I just created an Ekiga account. But I want to look out for another VoIP software because I want to show on my blog whether I am online or not. Or use encryption. I will try Twinkle, and install it via Synaptic.
Installing Twinkle
August 30th, 2009 by producerI should try to install Tor
August 14th, 2009 by producerMaybe I should try to install Tor. I hope that Tor will be included in Ubuntu 9.10.
Geany
July 4th, 2009 by producerI just installed Geany. I need a text editor that is capable to display php files with color highlighting. The editor gedit is capable to do that. But gedit can’t scale the font size like e.g. Notepad++ (only available for Win XP). Komodo is another alternative, but I don’t like it.
I am downloading Linux Mint
May 27th, 2009 by producerI am downloading Linux Mint because I have problems with the playback of DVDs on my main Ubuntu PC.
My Audacity settings
May 22nd, 2009 by producerOn my Ubuntu 9.04 computer, Audacity functions with the following settings:
Audio I/O:
Playback Device: “ALSA: ALi M5455: ALi M5455 (hw:0,0)”
Recording Device: “ALSA: AK5370 : USB Audio (hw:1,0)”
Recording Channels: 1 (Mono)
Quality:
Sampling – Default Sample Rate: 22050 Hz
Interface:
Display range minimum: meters and ‘Waveform (dB)’: -60 dB (PCM range of 10 bit samples)
Default View Mode: Waveform (db)
Encrypting an external USB drive
May 14th, 2009 by producerCurrently, I am encrypting an external USB drive with TrueCrypt 6.2 under Ubuntu 9.04. First, the outer volume is beeing formatted:
Later, I will have to create the hidden volume. I will use the hidden volume for backup of my KeePassX database. The database has a size of about 100 KB (a traditional floppy disk has 1.44 MB) – so it is pretty small. Since the database itself is encrypted (password and keyfile are needed to decrypt it), I have very high security. In the outer volume of the external USB hard drive that I am momentarily encrypting, a backup of files from an Win XP computer will be stored. I hope that this will work. I am not totally sure because I don’t know the file format TrueCrypt is encrypting the external hard drive with. It might be possible that Win XP doesn’t recognize ext3 if it is used. I will see.
Creating a hidden TrueCrypt container
May 13th, 2009 by producerI just created a TrueCrypt file under Ubuntu. It was the first time that I created a hidden container within the outer container. It is a pretty complicated concept. I am using this complicated concept with the hidden container just for backup. It works.
I hope that it will be possible in a future version of TrueCrypt to encrypt the hole Ubuntu system. Under Win XP, this is already possible.
By the way, I just saw that TrueCrypt 6.2 is available. You might want to take a look into the new features.
Installation of Wink with Synaptic
May 10th, 2009 by producerMigration from Thunderbird to Evolution
May 8th, 2009 by producerI am considering to migrate from Thunderbird (Win XP) to Evolution (Ubuntu 9.04). I found an interesting article (haven’t read it completely, just the beginning). And maybe I should read about how to import emails from Thunderbird to Evolution.
Currently, I am downloading and sending my emails via Thunderbird under Win XP using SMTP/POP3. I don’t use IMAP because I find it too complicated. Since I have started to use Ubuntu as my main operating system (dual boot, different hard drives), I have to think about migrating my emails from Win XP to Ubuntu 9.04.
And to be honest: I don’t like Thunderbird because it doesn’t have an explicit export function for emails. Outlook Express does have an export function. It is always the same: Microsoft is better than Linux. That’s the simple truth. Thunderbird needs to be more user-friendly. I don’t need lots of features, but an export function is a sign of user-friendliness.
Using Synaptic for sound optimization
May 4th, 2009 by producerI just installed a few files with Synaptic following this sound guide. Interesting tip:
“With jaunty (not sure about intrepid), try this:
pulseaudio –kill
then
sudo alsa reload
It’s worked for me everytime so far, but it has to be done during a user session.”
Good tip, but I won’t try it because Audacity is able to record and Totem is able to play wav files at the moment. But how is it possible to play sound with simon?
Here is another interesting tip. Maybe I should take a closer look at Mint. By the way, this could be an option for the PC that is connected to the video beamer for playing DVDs.
