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Napster web service won’t steam some songs

By Cohen | Published: June 3, 2010
If you’re using the napster web service and find that random songs stop streaming properly, interrupting your (awesome) playlist, there may be a simple fix: 1. Clear your browser cache If unsure how to do this, please google “clear [browser name] cache”, where browser name is either “Internet Explorer”, “Firefox”, “Chrome”, etc. 2. Clear your flash cache I didn’t [...]
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Looking forward to Ubuntu 10.04…

By Cohen | Published: April 8, 2010
The new design changes coming in Ubuntu 10.04 look awesome, I really can’t wait to try it out. With any luck it will convince more people to give it a try. Token countdown:
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Change volume key step size in Ubuntu

By Cohen | Published: February 19, 2010
At work we often listen to music off of my computer, so when the phone rings I have to quickly adjust the volume. Using the volume keys on my keyboard I could have the music either really loud or too quiet. So, to change the effect the volume keys have: Press Alt+F2 to bring up the “Run” [...]
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Ubuntu 9.10 Rhythmbox requires GStreamer element autoaudiosink to play mp3’s

By Cohen | Published: November 24, 2009
I recently upgraded my work PC to Ubuntu 9.10 and in doing so lost the ability to play mp3s in Rhythmbox. When trying to play an mp3, rhythmbox would ask for a new plugin, but after looking, say it couldn’t find “GStreamer element autoaudiosink”. After reinstalling gstreamer and rhythmbox a few times I turned to the [...]
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Get 5.1 surround sound in ubuntu with Realtek ACL662

By Cohen | Published: April 23, 2009
Just switched over to Ubuntu as my primary OS and been working (hard) get to get everything working properly. Still worth it thought. Anyway, one of the more difficult problems was getting 5.1 sound out of the sound card in Ubuntu. The motherboard has a built-in 5.1 sound card, the realtek ACL662. Some people have little [...]
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