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Tag: Ubuntu

Rhythmbox Plugin: Stop after current track

I have wanted this for a while, and my brother linking me to this post was the last straw. So here is a very quick and simple plugin; it simply puts a button on the toolbar that you can click when you want to stop playback after the current song. I based the toolbar button [...]

Annoyances with Intrepid

After having just installed Intrepid on a friend’s PC last night: I ran into this bug (here’s the fix) ATi’s dual monitor setup is still too hard (here’s how to do it) ATi’s drivers can’t do compiz and video at the same time (Install the latest drivers to fix it)

NFO Viewer package for Ubuntu

Update: Please note that nfoview is now in the Ubuntu repositories, so this is no longer necessary. Just a simple package created using checkinstall. For more information on the program, see the NFO Viewer home page. Download: NFO Viewer 1.2 Addendum: I went looking for an old .NFO file to show a screenshot, and Wikipedia [...]

HowTo: Get a RT2500-based wifi card working in Ubuntu

This was easier than I thought it was going to be. Nice and simple: Download the RT2500 Windows Drivers, and unzip them somewhere. Ensure you have wireless-tools and ndiswrapper installed. Open a terminal and browse to the folder where you unzipped the drivers. sudo ndiswrapper -i rt2500.inf Edit /etc/modules (as root) and add ‘ndiswrapper’. Edit [...]