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Friday, September 29, 2017

Trying Out Ubuntu 10 04 On A Desktop PC Part Two

This blog describes the multimedia playback capabilities (both audio and video) of the standard Ubuntu 10.04 - that is, what this 64-bit OS can play out-of-the-box. Let us start with the audio capabilities first.

Multimedia - Audio Playback

It was obvious from the start that Ubuntu can handle sound - but what format? A quick peek into the /usr/share/sounds directory gave me some answers. The sound file formats that Ubuntu can handle out-of-the-box are .wav and .ogg type files. The wav format is an uncompressed PCM one while the ogg format is a lossy compressed one. Both are free formats and that is the reason they were included on a standard Ubuntu (which has a strict policy regarding non-free or propriety formats - they simply are not included).

A test was carried out by plugging in a USB drive containing several audio and video files of various formats, into the Ubuntu 10.04 PC. The USB drive was recognized by the OS and mounted automatically - an icon for that drive appeared on the desktop. The OS also obligingly open the Nautilus file browser showing the contents of the USB drive. Hovering the cursor over the various audio files on the USB drive, I discovered that Ubuntu can indeed play back wav and ogg type audio files plus it also can play back flac type audio files. This format is a lossless compressed PCM type and it is a free format (flac = free lossless audio codec) - hence it was included in the standard Ubuntu. However, out of the box Ubuntu CANNOT play back mp3, mp4, aac, m4a and ape formatted audio files. Obviously, extra non-free or propriety codecs need to be installed to handle these formats.

A quick check with the official Ubuntu 10.04 document did not help much but checking the community document on restricted formats gave instructions on which package to install in order to get support for the other audio (and video) formats. The package is appropriately named ubuntu-restricted-extras and besides the codecs necessary for play back of the other formats, also includes Microsoft TTF fonts, Java runtime environment, Flash plugin, LAME (to create compressed audio files), and DVD playback. Opening the Synaptic Package Manager, I installed this package - which took a while - mainly due to the downloading of the various TTF fonts from a busy server.

After the ubuntu-restricted-extras package was installed, another test was performed on the other audio files on the USB drive. Hovering the cursor over the files I can now play back mp3, mp4, aac, m4a and ape formatted audio files. This package indeed took care of the most popular audio formats found. By the way, I also found out that the popular Microsoft TrueType fonts (like Times New Roman, Arial, Courier New, etc) were also installed on my system - a big plus and another reason to install this package.

Another audio capability test was then performed - the audio CD playback capability. Inserting an audio CD into the drive resulted in it being recognized and mounted (a icon will appear on the desktop). A message box will also pop-up telling me that I have inserted an audio CD and asked which application to use the CD with - the default is Rhythmbox. Note that I can make this the default action also - however, for this test I accepted the default application by clicking on OK. Rhythmbox, the music management and playback software for GNOME, was launched and I was able to play the CD by clicking on the Play button. The details about the CD (album name, artist, and track/song title) was also displayed. This test confirmed that Ubuntu was indeed capable of handling audio CDs.

Thats it as far as my needs for audio playback on Ubuntu 10.04 goes. In my next blog, I will be describing the video playback capabilities of the OS, so stay tuned.

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Two Years Blogging

September is almost done and with its end brings to a close my 24th month of writing Thoughts on Technology.

When I first started writing it was largely so I could document things I had figured out how to do technology related. As time progressed I wrote a few opinion pieces though and they took off. In fact they are now largely what I write, I do still publish HOWTO articles now and then though.

Would just like to say thanks to everyone that reads and comments on my work here. Honestly sometimes the comments are just as good (or better) than my posts :)

Beyond just Thoughts on Technology I have done guest posts (or have feeds) on a few different new websites now:

Linux Gazette
Mutkware
Blognotions
Before Its News

Happy computing all.

~Jeff Hoogland

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Two New Etrian Odyssey Untold II Music Tracks Revealed By Atlus

Originally revealed by Etrian Odyssey Untold II: The Knight of Fafnirs producer and director Shigeo Komori to Famitsu, Atlus Japans official Youtube has revealed two new tracks for the upcoming game.

The first track is a quaint labyrinth track titled "The Sea Trees of the Ancient Remains".

And the second track is a more pumped-up battle track called "First Campaign Battlefield".

