Banshee music player won’t play or seek on Linux
If you install Banshee on your Linux box expecting it to play music, you’re in for a surprise. Banshee depends on the GStreamer codec packages for audio and video decoding (and encoding). Unfortunately, most of the codecs you want are not packaged with most Linux distros by default. Does Banshee support audio/video format X (mp3, aac, mpeg, etc)? Banshee uses GStreamer for audio and video...
Read MoreNew Post on Open-Source in Academia [EMU Marketing]
Just wanted to direct your attention to my new post over at EMU Marketing on open-source software in academia: http://emumarketing.uoregon.edu/tristan/2009/09/04/coding-open-the-benefits-of-free-and-open-source-software-in-academia/ Check it out and leave us a...
Read MoreDelete Branch From Remote Git Repo [Assembla]
We’ve just started using Git and Assembla at our office for version control and ticket tracking. Having never used any sort of version control before, this has been an interesting experience. It’s been a joy to work with so far, but there have definitely been some hurdles to overcome. One issue we had was how to delete a branch that we had created that we no longer wanted to maintain....
Read MoreFugue – The Best Icon Set on the Web
Having the right icon set can make or break a web development project. Confusing icons will frustrate users and drive them away from your application. There is no excuse for using ugly icons or even no icons at all on your web application. Fugue For my last few projects I’ve been happily using an icon set called Fugue. Available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, the Fugue...
Read MoreAdventures With Moblin Linux
About a week ago I decided to throw the Moblin v2.0 beta [Wikipedia] on my netbook (an Acer Aspire One). I’ve previously been running the Ubuntu Netbook Remix and have been pretty happy with it. I haven’t been using my netbook much lately and Moblin’s was rocking new interface really intrigued me. So I decided to try it out. Moblin’s core release is built on top of Fedora...
Read MoreUsing an Adesso Barcode Scanner With Ubuntu
We’re gearing up to test out a new ticketing system at work. We’ll be scanning barcoded tickets using an inexpensive USB Adesso Barcode Scanner. Unfortunately, on my Ubuntu (9.04 jaunty) netbook, the scanner would disable itself immediately after I scanned a barcode. Here’s how I fixed it: 1) Add the following lines to the bottom of your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file: # these...
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