There are many GUI based CD rippers available for the Linux desktop. While many of these applications do a great job of ripping, I like to understand the underlying technology. For that reason, I decided to figure out how to rip CD’s from the command line.
If you regularly follow my blog you know that I recently got an HTC Droid Incredible smartphone. This phone has a native screen resolution of 480×320 pixels. MPEG4 video with AAC audio is supported in both the .mp4 and .3gp container formats. Continue reading
Most Linux and Open Source enthusiasts are familiar with the OpenOffice.Org office suite. OpenOffice is great, but sometimes you just need a lighter and faster alternative. Maybe you’ve got a netbook or an older computer and you don’t need a full, integrated, office suite, but just a few of the main applications like a word processor and a spreadsheet program. Gnumeric is one such spreadsheet program.
Gnumeric is available for Linux and 32 bit Windows. If you’re running Ubuntu Linux, you can install Gnumeric from a terminal with Continue reading
I’ve shown previously how install the Chromium web browser in Ubuntu. Today I’m going to show you how to easily enable the Adobe Flash plugin for use in Chromium.
You’ve probably already installed the Flash plugin for Mozilla Firefox, but if not, install it from the command line with: Continue reading
Most of us by now have heard of Google’s Chrome web browser. The Chrome browser is based on an open source project called Chromium. There’s not really much difference between the two. Chromium is basically just Chrome without the Google branding and without the extensive EULA.
You can install the Chromium browser from the PPA for Ubuntu Chromium. Continue reading