Soundtrack titles translated originally on Siliconeras original post.

Etrian Odssey Untold II: The Knight of Fafnir is due for release on Nintendo 3DS in Japan Winter this year.

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Which of these tracks was your favourite? Comment below or send a tweet to @JRPGJungle and let us know!

Have a story about a Japanese game or something else you think we should cover? Email jrpgjungle@gmail.com to let us know!

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Two Worlds II 2010

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  A few years after the fateful events in Part 1 of the "Two Worlds" saga, the
  power of Gandohar, the Dark Imperator, is at its peak. The joy and relief
  experienced by the populace of Antaloor when he conquered the proud Orcs was
  soon brutally stifled by his reign of unbelievable terror. The depths of his
  evil character were revealed much too fast... and much too cruelly. Only one
  warrior with the combined power of two worlds can destroy this spell of evil
  - and the people yearn for his coming. But... the hero is a prisoner in the
  citys deepest dungeon, so hell have to start out on the path to his
  adventures from this dark and gloomy location. Hell enjoy victories and
  taste bitter defeats, hell be betrayed and befriended and hell be met by
  mind-boggling mysteries and sudden surprises on his travels. However, new
  powers are entering the scene - and they will plunge the player deep into
  Antaloors past. One quest will take the hero back to his roots, present him
  with surprising twists and turns in the game - and transport him into a truly
  new dimension in the RPG genre. Gameplay"Two Worlds II" offers a perfect
  symbiosis of the most important RP features - sheer atmosphere and dazzling
  technology. A complex quest system with an exciting main story that leads you
  through the world of Antaloor, plus lots of secondary scenarios with their
  corresponding quest stories ensure that the followers of the main story AND
  the adventurous souls who love the danger of exploring unknown regions will
  ALL get their moneys worth... and more! Completely revised AI and Balancing
  standards, experienced authors, the active combat system and the fabulously
  intuitive management of magic are all a guarantee of even more game enjoyment
  for both RPG professionals and those who are new to the genre. Then we have
  the GRACE engine, especially developed for "Two Worlds II". In combination
  with the extremely flexible MoCap system, it enables unheard-of freedom of
  movement when the hero is walking, running, involved in combat and
  interacting with his environment. "Two Worlds II" is graphically superb,
  thanks to technological highlights like an unlimited number of dynamic light
  sources, 24 bit HDR post-processing and Real Eye Adaption.FeaturesAn active
  combat system with variable attack moves, parrying and special
  tricksState-of-the-art technology, thanks to a powerful GRACE engine and
  special toolsCRAFT system (Complete Reshaping And Forging Technology) for
  customizing weapons and armouryLots of mini-games for enhancing
  gameplayIndividual magic system thanks to DEMONS technologyIntuitive user
  interface for the Magic and Skill systemsMany Boss opponents, with unique
  rewards Set up your own workshop with the CWE system (Correlated Workflow
  Efficiency)Mercenaries and magically-created beings accompany the
  playerComplex object management with movable and usable items Flexible MoCap
  system guarantees realistic everyday movements and combat Extensive
  Multiplayer part including building/setup sim. 

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Two excuses IT professionals use

The following excuses are used frequently by IT professionals as a scape goat for not letting you do something they dont want you to do, or to lay blame on problems they dont know how to solve.

Your problems are caused by these other applications that I dont support.
I cant allow you to do that, or have that software because it is a security threat.

The first one is used to explain why you are having PC problems. This often comes in the form of some sort of "fanboy" bias. A Microsoft lover might say, "Your computer boots slowly because you have Firefox installed" or, "The Google toolbar is why IE is crashing so much." They will usually remove the offending program, but it wont actually fix the problem. They will then have to actually find the real solution, and then go back and say you still cant have whatever app they removed still claiming it was the problem. They will not let you have your old application back, even though it was never causing any problems.
The second excuse will be used to explain why they wont let you have the program even before youve installed it. They will insist that every program you want is a security risk.
This is not to say that there are not legitimate reasons for the IT staff at your work to deny you from having no other programs installed except the ones they provide. A good security policy, in my opinion, is to set up an employees computer in a manner that is consistant with their work duties, and then lock it down very tight so the user does not have access to add or remove software, or make any system changes. However, these reasons should be properly articulated using facts and valid arguments, not scape-goats and non-truths.

