I was using gmusicbrowser for a while as it was a nice interface. However I came upon Amarok 2.2 and it has persuaded me to go back to it because it has an even simpler interface (in my opinion of course!). The one thing that was holding me back was the multimedia keys not [...]
Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category
How to use Multimedia keyboard for Amarok 2
Posted in Linux on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Firefox font rendering in Ubuntu solution
Posted in Linux on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had this problem with Firefox 3.5 where the font would look a little fuzzy round the edges and I tried changing the Appearances->Fonts and editing .font.conf file in my home directory, all to no avail. Then I came across a post on the net, which unfortunately cannot find again, but it appears the solution [...]
Handbrake 0.9.3 segmentation fault
Posted in Linux on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While using Handbrake I tried to re-encode some .mp4 files but everytime I pressed start, it would crash almost immediately and close down the GUI. I tried using Handbrake CLI and the error was a segmentation fault.
1. Went to the Handbrake website and downloaded the source
2. Extracted and in the new folder, in Terminal, typed [...]
How to fix ‘Firefox titlebar disappears’ problem in Ubuntu
Posted in Linux on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This problem had been bugging me for ages but thanks to a quick google search for the problem I found that by going to compizconfig-settings-manager in the System-preferences(you need to have it installed obviously, which is easily done via Synaptics package manager) and then into Utility-Workarounds and unticking the full screen legacy support that all [...]
Installing KMyMoney 0.9.3 on Ubuntu 9.04
Posted in Linux on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quick how-to guide on installing KMyMoney 0.9.3 which is a budget manager similar to Microsoft Money or Quicken or even GnuCash. I’ve found it be the most user friendly of these on the Linux platform.
Download KMyMoney 0.9.3 from the website
Follow the readme text file within the tarball to read how to install
For some [...]
Upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 beta
Posted in Linux on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve decided to take the upgrade challenge from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04 beta. I tried the update-manager -d route but it had some trouble installing it. First there was an error with some md5 hash which I solved by removing the partner sources from the repositries. Unfortunately, this just seemed to partially install some elements [...]
How to delete stubborn trashbin files in Ubuntu 8.10
Posted in Linux on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First, I set a little shortcut on my menu to run ‘gksudo nautilus’, which when clicked will ask for your root password. Then in the file manager window that pops up, navigate to home/(username)/.local/share/trash/ then delete the files you want to delete both in the files folder and the info folder.
Now using Ubuntu 8.10
Posted in Linux on March 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve decided that Ubuntu 8.10 is the best linux distro that I’ve tried, which has admittedly been just a few. Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Linux Mint and OpenSuse 10 are the ones I’ve tried but I feel that Ubuntu has a nicer user interface than the others and there appears to be more help in the community [...]
Added K9 to copy retail DVDs
Posted in Linux on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Use k9 to create .iso image of a retail DVD then burn back onto new blank disc via k3b
How to add mouse cursors in Linux Mint (or Ubuntu based linux)
Posted in Linux, Uncategorized on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Visit here
