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After installing Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron), I didn’t get any sound when I tried to play sound files in Amarok (the distribution’s own package of version 1.4.9.1), a music oriented audio player/music library for *nix.
I fixed this by changing opening Settings - Configure Amarok - Engine and changing the Xine engine’s (no other engine [...]
The Lexmark E232 laser printer I need to use at the office works for me in Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron) if added in the “System -> Administration -> Printing” as a “Generic PCL 5c Printer” using the “CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2 Simplified” CUPS driver.
In this particular setup, the printer is shared from its USB port using [...]
I generally find music videos with bands miming songs to be depressing nonsense. An exception to this rule is made by The Get Out Clause, an unsigned Manchester band with their video for a song titled “Paper” (link to higher quality Youtube video).
By cleverly taking advantage of The United Kingdom’s groundbreaking pioneer work in making [...]
Enligt artiklar i Huvudstadsbladet och Helsingin Sanomat vill Finlands Försvarsmakts kommendör amiral Juhani Kaskeala införa obligatoriskt uppbåd för kvinnor. Från Hufvudstadsblandet:
Försvarsmaktens kommendör amiral Juhani Kaskeala bedömer att Finland kunde ta i bruk en uppbådsplikt för kvinnor. [...] Kaskeala vill ändå inte utvidga den obligatoriska värn- och civiltjänstgöringsplikten till att gälla kvinnor. [...] Kaskeala specificerade inte [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger instant messaging network (formerly MSN Messenger) is currently blocking messages with urls that contain *.youtube.com. Tietokone, a Finnish IT publication reports that this applies to messages with links to *.mediafire.com, too.
WTF, how did the people running Windows Live even come up with such a lousy idea? I’m guessing the explanation, if [...]
EDIT: This post gets some traffic from Google users who probably are more interested in a later post on fixing a problem causing Ubuntu 8.04’s Amarok not to play any sound.
After upgrading to Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) I noticed that Amarok (Ubuntu package version 1.4.9.1-0ubuntu3), one of my preferred audio players/music libraries, didn’t [...]
The GNOME desktop environment project is plagued by a design philosophy that apparently aims to make user interfaces suitable for lobotomy victims at the cost of removing features and options from the GUI. This has been discussed endlessly elsewhere.
Something probably related to this surfaced when I upgraded to Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron). A [...]
Although the new Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS release is nice and polished, there are a few glitches in how the bundled GNOME environment allows the user to customize some behavior.
Settings for how the desktop environment should handle removable media are important for me as I loathe the idea of having to deal with any [...]
As announced yesterday, a new Nine Inch Nails single titled “Discipline” is available as a free, decent quality VBR mp3 download. The song itself is a nice and catchy thing.
In addition to the obvious artist and track title tags, the file contains the following additional id3 metadata tags:
Album: ?
Comment: Go to www.nin.com May 5
The [...]
In other news, somewhat related to my previous post: Russia may in the future require registration of “every Wi-Fi device and hotspot”. What a goddamn Kafka-Orwellian nightmare that country must be.
[via: Slashdot]
