http://ubuntuforums.org – Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 274 for the week July 9 - 15, 2012. Links to UWN Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue274 In This Issue Ubuntu App Showdown: let the voting begin! New Session Menu Lands in Ubuntu 12.10 Dell's Ubuntu Laptop Program Enters Beta, 'Blows Away' Expectations Thank you Xubuntu social media admins Ubuntu Stats Launchpad does not (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – What is your opinion? * Which player capable to manage the file well? * Which player sounds better? Thank you PS: Some say Rhythmbox is bulky, why? Accordance to my opinion, Songbird is more bulky, cos it was merger with a web browser, isn't it? (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – it would be very cool if the back, pause/go, forward controls were on the rhythmbox icon instead of having to go through the speaker control first; or, if not there, have icons on top panel. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://askubuntu.com – I use Rhythmbox's podcast feature, to automatically download new podcast episodes from feeds which I've subscribed to. (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – i keep getting the following error code when trying to eject my cd-rom drive, the only way i can get it to eject is by powering off. Error ejecting: eject exited with exit code 1: eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device mike@hackbox:~$ eject -rv eject: using default device `cdrom' eject: device name is `cdrom' eject: expanded name is `/dev/cdrom' eject: `/dev/cdrom' is (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – i keep getting the following error code when trying to eject my cd-rom drive, the only way i can get it to eject is by powering off. Error ejecting: eject exited with exit code 1: eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device mike@hackbox:~$ eject -rv eject: using default device `cdrom' eject: device name is `cdrom' eject: expanded name is `/dev/cdrom' eject: `/dev/cdrom' i (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://askubuntu.com – I don;t want to sync, I just want to copy a bunch of MP3s to my ipod. I used to use to just drag the files over and drop tham on the ipod icon. This doesn't seem to work anymore. Any ideas? (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://forums.fedoraforum.org – Hello, I was having an issue with the pulseaudio-equalizer an rhythmbox, sound gets really crackly but so far only with rhythmbox, youtube sounds just fine. I tried installing the rhythmbox equalizer thinking I can just use this for now as a work around, I don't mind the extra few clicks to disable one equalizer for a short time then enable it later. (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuguide.net – This tutorial will explain how to change the default applications in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise for a given type of file. For general, head to System Settings -> Details -> Default Applications, there you can change default app to launch web, mail, music, video, photo, etc. For a given file type such as .pdf, .ogg, csv files, you can edit the configuration file /etc/gnome/defaults.list with root privil (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://forums.fedoraforum.org – I have a large library of music that consists of mp3, ogg and flac files. Older rhythmbox versions prior to the one in F17 treated these file formats equally. The version in F17 seems to stop when it hits an ogg or flac file. Music is playing and then silence. Every time I check on what file its stuck on its either .ogg or .flac. (HowTos)
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