A lot of camcorders record in the .mov (Quicktime) format. It has high quality video and depending on the underlying codec it provides a good compression, but it is too proprietary and very often you might not be able to
Broadcom Wireless Chipset (BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4321, and BCM4322) on Ubuntu Karmic.
If you have a Broadcom wireless chipset BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4321, or BCM4322 it will not work with Ubuntu Karmic after an upgrade or an install. To get it working, you need to install the STA driver. You can get it
When a Linux User Buys Apple
I just came upon two articles by Thomas Driemeyer. The author seems to be very sincere in his attempt to describe his experiences in switching from Linux to Apple (and subsequently back) and his good sense of humor makes the
Clone Disk Drives with Ubuntu. Make an Exact Copy of Your Hard Drive.
Before I start, I would like to clarify that this step by step tutorial applies not only to duplicating hard drives that have Linux OS on them. You can clone pretty much any drive. What is on the hard disk
Manage What Applications to Run on Boot in Ubuntu
Update: November 20th, 2009 I am not sure what I was thinking when I wrote this post, but if you want to easily control the programs that run on boot from a graphical interface go to: System -> Administration ->
Madwifi drivers for Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) or linux kernels 2.6.29 and above.
After upgrading to the latest Ubuntu version 9.10 I could no longer compile and install the madwifi drivers. Here are the compilation errors I was getting: In file included from /home/user/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath/../net80211/ieee80211_monitor.h:34, from /home/user/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath/if_ath.c:75: /home/user/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath/../ath/if_athvar.h:107: error: conflicting types for ‘irqreturn_t’ include/linux/irqreturn.h:16:
Ubuntu – Choose what volume to control with your keyboard sound controls
Like any other laptop my Acer has a designated keyboard sound control. I can turn the volume up, down or mute it all together. This was working fine until one day I decided to mess with a couple of microphones
Create Flash video from DVD (DVD to FLV) with Ubuntu
All the steps below are valid for any Linux, not just Debian and Ubuntu. Simply use your distro’s package manager (YaST, Yum, Rpm, etc.) to install the necessary packages. Creating a flash video from a DVD will allow you to
Alternative ways to transfer files when you do not have ftp or sftp server available
Very often I find myself having to transfer files to remote machines that do not have ftp or sftp server running. Here are a few methods that I use in those cases: Using scp: The secure copy protocol and command
Find out the subdomains of a given domain name with dig
First, find out the name server(s) for the domain name in question: dig wikipedia.com Look under the “AUTHORITY SECTION”: ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: wikipedia.com. 163475 IN NS ns2.wikimedia.org. wikipedia.com. 163475 IN NS ns1.wikimedia.org. wikipedia.com. 163475 IN NS ns0.wikimedia.org.