Jul 2, 2009 0
Easy Installation of Codecs, Flash Plugin, Graphics Drivers etc in Ubuntu
I run the Open Source operating system Ubuntu GNU/Linux on my computers. I like the Linux system very much. It’s stable, secure and easy to use. One problem though is that the system by default hasn’t got support for proprietary graphics drivers, audio and video codecs, non-free Flash plugin etc. It’s rather easy to every now and then add a package that will provide the necessary support to the system. The problem is that one often forgets to add support and then meets with obstacles at some moment.
There is an easy way to solve the problem though. The solution is a software called EasyUbuntu witch adds almost all necessary extensions to the Ubuntu. Install EasyUbuntu after a fresh Ubuntu installation and usual codecs, graphics drivers, Flash-plugin, Java etc will be installed in an easy way. EasyUbuntu also installs common software as Skype and a couple of compression utilities like 7-Zip as an example.
It’s pretty easy to download and install EasyUbuntu. Just download the latest version of the software by execute this command in a shell:
wget http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/files/easyubuntu_latest.deb
Then add the Medibuntu GPG key to your system with this command:
wget -q http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
The last thing you have to do is to double-click on the downloaded .deb file to start the installation of EasyUbuntu. More details will be find at the homepage of EasyUbuntu.
Ubuntu Documentation says almost all things provided by EasyUbuntu will be easily installed using this line instead of EasyUbuntu:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Talking about YouTube. I recently came across a lot of episodes of Sherlock Holmes at YouTube. If you can afford the time watching old television series then I would suggest you to watch some classical 
There are several ways to edit images today. Many web sites provide online services that let the users upload and edit images using only a web browser. A so called Software as a Service (SaaS) will do a great job when it comes to elementary image editing but when it comes to more advanced image editing one will have to use a software instead.
Once upon a time I used the famous file sharing software Kazaa to share files with other people. It feels like an eternity since Kazaa was the most popular peer-to-peer (P2P) software, but it isn’t. It was actually only a couple of years since Kazaa was one of the most popular file sharing software. One disadvantage of Kazaa the amount of malware installed together with the Kazaa software. Of course one could avoid the malware by using Kazaa Lite, a ported version of Kazaa.
I wrote a blog post about minimalism in web design a couple of days ago. The article was published before Spyre Studios released a list of 56 web sites using minimalistic web design. Spyre Studios also reminded their readers about an old article that listed 20 dark templates using minimalistic layout. Usually minimalism in web design will make the website look clean, simple with a lot of whitespace.
The famous pop star Michael Jackson died on 25th of June and the news spread all around the world immediately after his death. Thanks to Internet people around the world got the news about Jackson’s death very quickly.
As a child I was a real gamer, but since I left school I haven’t got the time to play computer games. One of the first computer games that I really fell in love with was the Commodore 64 game Giana Sisters. The game was a rip-off of Nintendo’s famous game Super Mario Bros. I also liked The Gauntlet and Bubble Bobble. I don’t dare to think how many hours I have spent in my life playing those games.
The next game in the list isn’t new at all and neither is the game concept. Actually it is a remake of the classical PC game Worms. The game is called Wormux. I recommend playing the game with a friend get the most out of the game. You are also able to play against a computer controlled opponent but I think it’s more enjoyable to play against a human being.
The first version of Adobe Photoshop was released 1987 under the name of Display. The code was written by a young man called Thomas Knoll. Later on his brother John joined the project and the following year they spent a lot of time writing code to expand the features of the software. The software finally got it’s name PhotoShop. Not Photoshop but PhotoShop with a capital S in it’s name. Today Photoshop is spelled Photoshop, but at the beginning the name of the software was actually PhotoShop.
Photoshop is probably the best image editing software available today. The Open Source software GIMP is a good competitor, but I think Photoshop is even better. GIMP will surely be good enough for private use, but Photoshop has got some extra feauters that GIMP is missing. Photoshop also has got a lot of tutorials available all around the Net. A tutorial gives even a amateur the opportunity to perform awesome image editing without nearly any knowledge at all.
Technology Bites has published a blog post about a software called Hulu Video Downloader. Hulu Video Downloader lets you easily download videos from the Hulu site to your hard drive. All you need is the URL of the video and then choose whatever you wish to download the video in high quality or in low quality. Push a button to start downloading the video and if everything works as expected the video will be downloaded right away. Read more about Hulu Video Downloader at