Installing Sickbeard - Debian based OS's

We are going to install a super cool program now called sickbeard. Sickbeard is targeted at Usenet users, and is designed to find its content on Usenet. BUT! It also has a really very functional torrent search built in too. So lets just dive right in and get things going. [UPDATE: the torrent search function is a bit limited these days unless you have some pretty gnarly private tracker invites. Check out my post on getting started with Usenet if you want to use this program to its full potential.]

What is SSH and how do I do it? [beginners]

One of the biggest obstacles people must overcome in order to start using more advanced computer techniques, is their reliance on the graphic user interface or GUI.

Every time a friend asks me how to do [some complicated computer task] and I begin to explain the terminal commands they need to use, they cut me off and assert, "There must be a program that I can use!"

It is not always the case that a graphic program is available. Many developers are good at programming scripts and making a code do what they want, but have no interest in spending ten times as long building a GUI for that small piece of code.

What to do after jailbreaking your atv2

To install new applications on your jailbroken atv2 you will need to use the command line. If you immediately ran away from your computer screaming, please settle down... that sort of behavior is undignified!

To communicate with the atv2 you will need to SSH into the device. This is far easier than it seems. Whenever you read that you need to ssh into a device it just means that we need to use the ssh protocol to talk to the device. This allows us to remotely access the command line which is native to the apple tv.

We will use a few simple commands to automatically install the programs you so keenly desire.

Jailbreak the Apple TV 2 with seas0npass

Many of you are probably familiar with the concept of jailbreaking a smartphone. Using third party software to open up the phone's root file system and allowing the user to install custom themes and applications.

Apple TV 2nd Generation

Many people, it seems, are unaware that they can also jailbreak the Apple TV to get some great new features!

There is no reason not to try it out. Even if the jailbreak is a failure you can always restore the device in iTunes and have a factory fresh feel in no time. There is no risk!