UPDATE (February 2009): You can now ignore the rest of this post and simply download and install sopcast and sopcast-player. Both are liste...

As stated in an earlier post, there are cron folders within /etc appropriately named cron.hourly, cron.daily, and cron.monthly. Stick a scr...

Jinzora is a streaming jukebox similar to Squeezecenter. The web interface is not as intuitive as squeezecenter, but for me, worked much fa...

To get USB support in VirtualBox, you first need the non-opensource version. Get this by adding the appropriate repository listed on the Vi...

After installing the .deb file from the Squeezecenter site, I had to delete a file and basically refresh a database to be able to connect t...

Here's a nice page with apt-get options and explanations.

Lifehacker recently had a great article on ways to automatically rotate wallpapers including Gnome Wallchanger, Desktop Drapes, and Wallpap...

Wget is basically a command line way to download things. I typically use it with the -O option which I have outlined below. See the source...

Scripts are a way to simplify a list of commands or allow something else to execute commands. Here is an excellent summary of how they are...

Aliases are ways to simplify a command to one word. (Sometimes, moving a script to /usr/bin will accomplish the same thing). To setup an a...

ipblock (part of iplist and similar to moblock) wasn't working for me and the problem appears to have been with java. To fix it, I did...

First go to the directory where you want the link. Then use the following command: sudo ln -s /path/to/file nameoflink Note: "nameofli...

Update: There is a new website by Aria Stewart based on Dave Coffin's program to convert RCA-VOC files. Here is the link. I have an RC...

When removing a package, if you want to also remove the unused dependencies associated with it, type the following: sudo apt-get autoremove ...

Use the following command to install a package: sudo dpkg -i /path/to/filename.deb

After installing Hardy, I was having a variety of problems with sound as well as Flash. Apparently there is some conflict between Flash and...

The following command will let you check to see if a package is installed: aptitude search package-name If you see an "i" next to ...

I used the Bluez Wiki page to help get my bluetooth headset working with ubuntu. It basically uses the new default pulseaudio to divert th...

Hardy seems to have moved the preferred actions around for media. Some of it can still be configured in Systems-->Preferences-->Prefe...

Here are the solutions to a few problems I had with Hardy: Emerald: Emerald wasn't actually changing my windows even though a different ...