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Installing Synergy2 In Ubuntu and Windows

Monday, June 1, 2009

Having a laptop and a desktop is very useful because it provides another display. With the same mouse and keyboard, you can manage both the laptop and the desktop using Synergy2. Synergy2 is a free and open source application that allows us to share the same mouse and keyboard across multiple workstations. According to the [...]

Filed in Audacity, Audio, Dual Boot, Firewall, Multimedia, Music Production, Synergy, Windows | Comments (1)

Top 10 Kubuntu Apps Part 2

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

I’m going to highlight my top 10 Kubuntu apps that are not a part of the base install system. This post is more advanced, and some of the software listed may require compiling from source.

Miro – instant access to recorded video from internet sources such as Google Video, YouTube, etc. Formerly known as DemocracyTV player, [...]

Filed in Amarok, Audio, DNS, DemocracyTV Player, Gutsy Gibbon, GwenView, Image Viewer, Inkscape, Kubuntu, Miro, Quanta+, Software Reviews, Tellico, XSane, kMyMoney, ksquirrel, moblock, mp3, transKode | Comments (0)

How To Install Transkode

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

I found a great program for converting my audio files from any format (flac, ape, spx, bonk, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, wma, etc) to any other format. It’s called transKode and so far, it has actually supported all the formats I required, which was my biggest demand. I’ve got a Rio Carbon and my wife [...]

Filed in Audio, Feisty Fawn, Jamendo, Multimedia, Software Reviews, Taglib, ark, mp3, ogg, transKode | Comments (0)

HowTo install soundKonverter

Thursday, August 9, 2007

I tried and tried getting soundKonvertor to compile in my Ubuntu Feisty Fawn installation, but got stuck with an error I was unfamiliar with:
cd . && make -f admin/Makefile.common configure
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/vmadmin/Downloads/soundkonverter-0.3.4′
Can’t open configure: No such file or directory.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/vmadmin/Downloads/soundkonverter-0.3.4′
/bin/bash ./config.status –recheck
running CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure –no-create –no-recursion
/bin/bash: ./configure: No such [...]

Filed in Audio, Feisty Fawn, Multimedia, soundKonverter | Comments (0)

Ubuntu Shoutcast Software – TunaPie

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

My friend’s ZeroXR and schpenke recommended a nice application called Tunapie when I queried for a suitable application to watch Internet TV and Radio via Shoutcast streams.

Version 1.3 is available for install via the Ubuntu repositories using
sudo apt-get install tunapie
I suggest installing it first, and then upgrading to v2.0
To do that, download the tarball from [...]

Filed in Audio, Internet, Multimedia, Radio, TV, Video | Comments (0)