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Two of my last mods

So last month when I lost the Designers Challenge, I made my costume and shared it on another website, might as well put it here.

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Then October 20th was me and Kasumis 1st anniversary, so among other things, I made this.

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I was thinking maybe I would resurrect the site, start sharing stuff again, but I dont know, lemme know what you think, and maybe I just might start doing stuff again.

That is all.

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Two Lubuntu and Xubuntu blog to explore

Today I am going to tell you something about two blogspot blogs. Day by day LXDE and XFCE based distributions are coming infront of main stream Linux world. Many of us starting to love these lightweight operating systems. But there are not much blog which published tips and tricks about these desktop environments. Recently I found two blogspot blogs which are not official but publishing many valuable, informative, importent tips and tricks about LXDE and XFCE.

Lubuntu Tips

First of all I am telling about LXDE based Lubuntu blog. Its called "Lubuntu Tips". Url is http://lubuntutips.blogspot.com.

I dont know the man behind this blog. But I honor her/his effort to teach us about Lubuntu and LXDE. I learned many tips from this blog. I will publish some of them in my blog from "Lubuntutips" blog. Tips, tricks, hacks, customisation, decoration, various information and news about Lubuntu and lxde are available there. I really love this blogsite and visit it regularly. I am really learning miscelanious information from there.

My another favourite blog is http://xubuntugeek.blogspot.com/

Xubuntu Geek

XFCE is another famous lightweight Desktop Environment in the Linux world. In the Xubuntugeek blogsite, the briliant blog owner publish various informative, critical tips, information, news, tweek regularly. Once upon a time there is a Xubuntu blog on wordpress. But now a days update posts did not come for many months. But this Blogspot based blogsite is active now. I got many many idea, informations from this blog.

If you are a user of Lubuntu or Xubuntu, then these sites must help you much better then any other blog. I wish these blogs will continue their journey for many years and help people to solve various problem. I will publish some tips, tweek, hacks and informations from these blogsite with acknoledgement in the next days.

LubuntuTips address: http://lubuntutips.blogspot.com/
XubuntuGeek address: http://xubuntugeek.blogspot.com/

LXDE on NetGator blog
Lubuntu on Netgator blog
Xubuntu on Netgator blog
XFCE on Netgator blog

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Two men got Killed in Enugu State

Two young men got themselves killed in Enugu State as a result of strong argument, an Igbo man together with a Fulani man died in Enugu state after a strong argument

As people were celebrating their Christmas festival, some people think that they can make much money by still hanging on to their business while others were away. They were busy doing their business in order to make extra money during this season.

Among the people in this category are these two young men who engaged in a serious arguments that cost them their lives. These young men were seen doing their normal duties early hours of that day until the evening time when the argument started. It was said that the two able bodied men engaged in a strong arguments, That resulted to them calling themselves terrible names. they continued this strong arguments for a long duration of time, people around them tried to persuade them to stop the unnecessary argument, but they reused to listen.

Long after, the arguments continued to get stronger and stronger that it began to draw the interest of the people passing by. Their friends and also the passers - by tried to stop them but rather they increased the argument, this continued to go on until one of them brought out a knife and heeded to his opponent, the young man who didnt see that coming on time tried to hold him by his hand but his enemys strength was stronger than him. The man over powered him and struck the knife in his belly leaving him dead at the spot.

As this happened, people around began to shout. One of the Mob who was observing his duty around that place saw this and he became angry, he stated beating this young man who had done this. He gave him all kind of punishment until he had no strength in him. The young man was beaten to stupor until he became unconscious. He was later rushed to the hospital,and later gave up on Thursday morning.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police command in Enugu confirmed the deaths on Thursday, December 29.

NAN also reports that while what led to the argument was yet to be ascertained, both dead men were believed to be either traders or transporters working in the markets park.

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Two sun dogs and a tangent arc February 2 2016

Left and right sun dogs, upper tangent arcs

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Two New Characters for the Jin Clan Dyansty Warriors 8

The next one is Jin Clan characters: Sima Shi, Sima Yi, Sima Zhao, Wang Yuanji
New characters are Jia Chong (adviser of Sima Zhao and Sima Shi) and Zhang Chunhua (Sima Yis wife)