Mount your ntfs drive on boot in Ubuntu
So you’ve got an NTFS drive you want mounted when your Ubuntu machine boots? Time to pull up your favorite editor and modify /etc/fstab. This is what I ended up with: /dev/mapper/sil_aiaiahddacai1 /media/Storage ntfs-3g defaults,gid=1000,uid=1000,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 Replace the gid and uid values with the ids of your group and user. Run id to get these values. I also had to make sure I...
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After a brief and torrid affair with Fedora, I gave up and threw Ubuntu 10.04 on my home desktop. One thing that I missed from Fedora was the fpaste utility. This handy little command-line tool lets you paste the results of your shell commands to fpaste.org, a semi-official Fedora pastebin. After realizing that pastebin.com had an open API, I took it upon myself to write a little Python script...
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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 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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When I’m talking about public relations what I’m really talking about is communicating. Communication is the key to developing strong relationships, not only between two caring people, but also between businesses and their publics (employees, customers, shareholders, etc). What public relations is all about is people learning about each other and developing a mutual understanding. ...
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