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Ubuntu Feisty sources.list Automatic Generator

Capt. Jack Sparrow — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:05:39 +0000

This a free great tool that lets you choose software sources online woithout any effort at all.
it some how reminds me with Mandriva’s Easyurpmi tool .. they are both great and save alot of time

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How to install Lsongs on Ubuntu Feisty 7.04

Capt. Jack Sparrow — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:14:57 +0000

man it’s been a while since i wrote anything in here ,but it’s good to be back

Lsongs is one of the best and more elegant music player i’ve ever seen for linux.
it virtually does every thing supports import and playback of MP3, M4A, Ogg, WAV, and Sun au formats. It will rip CDs to either MP3 or Ogg. It will burn CDs from MP3, Ogg, WAV and M4A.
it also has support for MP3tunes which you can purchase music from it without the DRM crap.

many people tried to get Lsongs working on Ubuntu but it the experience wasn’t that successful UNTIL Freespire 2.0 came out which is basically built on Ubuntu feisty.

Lsongs starting on my Ubuntu (click to enlarge)

now you can install Lsongs in Ubuntu in a few simple steps

1- install xine restricted formates to be able to play mp3s and stuff .. it can be install from the add/remove applications menu under ‘sound & video’
2-Edit your sources list to include Freespire’s repo

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add this line to the file and save

deb http://apt2.freespire.org/CNRUbuntu skipjack-feisty main restricted

3- update your sources list

sudo apt-get update

4- install Lsongs

sudo apt-get install lsongs

playing my fav songs with my fav app (click to enlarge)

you might get an error due to missing gpg key .. choose to install anyway .

it’s safe to remove the freespire repo from your sources list after installing Lsongs.. enjoy:D

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

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Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) Release Candidate Announced

Capt. Jack Sparrow — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:16:43 +0000

Edgy Eft RC1 was released today ..

i tried to update my dapper system to edgy through the update distro method ..
it gave me a weired error about not enough space …
and when i tried to update through APT i found that it will download about 750 MB so i’ll download the whole CD instead of upgrading.
the final release is expected to come at October 26th.

Upgrade information for users of Ubuntu and Edubuntu 6.06 LTS

NOTE: This procedure upgrades your system over the Internet, which requires a large download of several hundred megabytes.
Because this is the Release Candidate, you need to
invoke the update manager explicitly. To do this, press Alt-F2 (or open
a Terminal using Applications -> Accessories ->Terminal)

      gksudo "update-manager -c -d"

This step will not be necessary on the final release.

Make sure you are up to date – click the “Check” button. If you
are connected to the network, Update Manager should now tell you about
the 6.10 (“Edgy Eft”) release
Further information about this upgrade procedure is given at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyUpgrades

Upgrade information for users of Kubuntu 6.06 LTS

NOTE: This procedure upgrades your system over the Internet, which requires a large download of several hundred megabytes.
In Konqueror go to /etc/apt, right click on sources.list and choose Actions -> Edit as Root
Change all instances of dapper to edgy
Launch a console with KMenu -> System -> Konsole
In the console run: sudo apt-get update
In the console run: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and follow the prompts to upgrade
In the console run: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop python-qt3 python-kde3 and follow the prompts to install
Reboot your computer

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Windows virus worms onto some Apple iPods

Capt. Jack Sparrow — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:48:47 +0000

Apple Computer warned on Tuesday that some of its latest iPods have shipped with a Windows virus.

The company said that a small number of video iPods made after Sept. 12 included the RavMonE virus.
It said it has seen fewer than 25 reports of the problem, which it said
does not affect other models of the media player, nor does it affect
Macs.

The Cupertino, Calif.-based company apologized on its Web site for the problem, but also used the opportunity to jab at Microsoft, its operating system rival.

“As you might imagine, we are upset at Windows for not being more
hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not
catching it,” Apple said on its site.

Apple Vice President Greg Joswiak told CNET News.com that the
virus was discovered last week and said the company has been working
around the clock since then to discover the root cause of the problem.
Joswiak said it was traced to a particular Windows machine in the
manufacturing lines of a contract manufacturer that builds the iPods
for Apple. The company declined to name the maker.

“It’s more important to say we now have processes in place to make
sure this won’t happen again,” Joswiak said. “Very few units actually
went through that particular station, fortunately.”

The company said that computers using a current antivirus
software and with default settings should detect and remove RavMonE, as
it is an identified virus. It is urging iPod users without such
protection to install antivirus software.

Apple said that the video iPods now being made are virus-free. It introduced the latest generation of iPods last month.

Antivirus company McAfee listed the iPod threat as a low risk, but gave
it the rating of “low/profiled,” which the company said applies to
viruses that “appear to be low risk, but warrant additional monitoring
because they have attracted media interest.”

Joswiak said the virus does not affect Macs or the iPod itself.
As for Windows machines, Joswiak said the virus “does not cause data
damage but can lower the security of the computer” and said it should
be removed. Apple points to various antivirus firms’ Web sites,
including McAfee, Microsoft and Symantec, as places consumers can get
antivirus software if they don’t already have it.

Apple said that there was no intentional placement of the virus on the iPods. “You can rest assured of that,” he said.

CNET News.com’s Joris Evers contributed to this report.

