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Ubuntu 8.10 is Out!
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex came out today. Help reduce demands on the main server by downloading your version over BitTorrent. Here are links to the torrents for the various versions. If you're not sure which one to use, you probably want the first one.
ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
ubuntu-8.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
ubuntu-8.10-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent
ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso.torrent
ubuntu-8.10-server-amd64.iso.torrent
ubuntu-8.10-server-i386.iso.torrent
At the time of this posting the torrents are not yet seeded, but go ahead and get it loaded into your torrent client and it should get going once the official seeding starts.
Torrent Freak has also posted a way to update your existing system through BitTorrent if you're feeling more adventurous.
Split mp3 Files With mp3splt
Mp3splt is a Linux program that can break mp3 files into smaller pieces without re-encoding. This is nice for long mp3 files like e-books or for putting language learning CDs onto your mp3 player. Sometimes you only have a few minutes to listen to your language lesson and you'd rather not start at the beginning of a half hour lesson every time. I'm going to show an example of how to use mp3splt to split a 30 minute mp3 into 5 minute pieces.
First, we need to make sure mp3splt is installed.
For my example, I'm going to split a file called Lesson_01.mp3 and put the split files into a sub-directory called Lesson_01. Simply open a terminal and cd to the directory with the files you want to split and then enter this command.
The -a tells mp3splt to auto-adjust the split point with silence detection.
The -t 5.10 tells it to make the files 5 minutes and 10 seconds long since the file is a little over 30 minutes long. (This length may vary a bit due to the -a option).
The -o Lesson_01-@n tells it to name the files as Lesson_01 followed by a track number.
The -d Lesson_01 tells it to put the files in a directory called Lesson_01.
And finally, Lesson_01.mp3 is the file you want to split.
There are several more options that can be used which you can find in the mp3splt man page.
Happy splitting!