How can I play my mp3 library directly to Chromecast Audio? It would be best to have native application like Banshee or similar to play the files from the disk to Chromecast (I don't want to upload the files anywhere).
The best player I've found so far is: Cloud flac, mp3, aac Chrome browser extension. But it allows only select particular files to play, does not allow to select folders. It also has limited features (eg. no browse by artist, album) and ugly interface.
On my machine Chromium is very slow, I had to switch to Firefox where everything works fine.
Looks like this is a kind of JavaScript problem (eg. slowed down typing on Facebook), pages loading slower, feels like the pages are heavy.
Is there any option to fix this? How to debug the problem?
Clean install
Chromium 41.0.2272.76 Ubuntu 14.10
Ctrl+Shift+T shortcut runs the gnome-terminal by default. I have installed byobu, and I want this shortcut to open the latest used byobu session. When pressed multiple times, I should still have just one window.
I tried to map this shortcut to gnome-terminal, but this open multiple windows, with the same session.
The behavior I want is the same as clicking on the terminal icon in the dash. After the above map I have a behavior of "New terminal" which can be accessed by the right click on this icon. It's probably about some gnome-terminal parameter, but I don't see any related one.
Messages in my terminal are displayed using Russian language by default, which is my native one.
For just a moment I want them to be in English (eg. to paste in forums), then switch back to the default language.
How can I do the switch and switch back using bash?
Nautilus has a very handy Copy to and Move to menus.
How can I add my own directories to those menus?
I'm using Unity 3D.
When switching windows using alt+Tab, the selected windows get a white backlight, which is not very readable.
Can I change this behavior somehow? E.g. Zoom in the selected icon to make it bigger?
I don't see any options in ccsm for this.
Maybe there is any better alternative for the default window switcher?
I want to have a directory which is accessible on both Windows 7 installed on Ubuntu host, and the Ubuntu as well.
So I have installed the Virtualbox additions on both Windows and Ubuntu.
Then in Ubuntu:
sudo mkdir /media/win7share
sudo mount -t vboxsf win7share /media/win7share
I get:
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device
I'm running Windows 7 inside Virtualbox on Ubuntu 11.10. Everything works fine. I'm running it at startup, but I have a problem with rebooting.
When I type sudo reboot now the state of the virtual Windows 7 isn't saved. After the reboot the virtualbox starts, but instead of the running Windows I get the Windows' 7 crash boot menu and the windows is booting again.
Is there an option that Ubuntu could send some signal to the virtual box to safely close the instance before the host reboot?
Which files/directories can I move to RAM drive to have the system working faster?
I'm planning to upgrade my laptop's memory to 8GB soon, so I'll have some fast memory to use. How to configure the system to work optimal with this memory?
The next changes I consider next are: - upgrading hard drive to SSD - start using virtualization (I need Windows sometimes)
Edit:
Maybe I can sacrifice boot time, and copy some files to RAM drive during boot?
Is there any ultra lightweight music player for Ubuntu (like foobar)?
Preferably with Unity taskbar integration.
How can I install Adobe Digital Editions on Ubuntu?
I've read that this is possible using Wine, but I can't download the installer from the Adobe page (as this installer is an online flash installer and requires Windows).
(I need to open the book I have purchased which is currently in .acsm format)
I've been using AutoHotkey for Windows to have some handy scripts, e.g. auto type some templates: ttyl => thanks, talk to you later
Is there any app for Ubuntu to expand abbreviations like this way in any application?
Is there any good program for printing CD jewel case labels, which:
On Windows there is CDRLabel (tried to run this using wine, but hangs during accessing the freedb).
I've already tried: kover, disc-over, glabel and cd-circleprint.
I know I can find logs in /var/log/, they contain powerful information, but I don't really use them often (on desktop or server).
Is there any good guide to learn how to make use of system logs on Ubuntu? Top things an user/basic admin needs to know?
E.g.
grep searching the logsor any other tips to new users coming from Windows?
I have tried all music players recommended in answers for similar questions, but I haven't found a player meeting the following requirements:
Is there such a music player?
I have been testing various Firefox extension for screenshot grabbing, but none of them suited my needs.
Then I have found Shutter (0.86.3), and it is really nice. I use exporting to imageshack and FTP a lot.
The only thing I miss is grabbing the whole web page area (not just the part currently visible on the screen). Is there any Shutter extension for this or similar app with such a feature?
I have two Ubuntu machines with wifi network cards configured as DHCP interfaces.
machine1:
inet addr:192.168.168.105 Bcast:192.168.168.255
Mask:255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.168.252
machine2:
inet addr:192.168.168.104 Bcast:192.168.168.255
Mask:255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.168.252
They are connected to the router:
inet addr: 192.168.168.252
Internet connection from the router is accessible on both of the machines.
How to share files between those two?
I have already tried few ways (eg. samba), but it looks like the machines are not visible to each other:
@machine1$: ping 192.168.168.104
From 192.168.168.105 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
What do I need to configure? Apparmor? Firewall?
Considering licences like:
how can I use Ubuntu font family on any website without making user to install it?
Any chance of using it with tools like: http://code.google.com/intl/en-US/apis/webfonts/
My syslog is constantly filled with messages like this:
Oct 16 11:48:35 my-laptop kernel: [61470.980078] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2
Oct 16 11:48:35 my-laptop kernel: [61471.192079] hub 3-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2
The only USB device I use is Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 7000. The laptop model is HP dv9500, Ubuntu 10.10, but the same was in the versions before.
How can I fix this?
Here's the output of sudo lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 045e:071d Microsoft Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
All USB devices seems to be working fine. I have some problems with DVD-R and sound card, but they are not USB.
I use Thunderbird with Lighting calendar addon, which stores calendar data in iCalendar format.
How can I synchronize this calendar and Thunderbird contacts with Android based smartphone (HTC Wildfire).
I know I can use Google Account, but I'd prefer to use bluetooth or even better, local access via wi-fi (no internet connection available).
Is there any complete Ubuntu smartphone synchronization guide somewhere?