I tried to copy a music CD this evening and got this error message:
Please install the following manually and try again:
cdda2wav (application)
cdda2wav (application)
I installed cdrao first, and it still gave me the same message. Then, I installed icedax. I restarted Brasero, and it worked fine.
I have been trying to solve a problem with Ubuntu booting on one of my machines. So, I have found these links helpful:
These instructions were very handy for mounting an already installed system from a LiveCD:
sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot sudo mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev sudo mount -t proc none /mnt/proc
Then, to be able to get Internet from the system, I had to copy my resolv.conf into it:
sudo cp /etc/resolve.conf /mnt/etc
Then, to work on the system, I ran:
sudo chroot /mnt /bin/bash
And, then, I can run commands like:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lilo
Here are some more Lilo links:
I still haven’t solved my problem with all of these links, so here is my forum post if you know of anything that I am missing:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9885240#post9885240
I came across this article the other day:
Engadget: Gmail for Android updated, becomes Market app
The new feature they were talking about was the priority Inbox. I am all for new features and I thought I would give it a shot. But, I couldn’t find it in the market!
I searched for the App on AndroLib, but I didn’t see it there. Then, I searched on AndroidZoom and found it. In fact, AndroidZoom has a nice list of all the applications that Google puts out.
I tried to scan the QR Code found on the download page. This is the error message I got:
There are no matches in Android Market for the search: pname: com.google.android.gm
And, I think I finally found the problem on the official blog. The application requires Froyo! Here is the quote:
The Gmail update requires Froyo (Android version 2.2), so it’s available if you have a Nexus One, HTC EVO, Motorola Droid 2 or Motorola Droid. (Not sure if your device is running Android version 2.2? Check here.)
I came across this tool from SourceForge recently: Memoranda. It is a great tool for managing information relating to a project. It seems to work pretty good, although, I would prefer to keep my notes with my time tracking tool.
The feature I was looking for was the ability to paste screenshots into my notes. Unfortunately, Memoranda did not allow screenshots in the notes. So, I will have to find another example for that.
While catching up on my feeds in Google Reader, I came across Jake’s post about capturing ideas on the go. In the comments, Stephen Cross pointed out a service called ReQall. I wanted to remember this service, but at this point, I can’t keep track of the ideas I do remember. What is the point in capturing a bunch of ideas that you can’t act on or implement?
Anyway, I still thought this website was worthy of comment in case one day I get my organization together and can process this many things.
Here are the packages that I found I needed to install for developing on experimental branch of Gnome-RDP:
I have started to use F-Spot, and I like it pretty well. There are a few things I don’t like such as the Facebook plugin not working and it taking so long to tag all of the pictures, but for the most part I have really liked the program. The other day, I exported a group of my pictures to a folder and created a gallery. I was really impressed.
But, I was talking with my Mom about a problem to manage pictures, and Picasa came up. She is using Windows, and I couldn’t find any articles about running F-Spot in Windows.
When I looked into Picasa, the features looked pretty impressive. It still looks like it runs in a Wine environment though, and F-Spot is more of a native application. I guess it really doesn’t matter if it is stable and fast. I think I had a few stability issues when I was using it way back when.
The other big thing I saw was that they had facial recognition features in Picasa. I would like to see that in F-Spot and see it help tag people in my pictures. I did run across a blog talking about implementing this feature. On his iWuds page, he says that it is in progress. It sounds like though that it has been talked about since 2007. Here is an idea on Brainstorm as well.
I see that I am not the only one thinking about switching. I think though that I am going to hold out a little long for F-Spot, but I will hold the conversion scripts handy.
I have been meaning to write up my list of Andriod apps that I currently have installed on my G1, and then, I found these lists:
I had hopes to linking to the Market, but I couldn’t find a good link to it. This is the best I could find:
So, I thought I should finally get around to doing it. So, here are my installed programs:
I definitely use this all the time. It came with the phone, but I installed it from the market to get the new features. The biggest new feature is the Navigation, which works very well, and I really like it.
