Apr

7

The Trouble With Webcams and Ubuntu Linux

April 7, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Experiences

Recently I ran into issues with using my webcam in Ubuntu. Specifically the video would freeze (or not appear at all) and the functionality was terrible (in that most features were not available). Needless to say, personally, I wish it would be something that the open source community could fix (I’m not a developer, so [...]

Mar

16

Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux

March 16, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 11 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On

For those of you who follow my other blog, you’ll know that my last Windows PC had a major failure again. You can read some of the specifics in the “When Disaster Strikes – Again” post. At that point I decided to install Ubuntu (effectively removing Windows based PC’s from the network). In some ways [...]

Nov

20

Adobe Flash 10 64-Bit – Use the Alpha Version Instead?

November 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in How to...

I was sent a link this morning, suggesting that the Alpha version of Adobe Flash Player 10 on Linux is better than any of the “stable” versions. While I’m not necessarily an expert in application development (heck, I don’t even know how to program), I did find the suggestion interesting. I currently have Adobe 9 [...]

Jun

20

Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – Hardware Installation.

June 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On

As mentioned in the introduction (where I listed the hardware and software I used for this hands-on project), we need to ensure that our hardware is set-up and working before moving on. To recap, here is the list of hardware used: Shuttle SN68SG2 Socket AM2 Barebone – NVIDIA 7025, Audio, Video, PCI Express, Gigabit LAN, [...]

Mar

26

Create Flash Content in Linux – A Missing Link for Developers?

March 26, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Applications, News

Last month we posted “Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications”, which listed some really good open source applications. One of the things missing was a good OpenSource, Flash content creation tool. It seems there’s a new application in town! On March 25, 2008 the “Salasaga” site announced a snapshot release of their developing [...]

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