There is a very flexible and easy Linux tool that helps you change the EXIF meta-data of images. It allows you to change individual files or whole bunch of them with one command. You can also put different rules about
Install Subversion and Subclipse for Eclipse on Ubuntu
If you do not have Eclipse installed yet, run: sudo apt-get install eclipse Install Subversion sudo apt-get install subversion Install the Subversion plugin for Eclipse Get the Java bindings for Subversion: sudo apt-get install libsvn-java Now we are ready to
Extract Audio (.mp3) from Video Files Like .flv, .mov, .avi and Others with Ubuntu
It is very easy to extract the audio track from video files using Linux. All you need is ffmpeg and some codecs. Let’s get started… Note: The commands below are for Ubuntu (or Debian derivatives) but you can do the
How to Resume Partial File Transfers
I work primarily with UNIX and Linux machines and scp is my main choice to transfer files with. It is both convenient, short and secure. Example: scp localfile user@remotecomputer:/path/to/target/dir Recently I was transferring an 8GB file and due to a
Convert Quicktime Movies to AVI encoded with MPEG-4 (MOV to AVI) with Linux/Ubuntu
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
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