From: Jose B 28 April at 01:49 When installing Linux on your Windows machine using Wubi, your Linux installation will not have access through the synaptic package manager to the Ubuntu Restricted Extras; also you will not be able to install them through the web page either. What I did to get around this is: [...]
29
Apr
installing ubuntu-restricted-extras under wubi
Posted by Wayno Published in apt-get, Audio, DVD, Music, Skill Level: Medium, sound1 comment
27
Apr
How to do Certificate Based ssh Authentication
Posted by Wayno Published in loni, Skill Level: Medium, sshTHANKS LONI! How to do — Certificate Based Authentication 1. Go into .ssh directory cd ~/.ssh 3. now do: ssh-keygen return on all of the prompts (i.e. take all the defaults) It will look like this: ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/bart/.ssh/id_rsa): Enter passphrase (empty for [...]
17
Apr
From a friend: Thunderbird can seem a bit sluggish. Here’s a way to improve the performance: 1. In Thunderbird, click on: Edit/Preferences/Advanced Tab UNCLICK Enable Global Search and Indexer
11
Apr
How to change the output device from pulseaudio back to ALSA (gstreamer ONLY)
Posted by admin Published in Audio, soundBug Report Here I haven’t tried the solution mentioned in this other bug. 1. First, navigate to System/Preferences/Main Menu 2. Under System (in Main Menu) find Preferences. 3. Check “Multimedia System Selector” 4. Close. 5. Back to System/Prefrences 6. Now you will find “Multimedia System Selector” 7. Change the output from from “autodetect” to ALSA [...]
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