Posts Tagged ‘setup

Desk

In: Miscellaneous

16 Nov 2009

MP3/Flash/DVD
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Music Applet
sudo apt-get install music-applet
Banshee
sudo apt-get install banshee
Mirage – Banshee Plugin
sudo apt-get install banshee-extension-mirage
Before Mirage can be used you need to make it scan your music so in Banshee Tools->Mirage Playlist Generator->Rescan the Music Collection as shown below

dockbarX
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install [...]

To set up your surround sound first open up Terminal, or alternatively Alt+F2 and type the following in either:
gedit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
Now you’re looking for this line, it may be commented out so make sure to remove the ‘;’ in order for it be seen.
default-sample-channels = 2
You might have a different amount of channels set [...]

What you will need:
The latest WordPress (www.wordpress.org)
000webhost account (www.000webhost.com)
Instructions:

Grab the latest WordPress build from their site.
Login to 000webhost.com.members, go to cpanel and use the File Manager (or any ftp client you prefer).
Upload the wordpressx.x.x.zip to wherever you want your blog (public_html directory if you want it as your main page). Make sure [...]

To install most media codecs check out:
www.dnmouse.org/codecs.html
To enable trackpad/mousepad “tap” on laptops:
synclient TapButton1=1
.RAR file support:
sudo yum -y install unrar
Add drive/partition to mount on start up:
www.dnmouse.org/mountdrive.html
Some useful apps:
su
yum -y install checkgmail
yum -y install nautilus-image-converter
yum -y install songbird


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