The best place I could find for info on updates was their blog.
This is a great Bible application. I use it a lot during church, and it is nice to have access to the Bible wherever I go. It looks nice and is easy to read. I can quickly browse to passages, and I can search for words. I don’t think it has a commentary or else I haven’t used it.
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I have been using Google Reader to keep up with various RSS feeds. This program gives me an interface to the reader on my phone. My biggest complaint has been that I only want to view certain feeds on my phone. Some of the feeds I had subscribed to were too hard to read on the phone. I haven’t looked to see if Google has changed their API but last I looked Google didn’t provide a way to pick and choose feeds.
All in all, I have really liked this program.
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This is what I have used to post and view Facebook. I remember seeing comments about the iPhone application being so much better, but I haven’t had the chance to compare. I have noticed that it has improved since I first installed it.
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According to this article, this application won the developer challenge. I have bounced back and forth between this application and the Weather Bug. With the more recent update from The Weather Channel, I have liked this one better.
This is a great application for viewing the weather. One of the features that I do like is the temperature in the notifications bar.
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This is a great application for times when you need to turn your phone to vibrate. It turns all of the volumes down to vibrate only. You can choose a time frame, and it will turn it back on after the time frame. You can also choose a distance where it turn it back on after you go that distance. I haven’t used that because I haven’t wanted to spend the battery required to leave the GPS on for that.
I use Timeriffic for planned times that I need my phone on silent. I use this for meetings and such that are not on a schedule.
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I started using Locale, but they made it a paid App and disabled the old version. This program allows me to set the phone to silent automatically. I have it set for during church times. That way my phone shouldn’t ring in the middle of church.
One cool thing I just learned about this program is that it is open source. It is hosted on Google Code and I could make changes to it and contribute!
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This is the first app I came across that would let me sync and use the Google Tasks in GMail on my phone. I don’t use it a lot, but it gets the job done.
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This program seemed to save battery at first. I don’t really open it now, but I think it runs in the background. I haven’t done any comparison to see if it really does.
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I oringally downloaded this when it was free. It was great to have in Church while I was playing my guitar and couldn’t remember how to play a chord. I could look it up quickly before the song started.
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This is the one game that I have probably played the most on my phone. It is addicting, and it has many levels to work through. The graphics are great which I think has a big impact on the appeal. The game play is simple: you tap the screen to shoot a ball and try to eliminate the balls in the line by getting three or more in a row of the same color. Now that I am through all of the levels, I haven’t played it in a while, but it is still fun.
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This was a great application for my son. He has kind of outgrown it, but I think my second son might grow into it soon. The cool part about it is that you don’t have to worry about him clicking something wrong and getting into another program or placing a call. You do still have to watch to make sure he isn’t throwing it across the room or dropping it in the toilet.
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This is a nice little way to play freecell while you are waiting for something.
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This was one of the first games that I put on my phone. The reason it caught my eye was that it illustrated the phone’s accelerometer. Playing the game was very fun, but it didn’t take long to beat the 10 levels. It looks like it also works on the iPhone.
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This program is handy to check the account details such as the minutes that I had used. It also provides a quick way to check things like how much battery is left.
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I had used this program for a while, but then they made it something that you have to pay for.
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These are fun, simple little games. Sunflat has a bunch of different little games like this: PapiJump, PapiOrange, ActionPotato, SFCave, PapiMissle, PapiRiver, PapiCatch, PapiPole. I started with PapiJump because it was a game that demostrated the accelerometer. I also tried PapiRiver. The graphics aren’t much on the ones that I tried, but they were entertaining for a little bit.
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I originally downloaded this program to try to create my own rings. I never got around to doing that, but I have used it to record some notes while I was in the car and couldn’t type. It is very easy to use and worked great.
