Can’t run Google Earth 6.0 (6.0.1.2032) on Ubuntu Maverick 10.10 ? Are you getting the following error message: bash: ./googleearth-bin: No such file or directory Try this command: sudo ln -s /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-lsb.so.3 Source of the information
Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category
14 Feb
Fixing MPlayer subtitle fonts in Ubuntu
Here I am with a new tip that may seem silly but it got me struggling with MPlayer config file (~/.mplayer/config) for quite a long time. Not anymore! On a previous post I showed you my MPlayer config file. It turns out the font I wanted to use for subtitles wasn’t actually being used (MPlayer [...]
5 Feb
Converting Youtube Videos Into Music (mp3, wma, etc.)
Hello guys! Last week I went to my cousin’s graduation party and I heard a song I liked very much. Today I remembered to look it up and found it on Youtube. Here’s what I did to convert the Youtube video into an mp3 file: First of all you’ll have to download the video and [...]
12 Dec
GNOME Panel Transparency in Ubuntu Ambiance Theme
I’m presenting another quick tip I’ve just found out while browsing the web (thanks google) which is making my GNOME panel go transparent (as in 100% transparent, including the indicator applets). The source of the tip is to be found here. Ok so there we go: Open Ambiance or Radiance gtkrc file with this command [...]
5 Dec
Tonight I played with mplayer settings
Hi y’all. Here’s my mplayer config file (~/.mplayer/config) # mplayer config file [subtitle and video playback settings] font=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-R.ttf sub-bg-alpha=”0″ #background color ala closed captions sub-bg-color=”0″ #black to white subfont-text-scale=”3.6″ #truetype font scaling subfont-blur=”1″ #Slight blur subpos=”95″ #By default subtitles are too low subalign=”2″ stop-xscreensaver=yes and input.conf (~/.mplayer/input.conf) MOUSE_BTN1 vo_fullscreen # make mplayer go fullscreen by [...]
22 Nov
Making Ubuntu faster
Hi y’all. There’s this hacker who recently created a 200 lines linux kernel patch that does wonders which made Linus Torvalds happy. Anyway, while browsing the internet last Sunday I came across this blog post (warning: it’s in Portuguese!) which promises to make your Linux Desktop faster without forcing the user to apply a patch [...]
10 Nov
Alterando a aparência do relógio do GNOME
For instructions in ENGLISH please read here. This is just a work of translation thus the contents of this post belong to OMG!Ubuntu. Para aqueles interessados em alterar o relógio do nosso querido GNOME aqui vão as instruções: 1. Pressione ALT+F2 2. Na janela que aparecer digite gconf-editor 3. Aperte ENTER 4. Navegue até “Apps [...]
14 Oct
Back onto defaults…
Ok, this post is just to let you guys know I’m back onto using gnome-panel instead of AWN. A dock looks cool and stuff but I believe it’s not ready just yet.. Maybe in a couple of months or years… Perhaps with docky instead of AWN… I dunno. For now I’ll stick to a single [...]
12 Oct
Removing metacity’s minimize effect
Hello! This is a quick post meant to get my readers up-to-date as to my status on Ubuntu. Maverick Meerkat (Ubuntu 10.10) is out in the wild now and I’m a happy owner of a brand new Dell notebook now (Inspiron 15R), so far everything works out of the box, just like it’s supposed to. [...]
3 Oct
Usando o GNOME com uma dockbar
Salve salve pessoal, somente uma dica rápida que eu acabei de aprender e gostaria de compartilhar com o mundo. Para usar o GNOME sem o gnome-panel e com uma dock (Avant Window Navigator, Docky, etc) em seu lugar faça o seguinte: Instale o gconf-editor com o comando “sudo apt-get install gconf-editor” (sem as “aspas”) depois [...]
Recent Comments