Linux Theme Mockups for Firefox 4.0/3.7

October 30, 2009 · General · 6 comments

In addition to theme and UI changes already discussed for Firefox 3.7 and 4.0, there are some proposed Linux specific visual changes:

  • Consistent Back/Forward Buttons: Use the same back/forward shape as on the other platforms. The back button would use the same texture as the other buttons however it would be round and larger.
  • Buttons vs Icons: Switching to a button+glyph style for the toolbar items. This would be instead of the more representational style that is widely used. It also is a deviation from the common system standard of having icons and then a button shape on hover.

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Install Mplayer and Multimedia Codecs (libdvdcss2,w32codecs,w64codecs) in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

October 30, 2009 · General · 12 comments

MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. It has many MX/SSE (2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text- based subtitle formats too. For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported. It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices.
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Upgrade Kubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) to 9.10 (Karmic)

October 29, 2009 · General · (No comments)

This tutorial provides instructions on upgrading to KUbuntu 9.10 (code name “Karmic Koala”), the most recent release of KUbuntu, released on the 29th of October 2009.
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Howto upgrade ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) to 9.10 (Karmic) Desktop/Server

October 29, 2009 · General, Server · 7 comments

This tutorial provides instructions on upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 (code name "Karmic Koala"), the most recent release of Ubuntu, released on the 29th of October 2009.
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Howto Connect Sixaxis to Ubuntu trough bluetooth mode

October 29, 2009 · General · 2 comments

Author Note:-After the BlueZ stack was updated to 4.xx, Sixaxis joysticks (from Sony PS3 console) stop working. There's some people on the bluez team working to make it work, but it seems that it could take a while.So I decided to create a simple GUI that would use some patched ‘hidd' that allows to connect Sixaxis to a Linux PC "out-of-the-box".
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