Here you can see my current desktop. It is Linux Mint 13 Maya Cinnamon Version including modded configuration of the first conky setup. In the noobslab website there is a very nice explanation of how to install this setup but there weren’t any explanation of the conky configuration file, that’s why I decided to write this article. Read More…
Box.com is very popular cloud storage service, similar to Dropbox and Google Drive, providing 5Gb free of charge for personal use. The service is very versatile including a lot of plugins allowing to enable additional applications to your box.com account, mobile apps for Android and iOS, and a sync client for Windows/Mac. Unfortunately there is no Linux sync client and according to the official box statement they are not planning to create one. The good news is that they support WebDav (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning), so you can mount your box.com account to a dedicated folder on your Linux PC. Read More…
If you want to have a limitless dropbox account but you don’t want to pay a monthly subscription fee, owncloud is just for you. It’s open source, lightweight, can run on Linux, MAC, Windows, have an application for mobile phones running Android and iOS. It has a calendar application, contact book, file manager, gallery with built-in image viewer and music folder. You can access all these goodies from anywhere as long as you have a working Internet connection and your server is online. Read More…
On 10 April Newtec announced in a press release that they achieved to transport STM-1 full duplex (310Mbps) into a single 36MHz transponder on Yahsat (52.5E). It is a big news in the world of satellite communications because Newtec is the first company that succeeded to carry this traffic over a single 36MHz transponder. The link is established using the Newtec’s bandwidth cancellation controller (ZN871), IP modulator with FlexACM (Flexible Adaptive Coding and Modulation) and AUPC (Automatic Uplink Power Control), Equalink and the new Clean Channel Technology™. Read More…
In this article I will explain how to easily calculate the available bandwidth for DVB-S or DVB-S2 transponders. As you probably know DVB-S is the abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting Satellite. There are also DVB-C (cable TV), DVB-H (terrestrial), all these are standards defined by ITU-T.
The general format of this formula is as follows:
Bit rate, Mbps = Bandwidth, MHz * EC * modulation ratio / (1 + roll-off factor)
Yesterday Google introduced their Google Glasses project. I really love the idea to have glasses with which you can interact during your daily life. You can check the video:
But do we really need them? Read More…
Hello, my name is Georgi Stoyanov and I am working as a Radio Satellite Engineer at Neterra, Bulgaria. I will try to post some really interesting stuff here, so keep tuned. I hope you will all enjoy my new website.
And for a final I want to share with you one of my favorite photos taken during one of my business trips.
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