I recently upgraded the audio card on my Ubuntu (7.10) system, which was an "issue" simply because I created it (instead of looking at the issue and jumping to conclusions instead of analyzing possible causes). Suffice it to say, a word to the wise... If your motherboard comes with a soundcard embedded and you want to use an enhanced or better quality sound card in one of your PCI slots... Make your life easy, simply disable the on-board audio in the BIOS setting of your motherboard. I did not do this initially. The ...
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When I'm working, I like to listen to music (which I stream over the local network). I also often download ISO images of Ubuntu CD's, Ultimate Boot CD, etc. The problem comes when I have to power down my main computer. If I have an ISO downloading from Ubuntu or somewhere else, I cannot power down. Needless to say, that was an annoyance as I did not want to leave my main computer on when I was not using it. Not anymore!
I picked up a small used PC that would make a great mini-fileserver with a small footprint; so it...
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I received a couple questions this morning about "apt-get" and thought they were good in the sense that the answer helped to alleviate a couple of my personal annoyances. What are these annoyances? Well...
When I use "apt-get remove" the package is removed, but all the associated extra libraries (dependencies) are not. Additionally if I use apt-get to install a package, I always get the current package (in retrospect I'll rename this as a benefit!), but sometimes I need to install an earlier version of a package.
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When I was still a Windows user. I found it easy to create PDF documents through the use of software such as Adobe Distiller, Cute PDF Writer and so on...
After switching to Ubuntu, I was a little unsure how to do this until I installed OpenOffice which made PDF creation simple by using the file menu "Export as PDF" option. My problem was that I occasionally needed to do the same thing while using other applications.
Here is a simpler, effective solution. The "cups-pdf" (printing) can simply add that enhanced featur...
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I was asked earlier if there is a way to capture or save the audio on DVD's to MP3 (I prefer ogg, which also works using this method). While I have no idea of the legality (with regards to saving audio tracks off a DVD), you should therefore check the laws in your area before using this method. After much Googling I also, you will need a transcoder (lsdvd) to do this.
If you already have lsdvd installed on your system, you can skip the first step.
To install lsdvd, run the following command from a terminal:
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For some time I thought streamed online video (flv) could be downloaded easiest using one of the many Firefox Extensions and others such as VideoDownloader 2.0 from JaviMoya.com. In other words, I always thought I had to install something - Not so!
I was surprised that there are two even simpler ways anyone can save flv video files.
1) In your Firefox address bar, type:
about:cache
Then, under the title "Disk cache device" click "List Cache Entries". They may take time to list. After they are list...
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The Ubuntu certification track is available and there is sure to be a demand!
This reminds me of my earlier days when I studied to obtain various certifications, MCSE among others. While later I did check the RHCE and associated certifications, I found (at that time) the costing to be somewhat excessive. In truth I was also somewhat jaded by my experiences with the MCSE certification. To be blunt, demand was very low for MCSE's after finally obtaining certification (at that time) and that lack left me leary (to inve...
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I had an interesting conversation yesterday about keeping your computer safe on the Internet. One of the issues raised was that Ubuntu was not as safe as Windows, because there was no Firewall software like Zonealarm; and instead Linux Ubuntu users had to install a separate physical firewall. "That is just not true!" Although I don't think that's quite what I said at the time... <smiling>
While I do agree (very much) that it is safe to maintain a separate physical firewall; many of us do not necessarily have ...
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The good people over at thecomputingexpert.com wrote an insightful article, outlining the advantages of Ubuntu Linux. I must say that I agree with many of the points, however, I have to completely disagree with their perspective on networking. They say "...The other day I was amazed with how easy it was to connect my Ubuntu laptop to my Windows XP PC. I simply plugged in my laptop to the network hub and it immediately connected with no problems, I didn’t even have to configure it..."
Not in my case. I had to insta...
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