Monthly Archives: November 2008

Printing to PDF broken in Ubuntu Intrepid

Posted on November 27, 2008 by

Ubuntu did something weird with the CUPS-PDF thing in Intrepid.  It’s broken when you try to print a file to the PDF output.  It’s related to this bug which has something to do with AppArmor. You’ll get a message “/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf … Continue reading →

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The Power of PulseAudio and JACK

Posted on November 20, 2008 by

If you use Ubuntu, then they chose for you to use PulseAudio as a layer on top of Alsa by default. It was a good choice.  At first glance the power of PulseAudio is not readily apparent. It’s not really … Continue reading →

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Streamripping… Linux Style

Posted on November 20, 2008 by

Many times you’ll want to save audio and video streams that you find on websites.  Youtube or Google Video clips are an example, perhaps another example would be some videos on a commercial or media conglomerates website.  There are also … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Intrepid Upgrade, Office 2007 under Wine

Posted on November 14, 2008 by

I just upgraded one of my boxes from Ubuntu Hardy to Intrepid. It actually worked very well and I didn’t have any problems with the core system afterwards. For some reason a few emulators I had installed with debs were … Continue reading →

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