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uniquegeek: April 2012
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My experiences and solutions when porting over to Linux. Written for intermediate computer users. Hope my own troubleshooting helps you! Sunday, April 29, 2012. Firefox makes strange sound when loading a new page or tab. A couple of weeks ago, when I'd open a new page in Firefox, there was a loud sound on my speakers. It sounded a lot like the sound you get when you would press rewind and play on a cassette tape. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Firefox makes strange sound when loading a new pag.
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uniquegeek: Converting .ape files in Linux
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My experiences and solutions when porting over to Linux. Written for intermediate computer users. Hope my own troubleshooting helps you! Sunday, August 11, 2013. Converting .ape files in Linux. I came across some .ape files the other day. Apparently, they're a lossless format like flac. And the name? MonkeyAudio. Get it? Because the extension is .ape. Via the command line, install this package. Sudo apt-get install flac libjmac-java lame mp3splt. If you convert ape into mp3 you will loose quality.
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uniquegeek: June 2010
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My experiences and solutions when porting over to Linux. Written for intermediate computer users. Hope my own troubleshooting helps you! Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Sysadmin: an exercise in being functionally lazy. I'm sitting on my couch, working really hard on my laptop. Everything is perfectly arranged around me while I study. The linux box sitting 15 feet away from me has an internet radio station playing on amarok. The next song comes on, and it's louder than the other songs. To reduce your volume 15%.
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uniquegeek: Partition Setup
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My experiences and solutions when porting over to Linux. Written for intermediate computer users. Hope my own troubleshooting helps you! Friday, October 14, 2011. I read through my old Linux course notes, but that didn't help me much. The Wikipedia page on disk partitioning. Isn't too bad on refreshing you on how primary and secondary partitions work. I found a site which makes it pretty clear. For boot partition, mount point "/boot". For swap area, no mount point (none will happen).
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uniquegeek: Sysadmin: an exercise in being functionally lazy.
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My experiences and solutions when porting over to Linux. Written for intermediate computer users. Hope my own troubleshooting helps you! Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Sysadmin: an exercise in being functionally lazy. I'm sitting on my couch, working really hard on my laptop. Everything is perfectly arranged around me while I study. The linux box sitting 15 feet away from me has an internet radio station playing on amarok. The next song comes on, and it's louder than the other songs. To reduce your volume 15%.
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uniquegeek: Choosing a new file backup "system"
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My experiences and solutions when porting over to Linux. Written for intermediate computer users. Hope my own troubleshooting helps you! Friday, August 17, 2012. Choosing a new file backup "system". Hey you're a computer person. How you backup your stuff? I hate to admit it, but less often and in different ways than I should.". Yep, it's time to get going with rsync,. Or a package that uses it. (This is a Linux blog, but Windows and Mac users will find the following useful as well). For home use, you may...
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uniquegeek: December 2013
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My experiences and solutions when porting over to Linux. Written for intermediate computer users. Hope my own troubleshooting helps you! Sunday, December 1, 2013. Google Does Evil, Again. If it wasn't bad enough that Google started forcing Youtube and Google accounts to be amalgamated. A year ago, and continually bugs you to use your real name. When you log in ( I already told you I'm not using my real name! Now it does an automatic opt-in to post your Youtube comment onto Google . Go to hell, Google.
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uniquegeek: Upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 leaves some pictures in Firefox with a strange green hue
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My experiences and solutions when porting over to Linux. Written for intermediate computer users. Hope my own troubleshooting helps you! Thursday, March 10, 2011. Upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 leaves some pictures in Firefox with a strange green hue. Version of Firefox is 3.6.15. After an upgrade, some, but not all, pictures have a greenish color to them. We're talking things like jpg, not flash or anything like that. In the Firefox address bar, type:. Yeah, yeah, you'll be careful. Set:.
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uniquegeek: March 2011
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My experiences and solutions when porting over to Linux. Written for intermediate computer users. Hope my own troubleshooting helps you! Thursday, March 10, 2011. Upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 leaves some pictures in Firefox with a strange green hue. Version of Firefox is 3.6.15. After an upgrade, some, but not all, pictures have a greenish color to them. We're talking things like jpg, not flash or anything like that. In the Firefox address bar, type:. Yeah, yeah, you'll be careful. Set:.
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uniquegeek: November 2013
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My experiences and solutions when porting over to Linux. Written for intermediate computer users. Hope my own troubleshooting helps you! Thursday, November 7, 2013. Why I Don't Buy Apple Devices (and Why I Do Support Linux and Open Software) - Reason 1. Buy a movie on itunes for your iPad. Hook up iPad with video dongle to a display such as a projector. Can't play the content because "the display is not a supported device". It would have been fine if it were an Apple TV, though. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).