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This program started a great idea for me. I haven’t traveled enough to give it a far chance, but if I traveled more, it would be a necessity! The great part is that it allows you to take a picture of your receipts while you are traveling. You can key in some information such as the price and type of expense. At the end of the trip, you can download the images and info to your computer.
I also found that on the homepage, there is a link to the source repository.
While I haven’t used the program that much, I love the concept. I have started my own little program that will take pictures of receipts and sync up with my money management software.
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I have a Google Voice account, but I haven’t used it that much. I had trouble with latency, and it wasn’t good enough to use on a regular basis. It has been a while since I tried, so I will have to try again. The program allows you to make calls from your phone using Google Voice. It doesn’t save anything on minutes, and the program didn’t let you change the settings and such.
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This is kind of a cool application, but I never really understood what the advantage of this program was over the regular Google Maps. I think I noticed that maybe now it is combined with the Google Maps application.
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I haven’t used this application very often. I can’t really even remember why I installed it!
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I downloaded this program to be able to blog from my phone. The problem is that I usually wanted to just save it as a draft and finalize it on my computer. Then, I would actually publish from my computer. I couldn’t make that happen with this app for some reason. I will probably try the official application next.
I haven’t used this much, but I do look at Wikipedia a lot. I am not sure how many advantages this gives over just using the regular browser.
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I tried this is an option to use Skype with my phone. It never did work exactly the way that I wanted it to, so I haven’t stuck with it.
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This is a Super Nintendo Emulator that I install but have never used. I keep meaning to download a ROM and try it out, but I haven’t ever done it.
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Someone asked me for an alternative for WebEx because they were trying to find something cheaper. I did a little searching, and I found these couple of websites.
RKG: Free alternatives to Webex, Camtasia, etc
The CrossLoop option caught my eye, and I found this website as a result:
AlternativeTo sounds like a create website that I will have to do some more exploring. There are other websites that have the same stuff on it:
I have noticed this nice little indicator-applet on the panel at the top of my Ubuntu screen, but I haven’t had much chance to use it. I found the specs for it here. By default, Skype and GMail don’t integrate into it, so I am looking for solutions. I thought I would look for GMail first:
KCheckMail is one option, but it is for KDE.
The next hit I found was a little bit unusual. Psi is another chatting application, and in the psi-plus-plugins, there is a GMail checker. I found an interesting article describing the application and a link to configuring with GMail. Come to find out, Google has some instructions, too.
Gnome-Gmail-Notifier is another option. The Main Website has a little more information, but from the screenshots, it looks like it creates a system tray icon rather than using the indicator applet.
The Gmail-Notify program is a python/gtk option (not to be confused with the GMail-Notifier only available on Windows). It’s goal is to provide an alternative for Google’s Windows only program.
The next item is not really a notifier applet: prism-google-mail. It is actually a Prism application. This installs the GMail webapp listed in the bundles section.
CheckGmail is the next option. From what I can tell, it only looks like it works with a system tray icon.
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin is an option for XFCE.
KGmailNotifier is an option for KDE.
desktop-webmail looks like an interesting tool even though it isn’t a notifier. The Gnome-GMail mentioned in the article looks like another thing to research although I didn’t see it in the repositories.
conduit is a tool that I had seen before. It is not a notifier, but a cool app nonetheless.
mail-notification looks more generic but is a notifier.
cgmail is another option. Again, it looks like it only creates a systray icon.
I also did a little searching on this, and apparently, I am not the only one asking this question — Ubuntu Forums: gmail in indicator-applet
The thread mentions gm-notify as an option that uses the indicator applet. It is not in the repositories, but you can add it using Software Sources. Add “ppa:gm-notify-maintainers/ppa”. Then, you can install the package. Here is what it looks like:
My next step is to check out this article to try to integrate Skype into the mix. Before I upgraded, I had been using Cairo-Dock. My quick search didn’t show the indicator applet for it, but I did see an article about AWN supporting the indicator applet. I will have to put some more time into that.