How to do everything with dd command

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/How_To_Do_Eveything_With_DD

install flock in ubuntu

1) download flock from here:- http://flock.com/versions

2) Right-click on the file you downloaded Flock. Select Extract here and then the desktop will display a folder called 'flock'.

3) Use the root access
zodiac@zodioc:~$ sudo nautilus

4) move flock directory to /opt
To test whether you have correctly installed flock then run the following command from a terminal:
zodiac@zodioc: ~ $ /opt/flock/flock-browser


5) Create link

Now you create a link to the flock so that programs can be run by the user. Type the following command in a terminal:
zodiac@zodioc: sudo ln-s /opt/flock/flock-browser /usr/bin/flock-browser

6) Create shortcut

In order to create a shortcut flock, be it in the menu bar or desktop, follow these steps:

System - Preferences - Main Menu

In the Applications menu on the left you select Internet and then click New Item is located on the right.

Fill in the blank boxes with information such as the following:

Type: Application
Name: Flock
Command: flock-browser
Comment: Flock Browse


NB:- Tested on ubuntu 9.04, jaunty

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festival examples

festival> (SayText "Where do you come from where do you go")
festival> (tts '/home/zodiac/Desktop/shanthi-manthra-for-peace' nil)

i am not being able to play amr files..????

i am not being able to play the files transfered from my phone. They are amr files recording from my phone.


In order to listen to amr files try the program called Mobile Media Converter

http://www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverter.htm

As a prerequisite install libstdc++5 through synaptic MMC should do the job

Hope it helps,

Bhavani Shankar.


source:- https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/21732

create or edit short cut entry in Gnome, Thunar etc

1) create a file app-name.desktop

2) edit app-name.desktop file , to have the following entries

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=GIMP
Exec=gimp (command to be executed)
Tcon= location of the icon file
Type=Application


NB:- tested on ubuntu 9.04