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Author: John

  • Ubuntu 10.10 Video Playing Too Fast

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    Is your video playing too fast in Ubuntu 10.10?  Video playing 1.5x or 2.0x or greater? I was having the same problem, as was a friend of mine, on a number of my Ubuntu machines: video playing too fast.  I did notice that on login the audio was crackling, skipping, and didn’t finish smoothly as…

  • Solved Synergy Problem With Dependent Libs

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    I was having trouble with Synergy on one of my mixed Windows7 and Ubuntu 10.10 setups, the graphical interface never started. I checked for log errors, nothing there.  Checked for zombie or orphaned processes, nothing running amok there.  I felt it was graphical in nature but nothing but my trick knee to back that up.…

  • Glasnost: Test if your ISP is shaping your traffic

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    Glasnost: Test if your ISP is shaping your traffic.  I am running this to test if my ISP is shaping my traffic, it uses the Measurement Lab research platform and I found information on it recently that suggests it does what it says.  I wonder what my ISP does? The goal of the Glasnost project…

  • Using Dual Monitors with Dual Computers

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    I have setup a nice working dual monitor setup on the basement workbench.  The key to this one is I am using Dual Computers and Dual Operating systems and yet only one keyboard and mouse.  Using the latest release of Synergy stimulated by this recent article from LifeHacker I went back and setup Synergy.  The…

  • Pianobar Console Client for Pandora

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    I use a lot of older machines for this and that activity and along with using Fluxbox for a lightweight Windows Manager or XFCE as a lightweight Desktop Manager I am always watching my System Monitor to see what else I can offload to lighten the load or increase the responsiveness of my computer. Yesterday…