Installing Third Party Applications on your Asuswrt-merlin router

If you have the Asuswrt-merlin router, then you have a world of possibilities unlike before. In order to install third party applications you will need to enter the world of Entware. Entware is a software repository for devices such as routers. To get into the world of Entware you will need to : 1. Be comfortable with using SSH 2. Have a USB flash drive/disk connected to your router. For 1 - Turn on SSH on your router. You can enable this under Administration > System > Enable SSH. I would enable this for LAN Only at this stage. To connect...

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Asuswrt-merlin mounting a USB device

So you've formatted your USB drive to ext4, stuck it into your router and your router recognises the plugged in USB device but it sez that it is unmounted. What gives ? Well, first step is to check the system logs (see the left hand side menu options). If the logs states something like "couldn't mount RDWR because of unsupported optional features" then most likely what's happened is that you've formatted your USB drive on your computer which is supporting features than what can be recognised by your router. A simple way to fix this is to format...

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Video editing in linux

My primary desktop for development is now Linux desktop. I've got it running on my laptop's, and computers with various distros (Ubuntu being used primarily with Gnome). Although I've been using Linux since the 90s, Windows has always existed. However, with vscode and online application like gdocs etc... I've managed to use Linux as my primary os. The question of Linux not having the software to support everyday use was finally busted. I became very adapted to using Linux, and used the alternative software such as gimp etc... For the various tasks...

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Trying out Ionic 4

Ionic 4 is now in Beta which brings breaking changes to your application - you can read about the benefits that Ionic 4 brings to the table here. This article will be a living document where I'll cover my experiences with Ionic 4, so please be prepared for new information to be added to this article and information to be removed (if it is not valid). . Ionic 4 Documentation Since Ionic 4 is in early beta there is very little documentation available...

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VisualStudio Code Hide JS Files

If you are working with Visual Studio Code and working with Typescript you'll soon notice that you are cluttered with JS files that are equivalent to your typescript file (these are the compiled/interpreted versions). To get some order in your workflow, its often to get them out of the way and you can do this by editing the settings. To do this first open settings via File > Preferences > Settings  or use the keyboard combination CTRL + , Once your settings is opened simply place the following lines "**/*.js": {"when": "$(basename).ts"}, "**/*.map":...

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Possible solutions to getting react native app built

This document is a work in progress, I'm documenting the errors and pitfalls of developing in react native under Ubuntu. This is documented in the hope that someone finds this useful or if I need to refer to this again at some point in the future. I am by no means an expert in this, I'm documenting what I have encountered and what had worked for me. I only advise that you can try these out at your own risk, as I cannot accept any responsibility. Issue: Could not determine java version from '9.0.1'. Solution : From your project directory navigate...

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React Native CLI Commands

This will be updated with react-native cli commands that I come across as my reference: Creating a project  react-native init <project_name> i.e react-native init helloworld The first time you run this command it will take a little while to download all the dependencies for your project. Run App in IOS  Execute this in your project directory (i.e cd helloworld) react-native run-ios Run App in Android  Execute this in your project directory (i.e cd helloworld) react-native run-android ...

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