Comments on The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Would you be confused to find realplayer, quicktime and windows media player on a windows system, too? Let alone WinAmp and Media Player Classic, VLC? Or does it confuse you, that you get them all for free and have to take a look which one suits you best? If so, I recommend you not to go out and buy a car...and just take the one from the advertisement, the one where people seemd to be happy with.

I thing I have to try this one :)

I did!!!

But my sound system is down now. I will have to figure it out.

Love oo-bun-too!

To fix, open a terminal, enter sudo alsamixer. Navigate to external amplifier with the horizontal arrow keys. Press M on your keyboard to mute.

Same reason 3 browsers isn't enough for everyone (coz they can).

Hi:

Does anyone know how to switch between 2 languages ( and without having to reboot every time)?
I did it the other day, and I actually could use the 2nd language without having to reboot the system as I was asked to.

I did finally reboot but now I cannot find the option or the place I used before?(It even had an icon in the systray where you could switch)...

Oh and when I change my keyboard layouts now, the stuff in command line changes but not in my GUI>? (like gedit does not change and stays in English)!

I am new so it may be still here on my desktop but cannot find it?

I AM Using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy and Xdm GUI

What do you mean, "like" 5 audio players? Idiot. It's called choice. Use what you like, don't use the others.

I upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10.  adobe flash 10 addon for firefox 3 was working in 8.04.  In 8.10 the audio doesn't work for flash 10.  Pulseaudio makes no sound when i click the test button.  autodetect sound doesn't work. Tried different sound settings and Tried different internet searched solutions to no avail.  Unfortunately, the internet has lots of flash media content.  My experience has been sound is flaky in ubuntu 8.10, for my upgraded pc.  I'm considering wiping 8.10 off my pc and loading 8.04 back onto it.  I should have used the live cd version of 8.10 to make sure it behaved ok on my PC.

 

 

yes we got the same problem. i can use sound on my desktop players at any file types but through internet i got no sound!!!! i hope somebody will help!!!

I had huge problems with Pulse for ages but then eventually I worked out that it refused to comply with the Ubuntu directive to find SBLIve even though it was set as a the default sound card.  I disabled the onboard AC97 (Via) and Pulse works like a charm.  I'm not saying it's a solution to your problem but it's just how I eventually sorted it out.

You should have gone to ubuntu forums, the problem your having is a libcanberra bug theres a fix for it, I havnt had any problems with intrepid since i fixed it, you can also go to launchpad where they explain how to obtain this bugfix.

With a little extra setup, the default text editor for Gnome (gedit) is a fantastic for light weight code cutting whilst still having all the useful bits like syntax highlighting...  Definitely my choice over those you've mentioned above.

• VERY STABLE! You won't lose your work due to a crash!
• Syntax highlighting for PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and just about any other language you'll use as a web developer.
• Line numbers.
• Right margin guide.
• Auto Indentation
• Indent/Unindent selected block of code
• Spaces or tabs with cusomizable tab width and optional modeline support.
• more...  : http://www.micahcarrick.com/09-29-2007/gedit-html-editor.html
  

I've used many bloated and lightweight editors for LAMP development on different platforms over the years, and I find gedit the most productive for me by far.

The base ubuntu install doesn't - It only comes with Rhythmbox.

why does it come with like 5 audio players?

 confusing pile of shit

Don't use XMMS. its deprecated

Audacious is  a better Winamp replacement with gtk2

its actually installing xmms2 in this tutorial, but id rather compile xmms as its still the best winamp clone, at least until i can get another audio player that can use an EQ properly.. every other player just gives flat horrible sound (im on a laptop, speakers are decent with a decent EQ).  Audacious would be nice if the EQ worked properly, as when i switch it on i get a "fuzzyness". Only xmms1 gives me nice results, and can import my winamp presets too..

 

Does this HowTo work to Ubuntu 8.10 AMD64 ???

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