In last post, you knew how to assign a sound file to login event in Ubuntu Linux. But the problem is that Ubuntu only allows the sound file in WAV format. So, what is the solution in the case you want to play an audio file which is available in other formats like MP3. A proper way to solve this problem is that you need a tool which allows you to change from current format saying MP3 to WAV one. So, what is the needed tool to do that? It is Sox which is maybe available in your Ubuntu Linux.

SoX is a command line program that can convert most popular audio files to most other popular audio file formats. It can optionally change the audio sample data type and apply one or more sound effects to the file during this translation. Now, you follow the following steps to know how it works.

Step 1: Download the startup file of Mac named macstartup.mp3 to your desktop

cd
cd Desktop
wget http://www.mythoinfo.com/pub/july07/macstartup.mp3

Step 2: Convert from MP3 to WAV

sox macstartup.mp3 macstartup.wav

Step 3: check it by playing the file

play macstartup.mp3
play macstartup.wav

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MyPaint is a fast and easy program. It supports pressure sensitive graphic tablets and comes with an easy-to-use brush collection. There is a complex interface for creating own brushes, focusing on brush dynamics (changes with speed, pressure, randomly). For Ubuntu users, click here to get the Deb package just only 1.5 M.

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An introduction to virtual machines in last post presented some basic terms such as virtualization, virtual machines, virtual hardwares. The function of VMware player was also touched upon. Today, we start to install this free application on our Windows machines.

Step 1: Download VMware Player 2.0
Go to http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ to download the latest version of VMware Player freely. (It takes 10 to 15 minutes for downloading)

Spep 2: Install VMware Player 2.0

• Double click on executable file (VMware-player-2.0.0-45731.exe) to start installation

• Click "Next" to continue

• Click "Next" to install VMware Player to the default folder
  

• Click "Next" and then click "Install" to start installation
  

• Click "Finish" to complete your installation successfully.

Step 3: Check the installation
Goto Start -> Programs -> VMware -> VMware Player

I will tell you how to run an appliance in VMware Player in next part.

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Security fixes, memory issues, better Vista support and several new languages are new features in Firefox 2.0.0.4 which was released yesterday (May 30, 2007). It is available for downloading and installing.

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I has been developing a platform independent web application which should be work well in many different web browsers such as Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, and Internet Explorer. So I need to install all for testing my application. Now, what I have been done to install these browsers.

Firefox
Firefox is available in Ubuntu 7.04.

Konqueror

sudo apt-get install konqueror

Opera

cd ~/Desktop
wget http://opera.eurenet.net/linux/920/final/en/i386/shared/
opera_9.20-20070409.6-shared-qt_en_i386.deb
sudo aptitude install libqt3-mt
sudo dpkg -i opera_9.20-20070409.6-shared-qt_en_i386.deb
rm opera_9.20-20070409.6-shared-qt_en_i386.deb

Internet Explorer

Step 1: Install wine and cabextract
sudo apt-get install wine cabextract

Step 2: Download IEs for Linux and install
wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/
ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
tar xvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
cd ies4linux-2.0.5/
./ies4linux

Step 3: Run IE and enjoy
./path_to_your_home/bin/ie6

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Today, I need a free tool to manage my projects. I like a tool like Microsoft Project which I have ever used in Windows. And I am happy to say that planner is a general purpose project management tool that provides a variety of features, which are available via 4 separate screen layouts called views (Task view, Gantt view, Resource view, and Resource Usage view). This tool is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public license. It is available to install in Ubuntu Feisty.

sudo apt-get install planner

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If you are a newbie in Linux, I think that this book is useful for you at the beginning. First, I need to know what is Ubuntu and how to use it. Then, I play around with some basic applications offered as default applications in Ubuntu such as Openoffice.org (a full office suite to create your documentation like MS Office in Windows), Evolution (to manage your E-Mail and calendars like MS Outlook), GAIM (to chat with your friends on MSN, AIM, ICQ, or Yahoo ), GIMP (to create graphics like Adobe Photoshop), Firefox (a nice web browser like IE), CUPS (a common Unix printing system to manage your print jobs), SAMBA (for interoperability), Rhythmbox (a music management application like Media Player), and a lot of funny games. It is enough for now.

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