Archive for October, 2008
FirstClass. On 64 bit AMD64 Ubuntu.
For my OU course in Web Applications Development, I have to use a piece of software called FirstClass, from OpenText. Thankfully the nice people at OpenText have packaged up a version for Debian and Ubuntu, version 8.315-2 (one major release behind Windows admittedly, but perfectly usable). If you’re using a 32 bit version the install [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: amd64 64 bit, firstclass, libqtmt, Linux, ubuntu
Amarok, Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10, Bluetooth and Sony MBR-100 Audio Receiver
As we all know Amarok is the best music player in the world, and it’s free. It’s only available on Linux at the moment but the devs are working hard to port it to Windows. Anyway I digress. I wanted to explain how I got Amarok playing on my laptop, accessing my music collection on [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: alsa, amarok, bluetooth, gutsy, Linux, mbr-100, sony, ubuntu
RT73 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
If you’ve used the Ralink RT73 chipset under Ubuntu for any length of time, you’ll know that the default drivers aren’t yet perfect (some supporting evidence). Some may have had more success, but in my experience they drop out regularly and transfer rates are pretty mediocre. The modules used are the rt2x00usb and rt73usb. These [...]