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 …
Tag Archive: Unity
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/
How to check your hard drives SMART status using a Ubuntu Live CD
Checking your hard drive’s SMART status is a good idea if you’re running into issues that make you think the hard drive may be bad. In this scenario, I’ll be showing you how to use a Ubuntu Live CD to check the hard drive’s SMART status. This is good for situations where you either boot …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/05/21/how-to-check-your-hard-drives-smart-status-using-a-ubuntu-live-cd/
How to report a Ubuntu bug to Launchpad from within an application
Reporting Ubuntu bugs isn’t difficult, and it’s the single biggest step you can take towards helping those bugs get resolved. For Canonical-supported applications, an easy-to-find menu link has already been provided for you to report issues with the application. It’s in the Help menu: Clicking the Report a Problem menu entry automatically gathers up information …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/05/03/how-to-report-a-ubuntu-bug-to-launchpad/
Day two with Ubuntu Unity: Mixed impressions
It’s day two with Ubuntu Natty, and while I’m impressed, I’m also somewhat annoyed. The sum of changes that came down in 11.04 have me asking “Why?” Here’s a list of some of the pros and cons I’ve seen so far in Ubuntu Natty with Unity: Pros: The Unity Launcher has ‘keep in launcher’, which …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/29/day-two-with-ubuntu-unity-mixed-impressions/
PGP/GPG Keys in Ubuntu Gnome the easy way – Part 2
In part 1, I explained how to generate and manage your encryption keys in GNOME. Now I’ll explain how to use your keys to easily encrypt your email. I’m going to only address doing this in Evolution (the default email manager in GNOME). You can access the Evolution email account settings by going to System …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/27/pgpgpg-keys-in-ubuntu-gnome-the-easy-way-part-2/
PGP/GPG Keys in Ubuntu Gnome the easy way
For the security-minded, or anyone who simply wants to be able to exchange secure, encrypted email quickly and easily, GNOME offers a really user-friendly way to generate and manage PGP/GPG keys. This program is located at System > Preferences > Passwords and Encryption Keys. [Natty/Unity: System Settings > Passwords and Encryption Keys] You can make …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/27/pgpgpg-keys-in-ubuntu-gnome-the-easy-way/
Reenable the key sequence to kill the X server in Ubuntu
This was written more specifically for Ubuntu Maverick and previous, though Natty is just around the corner. Previous Ubuntu versions, by defafult, had the key sequence CTRL-ALT-BKSP (Control-Alt-Backspace) enabled as a way to kill the X server in case a full-screen program was frozen beyond recovery. This key combination was turned off in Lucid, but …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/27/reenable-the-key-sequence-to-kill-the-x-server-in-ubuntu/
Upgrading your Ubuntu Linux filesystem from Ext3 to Ext4
With recent Linux distributions (based on the 2.6.28 kernel) the Ext4 file system is considered stable and provides many improvements over Ext3. Ubuntu systems running 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) had the option to format Ext4 during install time, but Ext3 was the default until 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). However, it’s possible (and fairly easy) to upgrade Ext3 …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/22/upgrading-your-ubuntu-linux-filesystem-from-ext3-to-ext4/
Windows, Linux dual-boot system time issues
Multiple Boot Systems Time Conflicts From The Ubuntu Community: Operating systems store and retrieve the time in the hardware clock located on your motherboard so that it can keep track of the time even when the system does not have power. Most operating systems (Linux/Unix/Mac) store the time on the hardware clock as UTC by …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/10/windows-linux-dual-boot-system-time-issues/
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