TITAM - Technical issues that affected me

Update:  Flud has begun consistently crashing (without errors) on the Minix.  It only runs for a few minutes and then unexpectedly disappears.  This makes it pretty hard to use the Minix for torrenting. Update #2:  Gave up on using the Minix for torrenting because the torrent software is simply not up to the task.  Flud seemed to work best, but has absolutely no support, and started downloading very, very slowly all the time.  I purchased an Asis Veriton with an SSD and, though costly, it does what I need it to do very, very, VERY well.  (It also has a serial port - yes, real RS-232 DB-9 style - for running my antique Zebra Z6Mplus thermal printer.) After noting how slow my Eeebox PC was compared to the Android-based Minix player, I wondered if I could move my torrents from the PC to the media player. The short answer is: not quite.  The main reason is that the torrent clients for Android are not quite there yet. To be fair, a torrent cli...

My media player / TV PC has always operated fine with a cordless Logitech keyboard and mouse combo.  As part of this, the space bar was play/pause, as is the default for VLC. However, the mouse was not a convenient control for the kids or wife, because it requires a surface to operate on.  After buying a Minix X8-H Plus media player with an Neo M1 air mouse, I picked up an additional air mouse to run the TV PC.  It is way more convenient and includes a built-in play/pause button, which is more intuitive.  I plan to replace it with a Mele F10 for consistency with the other systems - the F10 has controls more like a DVD player. However, after installing the M1 air mouse, the space bar on the keyboard no longer acts as the play/pause for VLC.  Only the air mouse play/pause button will work. I am using version 2 of VLC - I don't know what revision.  And it worked fine before.  And the keyboard itself works fine in all other respects, including spaces...