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Get Democracy .. Bye iTunes .. play videos

Capt. Jack Sparrow — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:25:28 +0000

I always wanted to take my iTunes to Linux to play my favourite online videos easy ..
search you tube or google video sometimes becom a pain to do with no app that does the job.
well ..here comes the king Democracy Player truly a masterpiece Opern Source software that is much better than iTunes.
It’s cross platform works on Mac osx Windows and Linux with an interface that integrates completly into your system..

click on th pic to enlarge

so basicely this is what we can do with it:
1. Subscribe to Channels:
Democracy has a built-in Channel Guide. It’s an open catalog of hundreds of free channels. Subscribe to any channel with a single click.
2. Download from Channels:
Pick videos to download or set the channel to automatically get new stuff as it comes out (like a Tivo).
3. Watch Videos:
Lean back and watch your new videos in standard mode or full screen. Democracy plays almost every video format.
4. Search:
You can search popular video services like Youtube and Google video right from Democracy
5. Subscribe to video casts
you can order your Democracy to automatically download video casts from your favourite sites
6. Bittorrent
it can even download video torrent files and it can even work as a stanalone torrent client.
7. Manage your collections
it’s pretty good at managing collections playlists and organizing files.
Braodcast Machine:
On the same Democracy project comes another amazing software that lets you manage your videos on your site.. it’s a Video Platform for sites that makes creating Video blogs, Video Podcasts and Video RSS feeds absolutly easy process

Over all Democracy Player is the Greatest Open source Video application.

simply a Dream Coming True

Democracy Homepage

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Firefox RC1 is here, great features

Capt. Jack Sparrow — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:59:45 +0000

Mozilla released Firefox RC1 earlier today.
this release has nothing new over the previous betas .. only bug fixes were added.
But to talk about the shift from 1.5.x to 2 there is much to say.
i’m going throw the most cool features i liked as listed in the official release notes

Visual Refresh: i had a bad experience with Firefox interface before it goes slowww after a while specially with a large number of tabs … i hope they fixed it.
Enhanced search capabilities: this just great .. we had to install extensions in the past just add, edit or remove search engines .. it’s perfect now .
Improved tabbed browsing: there is three things here i used to do manually using extensions every time i install firefox .. the close tab button , the restoring session feature and links opening automaticallt in a new tab.
Previewing and subscribing to Web feeds: more control on RSS feeds .. it’s not only live bookmarks now but we have the option to suscribe to any RSS reading service we want (web-based, standalone).

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Running IE on Linux

Capt. Jack Sparrow — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:09:36 +0000

I know the first thing people will say : why the heck any body would run IE on Linux in the first place.
Well the answer is very simple .. NOBODY would run IE in Linux unless he have to.
If you are a web developer or even designing your own page on a Linux platform, the major problem is how it looks on a crappy browser like IE
most of the Internet users use IE which makes you forced to have windows and evern restart your whole system just to see how your page looks in IE .
Well .. the Pain is over .. here comes ies4linux a fully automated script to install IE 5.1, 5.5 and 6.0 on your Linux system with the help of wine.
and the script developer said that IE 7 support is coming soooon.
ies4linux is pretty easy to use .. just run the script and answer with Y/N to the versions you want to install and that’s it.. you are done having an IE icon on your desktop

here how it looks on my Ubuntu Dapper system
(click to enlarge)

Please if you really don’t have to use IE please switch to FireFox or Opera
they are much faster safer and you’ll help web developers creating more beautiful sites without having to worry about BAD browsers

Wordpress Video Plugin

Capt. Jack Sparrow — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:16:59 +0000

I’ve found a great plugin for Wordpress that deals with almost all video types with a Valid XHTML code as the embed tag is not valid it’s in here

Viper’s Video Quicktags

Description:

Tired of copy/pasting the code to embed videos from sites like YouTube and Google Video or for self-hosted videos into your posts? Well then this plugin is for you!

It creates a bunch of new quicktags / WYSIWYG buttons via the great PHP class, ButtonSnap. When you click on the quicktags / buttons, it prompts you for the video’s ID or URL and then inserts XHTML valid code into your post or page.

Here are some examples of embedded video: http://www.viper007bond.com/archives/category/videos/

This Plugins Provides Support For:

* YouTube
* Google Video
* IFILM
* QuickTime files
* AVI files
* MPEG files
* WMV files
* FLV (Flash video) files

Please note that this plugin currently does not work with WordPress v1.5.2 (i.e. you need v2.0 or better).

Pope stresses respect for Muslims…. i wish

Capt. Jack Sparrow — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:53:26 +0000

Pope Benedict XVI has expressed “total and profound respect” for the Muslim faith, as he attempts to defuse a row between Islam and the Catholic Church.

i hope those guys really start a dialogue in here
it’s really stupid that every month someone start talking bad about Islam and muslims start to react to his talking in very “unpredictable” ways … there gotta be a solution for this
it’s silly

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First Blog

Capt. Jack Sparrow — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:49:59 +0000

This is my First Blog in Here .. i dunno really what i’m gonna write here exactly
but i’ll try to make it nice as i can
sure there is nothing in the world nice enough ..savvy

little about me:

Me? I’m dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It’s the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they’re going to do something incredibly… stupid.

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