.ini" for windows it'll be:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Ubisoft\ANNO 2070\Config

Open the file and located the line <LanguageTAG>ger</LanguageTAG> and change the ger to your preferred language, ie: <LanguageTAG>eng</LanguageTAG>

I hope this helps someone, as I was just about to lose my mind trying to find a solution.