I’ve been getting more than a few expressions of “You? Got an iPhone?” from friends and family lately, after they see my iPhone 4S. While I’ve been known not to be the biggest fan of Apple up until now, I’m starting to realize why the device has gotten to be so popular — it’s an …
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Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/11/14/i-put-down-my-android-and-picked-up-an-iphone-heres-what-i-noticed/
How to run a game or other program in a new X session in Ubuntu Linux
To do this, CTRL-ALT-F1 to an open terminal, log in, and run: xinit ./program — :1 where program is the program file you want to start in a new X session. Assuming your normal X session is on :0 and appears when you CTRL-ALT-F7, your new one will spawn on CTRL-ALT-F8. Questions, comments? Please feel …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/10/01/how-to-run-a-game-or-other-program-in-a-new-x-session-in-ubuntu-linux/
Easy Ubuntu data usage monitor
If you’re lucky enough to have a broadband card that works under Linux, your plan probably includes an “allowance” or data usage quota per month. You might be thinking how nice it would be to have a utility that tracks your data usage for the month (or other period) and gives you an easy-to-read report. …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/09/29/easy-ubuntu-data-usage-monitor/
Windows CHKDSK at boot cancelled by phantom keypress
When you run the Windows checkdisk (chkdsk) utility, it may report the disk being in use and recommend that you schedule chkdsk to run the next time the computer restarts, like the following screenshot shows: Windows can’t check the disk while it’s in use. Do you want to check for hard disk errors the next …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/09/25/windows-chkdsk-at-boot-cancelled-by-phantom-keypress/
How to tell if your CPU supports virtualization under Ubuntu Linux
If you’re thinking of running a virtual machine, you should check first to see if your processor supports the VT extension. To do so, run the following command in a terminal. cat /proc/cpuinfo | egrep ‘(vmx|svm)’ Having the VT extension allows improved virtual machine performance, as well as the ability to run 64-bit virtual machines. …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/09/23/how-to-tell-if-your-cpu-supports-virtualization-under-ubuntu-linux/
Batch converting audio files to MP3
If you’re converting a single file, http://media.io/ is a great online tool. However, for batch conversion, you’ll want to look at one or more of the following tools: Windows: dbPowerAmp is a great conversion utility http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm Ubuntu: While dbPowerAmp says Linux is supported through Wine, I’ve found that soundconverter works wonderfully. To install it: sudo apt-get install soundconverter …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/09/04/batch-converting-audio-files-to-mp3/
Cleaning up after PhotoRec – Linux Edition
A friend of mine accidentally formatted her 2TB backup drive and brought it to me to see what I could do. PhotoRec was the only tool that would give more than a hint of recoverable data from my Linux-based laptop. After letting it run for several hours, I had a mess: PhotoRec recovered over 230,000 …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/08/21/cleaning-up-after-photorec/
How to monitor your microphone through headphones in Ubuntu
If you want to monitor your headphone feed, either for streaming it to the output or for mixing purposes, you’ll need to know your audio device names. Start with reading the latter half of this post to find your device names. Once you have the input and output device names, substitute them in the following …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/07/26/how-to-monitor-your-microphone-through-headphones-in-ubuntu/
Broadcasting a multimedia stream using icecast2 and gst-launch in Ubuntu Linux
The following is (I hope) an adequately-documented procedure to stream desktop audio capture via icecast2. What you will need: Basic audio hardware An Internet connection Ability to accept inbound connections on a port (default 8000) Some basic idea of what you’re doing :) Setting up the icecast2 server Icecast2 is a free server for …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/06/28/broadcasting-a-multimedia-stream-using-icecast2-and-gst-launch-in-ubuntu-linux/
Guild Wars on PlayOnLinux
Here’s a quick run-down of the steps that I took when setting up Guild Wars on a friends Ubuntu machine under PlayOnLinux. We chose PlayOnLinux because of the ability to use Wine prefixes, so we could customize the Guild Wars prefix for best play experience and no interfere with other configured Wine software. It also gave the …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/06/24/guild-wars-on-playonlinux/
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