Ubuntu One is a file synchronization service that allows you to share files among multiple computers. You place files into your Ubuntu One folder and they get synch’d with your account on the web. Files can also be shared with other Ubuntu One users as well and if you publish them they can be shared with anyone on the internet. It’s similar to other synchronization/sharing services like Dropbox. Continue reading
My last post was about converting audio files in Linux with GStreamer. In that post I showed how to convert FLAC files to Ogg Vorbis files and retain the audio tags. You may however, have an audio player that does not support playing Ogg Vorbis audio files and you want to convert your files to MP3 instead. Continue reading
I’ve written before about ripping audio CD’s from the command line (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4). Certainly, if you’re just ripping a new CD, then just convert the audio to your chosen format at that time. But maybe you’ve been archiving your music in FLAC format or you purchased some high bit-rate MP3‘s for download and now you want them in a different format or bit-rate for your music player. Continue reading
Canonical introduced a new default font for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat. In my humble opinion, this new font gives Ubuntu a more polished look. The new font is now available in the repositories for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Continue reading
One of the much touted features of Android 2.2 Froyo is the ability to connect the phone to your computer through USB and allow the computer to use your phone’s internet connection. This practice it commonly known as tethering.
I’m not sure about other mobile carriers in the US, but Verizon modifies/disables this feature in Android so that you can’t use it. Verizon wants you to pay another $29.99 a month to enable this feature. That wouldn’t be too much of a big deal if they didn’t already require you to already have a $29.99/month unlimited data plan just so you can activate an Android phone on their network. Continue reading