Tag Archives: Ubuntu

Create Your Own .deb Packages with Checkinstall

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If you’ve been using Linux for a while, you’ve probably run across the need to install something from the source packages. Either the program you wanted wasn’t available in the repositories, or you wanted a more recent version than what’s shown in the repositories. Checkinstall is a program that will create Slackware, Debian, or RPM packages for you after you compile a program from source. For a typical install from source you run Continue reading →

Install Your Own Ringtones with Ubuntu and BitPim

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BitPim is a free open source program that allows you to manipulate data on several CDMA mobile phones. Today I’m going to show how to install BitPim on Ubuntu and copy an MP3 ringtone to a phone. For this example I’ll be using my Samsung Alias SCH-U740 phone and Ubuntu 8.04. You’ll need the USB data cable for your phone to connect it to the computer. Continue reading →

Install Multimedia Codecs in Ubuntu 8.04

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Web designers in the multimedia business have been slow to embrace open standards. Most websites feature content in the proprietary mp3, wmv, or Adobe Flash formats. In order to get many multimedia files to work with Ubuntu you need to enable the Medibuntu repositories. So fire up your handy, dandy terminal and enter the following to add Medibuntu to your sources list. Continue reading →

Use Linux to Solve the Linux Journal Scramble

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This week Linux Journal announced a promotion to win a free one year online subscription. Every day this week there will be a video that includes some secret letters. Watch all the videos from this week to collect the secret letters and unscramble them to win. Friday’s video will provide the email address to submit your answer. Today’s video (Thursday) provided the final letters, so you have a day to figure out the scramble. Well, I just figured it out a few minutes ago. I’m not going to give away the answer, but I’ll tell how I did it. Continue reading →

Back Up Your Mobile Phone Contacts with Ubuntu and Bluetooth

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Many of the mobile phone providers offer a service to back up your phone contact list online for a monthly fee. It usually costs somewhere around $5 US per month. Why pay this fee when you can back everything up yourself? All you need is a bluetooth enabled mobile phone, a bluetooth adapter for your computer, and Ubuntu. My phone is a Samsung Alias and I’m using the built-in bluetooth adapter in my MSI Wind netbook. You may need to adjust the procedure slightly for your setup. Continue reading →