If you want to install additional Python [1] modules inside your Blender [2] environment, you can install PIP using this recommended script [3], then use PIP to install all modules that you want. Note Blender’s Python Virtualenv location is /path_to_blender/blender_version/python/bin/python and you need to use this particular interpreter to launch the script.
[1] https://www.python.org/
[2] https://www.blender.org/
[3] https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/
Python 3.6.0 NumPy and SciPy from MacPorts crash on import bug [1].
[1] https://trac.macports.org/ticket/53453
Google have implemented my idea to make Google Books TTS work like an audio player – it can now work in background and being controlled with bluetooth headset – so I can play, pause and rewind paragraphs of the book read by speech synthesizer just as it was music. This is soo fantastic!!
I have been proposing this solution to Amazon to implement in Kindle for Android, but for years they did not listen. I have switched to Kindle application after Amazon bricked my Kindle3 3G reader with a software update (and all other devices worldwide). Now I just wait until Google Books allow to import my Kindle library, and I will never go back to Kindle. Greedy loses twice.
I have recently started the OrangeADE project [1], that is Orange Autonomous Device Evaluation, an online platform to evaluate security level of network equipment and verify against known vulnerabilities. OrangeADE is released as Open-Source under the “new” 3-Clause BSD license. Enjoy the work in progress! ๐
[1] https://github.com/CeDeROM/OrangeADE
You just need to see this awsome Mars Curiosity [1] simuluator [2] made by NASAJPL [3] with Blender3D [4] Blend4Web [5] HTML5 [6] WebGL [7] Free and Open-Source Software ๐
[1] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl
[2] https://eyes.nasa.gov/curiosity
[3] http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
[4] https://www.blender.org
[5] https://www.blend4web.com
[6] https://www.w3.org/TR/html5
[7] https://www.khronos.org/webgl
Blender 3D can work with DualShock4 Playstation4 wireless controller over Bluetooth [1].
[1] http://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/78315
Use advanced features of your Synaptics Trackpad on a laptop running FreeBSD [1] with:
hw.psm.synaptics_support="1"
moused_enable="YES"
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
If you want to have “MacBook” like two-finger scrolling along with other parameters you can set in /etc/sysctl.conf:
hw.psm.synaptics.min_pressure=16 hw.psm.synaptics.max_pressure=220 hw.psm.synaptics.max_width=10 hw.psm.synaptics.vscroll_hor_area=1300 hw.psm.synaptics.vscroll_ver_area=-600 hw.psm.synaptics.vscroll_min_delta=50 hw.psm.synaptics.vscroll_div_min=100 hw.psm.synaptics.vscroll_div_max=150 hw.psm.synaptics.weight_current=3 hw.psm.synaptics.weight_previous=6 hw.psm.synaptics.weight_previous_na=20 hw.psm.synaptics.weight_len_squared=2000 hw.psm.synaptics.div_min=9 hw.psm.synaptics.div_max=17 hw.psm.synaptics.div_max_na=30 hw.psm.synaptics.div_len=100 hw.psm.synaptics.margin_top=200 hw.psm.synaptics.margin_right=200 hw.psm.synaptics.margin_bottom=200 hw.psm.synaptics.margin_left=200 hw.psm.synaptics.window_min=4 hw.psm.synaptics.window_max=10 hw.psm.synaptics.multiplicator=10000
[1] https://wiki.freebsd.org/SynapticsTouchpad
If you want to use NTFS volumes on FreeBSD [1], you need to use FUSE infrastructure andNTFS-3G [2] port. Syntax of fstab is a bit differen in this case:
/dev/ntfs_partition /mnt/ntfs_mounpoint fuse rw,locale=pl_PL.UTF8,mountprog=/usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g 0 0
Also remember to put fuse_load=”YES” in /boot/loader.conf and install the sysutils/fusefs-ntfs port. Do not use hibernated volumes.
[1] https://www.freebsd.org
[2] https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs
If you happen to get a nice laptop with a powerful graphics card, such as polish HYPERBOOK SL502VR [1], it is highly probable that you will use UEFI boot mode. In that case you need to use SCFB [2] driver instead of VESA. Use the xf86-video-scfb package to get Xorg running.
Hybrid Graphics at first used MUX device that did a LCD connect to a selected video card on boot. Nowadays both cards use common Video Framebuffer [3] to draw over a screen. The simple video card (Intel in my case) is always active, while the more powerful and power consuming video card is started on-demand (nVidia in my case). This however requires a dedicated DMA BUF implementation, which is not yet available on FreeBSD, so none of the cards can see any monitor connected, resulting in “No Screens Found Error” from Xorg.
I have already reported a bug/feature request to nVidia. Also developers of FreeBSD are working on the Hybrid Graphics implementation.
[1] http://sklep.hyperbook.pl/hyperbook-sl502-vr-p651rp6g-gtx-1060-p-25965.html
[2] https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/SCFB
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framebuffer
I am really unhappy that Google’s Android 7 started living with its own life against its user will. Android 7 will turn on and off Bluetooth connectivity on its own and scan the area itself, even that you turn off the Bluetooth device by hand. It looks that you have no control over your own phone anymore! Shame on you Google! Really poor design idea ๐
Update: I have reported this issue to Google Security Team, they got interested, so this does not seem to be a “standard feature”.. maybe a phone design flaw or firmware/microcode bug..