Unfortunately, I stumbled upon some video files using the RealVideo 4 codec and totem claimed about an unknown codec.
RealVideo is really outdated, you should use h.264 codec for video encoding instead, but in case you have the same trouble, just go and install the w32codec package from MediBuntu.
Totem now recognizes the codec and can playback such files perfectly.
Firefox 3 Download Day
Day is near that Firefox latest version will be official.
On june 17th they plan to set a Guinness World Record for the total downloads of Firefox on the so called Download Day.
Funny!
You can pledge to download Firefox 3 today. And, help spread the word!
Today, another 3 add-ons they I find useful have been ported to Firefox 3 Release Candidate.
So, I'm really looking forward to the official release.
Update: It is expected that Firefox 3 ships this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th. See Mozillas Developer site about this news.
Migration to Ubuntu
I found this really interesting article about the experience of migrating a whole company to Ubuntu Linux.
If you need to convince your own boss to use Ubuntu in your department, just send him this link and maybe he'll help you:
Articulo original en Español.
Translated article to English
If you need to convince your own boss to use Ubuntu in your department, just send him this link and maybe he'll help you:
Articulo original en Español.
Translated article to English
Add Ubuntus default repositories from shell
Often you see instructions for this step which refer either to use the graphical tools like Synaptic or Software Sources, or to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list by hand (bad habbit).
Why not use Software Sources command line parameters to do this automatically?
The tool that's accessed from Ubuntus administration menu is called software-sources-gtk. It can be given the name of the repository that should be enabled on the command line.
That way, you can enable any of the four repositories main, universe, restricted, and multiverse.
The command changed lately from software-sources-gtk to software-properties-gtk.
Again, you shouldn't edit the /etc/apt/sources.list configuration directly, but instead you simply create a new file xyz.list in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d folder.
That way, it's much simpler to automate tasks like adding and removing third party repositories from shell scripts and keep your /etc/apt/sources.list file clean.
Why not use Software Sources command line parameters to do this automatically?
Add default repository
The tool that's accessed from Ubuntus administration menu is called software-sources-gtk. It can be given the name of the repository that should be enabled on the command line.
Example for installing partimage from universe repository
sudo software-sources-gtk -e universe sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install partimage
That way, you can enable any of the four repositories main, universe, restricted, and multiverse.
Update for Ubuntu Hardy
The command changed lately from software-sources-gtk to software-properties-gtk.
Add third party repositories
Again, you shouldn't edit the /etc/apt/sources.list configuration directly, but instead you simply create a new file xyz.list in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d folder.
Example of adding repository for KeepassX
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:keepassx # For Hardy sudo echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/keepassx/ubuntu/ hardy main # KeepassX" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/keepassx.list sudo apt-get update
That way, it's much simpler to automate tasks like adding and removing third party repositories from shell scripts and keep your /etc/apt/sources.list file clean.
Y-PPA-Manager
With Natty there comes another repository manager, more graphically, but can be used from shell too. Read more about it in this post.
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