How to Install Virtualbox and get it working in ubuntu

So I installed Virtualbox on my windows computer and it worked perfectly of course. Then I tried to install it in Linux, and it wasn't so easy. It wasn't the installing part that is hard just download the .deb from here, install and restart x. But while installing it tells you something about how you won't be root, you have to change a certain folder to root. So the way you do that is open a terminal and type in this

sudo chown (username) /dev/vboxdrv

For (username) type in the user you want to have access. You should be set to install a guest os. As always if you have any problems post a comment and I'll try to help you out as much as I can.

Ripping cd's to mp3 in Ubuntu

I Finnaly figured out how to rip cd's to mp3 in ubuntu. It seemed harder then it should be and i thought i had to install Lame, But that isn't the case. What you really want to do is open up a command line and type this.

Sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gstreamer0.8-lame gstreamer0.8-mad

After installing those packages run sound juicer that comes with ubuntu go to Edit -->Preferences. At the bottom there should be a drop down menu. Click it and choose CD Quality, MP3 (Mp3 Audio). Everything should be good after that, just pop in a cd and rip it. If anyone has any problems just post a comment and i'll try to help you out as best as i can.

Portable Apps Suite

So i got a new thumb drive and started thinking about a cool launcher that would load all the applications i had on the thumb drive. Sorta like the U3 Launcher that other thumb drives have pre-installed. Just not as shitty and doesn't take over your thumb drive. So i found the Poartable apps suite. You can install Portable applications and then when you plug in your thumb drive you can tell it to open up in the portable apps launcher. Theres some tutorials one how to add other applications that aren't on their site but i couldn't get it to work. If you figure it out be sure to comment and leave some steps, ones that make more sense then the ones I've read.

Graboid

Graboid is a program that shares files such as movies, television shows, anime shows, and adult content. However you can't just download it by going to their site. It's in beta form right now and the only way to get a invite is if you signed up a while ago. eventually Beta users will get invites, therefore being able to invite other people. This is sorta an alternative to joost but you don't upload and download things, you just download. It's sorta like limewire, emule, and Kazaa but like it says on the graboid site these programs are worse then Graboid because

• Painfully long waits
• Poor organization
• Fake files and spyware
• and Limited content

I've been using it since Monday and I've liked it more then joost. There were some problems which were easily fixed from getting information from the Graboid Blog located here. So far i haven't found anything wrong that they haven't already, which is pretty good for it being beta software. When i get invites i will give them out to anyone that asks, via comments or email, or whatever way you can contact me.

myspacemp3.org

I stumbled upon myspacemp3.org where you can download songs off myspace music profiles. It used to be sorta complicated to do that but with this site it's way easy. All you have to do is type in the bands url(without the myspace.com/ part) and you can download all the songs they have posted. Currently the site isn't working but hopefully it will be soon.

Edit: The Site is working now.

Emofreak's delight. V2.0

I found this cool blog that has cd's to sample. They are the full cd's and should be deleted within 24 hours. This site is great if you heard one song from a bands album and wanted to hear the rest before you go buy it. This site would have came in handy for me back in the day when i bought cd's more. The site is here with different genres of music.

Freebie Finder

In case you didn't know, there's a lot of free stuff on the internets. It's just a matter of finding them. Luckily, there are several sites to gather all the free stuff and tell you where it all is. The site I like the most is AbsurdlyCool Freebie Finder. The thing I like most about this particular site is that it seems to find a lot more free stuff than any other site I've used. Another reliable source(but not as reliable) is Ben's Bargains. The good thing about this site is it doesn't have just a free section but a deals, coupons, and rebates sections. It has a lot of other cool things like trackers for game systems and a pc builder section. Out of all of the sites that search out free stuff on the internet for you, I'd recommend both of those as the best.

Your Underground Sound

I recently found an awesome website that has a forum where people post music. Sometimes there's leaked music which I thought was rather unique about this website. Anyway the website is yourundergroundsound.com. I'm a user on there, but just a beginner. My name is the same on here, "the_master". I'll be uploading music that the site lacks in the download forums. ***Important*** Once you register you'll realize that you don't have the downloads forum section, thats because you have to make 5 posts to enable it. So get to posting.

Asus Eee Pc 701

You might have heard of the new Asus Eee Pc 701 that just came out in Japan June 5th. But if you haven't then here you go. Basically, it's a really small laptop that costs $200. It is meant for taking notes (take note, students) and surfing the web, as well as little bit of music. Here are the specs:

Display：7"
CPU & Chipset: Intel mobile CPU & chipset
OS: Linux/ Microsoft Windows XP compatible
Communication: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet; 56K modem
WLAN: WiFi 802.11b/g
Graphic: Intel UMA
Memory: 512MB, DDR2-400
Storage: 4/ 8/ 16GB Flash
Webcam: 300K pixel video camera
Audio: Hi-Definition Audio CODEC; Built-in stereo speaker; Built-in microphone
Battery Life: 3hrs (4 cells: 5200mAh, 2S2P)
Dimension & Weight: 22.5 x 16.5 x 2.1~3.5cm, 0.89kg

So, as you can see it doesn't have a lot of hardrive or flash disk space. Another turn off I didn't realize at first is that it doesn't have a cd-rom. This means you can't install another distro on it unless you can get it to boot off a usb drive. Unfortunately, I've come to realize that getting that to work is harder then it should be.

They say the release for the U.S. is sometime in Fall. Hopefully things won't change until then. Your best bet is to just get an external HDD to store your music and movies.

Edit: Here is 7 more pictures. And the Wiki

Better Gmail Firefox Extension

Better Gmail is a Firefox extension that, well you guessed it, makes your gmail account better. It has options such as adding Google reader or Google calender to your gmail account so you can have all your Google stuff in one place. It also has skins for gmail to make it look better(my favorite is super clean). You can also use it to change the function of clicking on an email link. Instead of going to your desktop email client, it goes to gmail. There are many more tweaks in this program that will be helpful for those that use gmail alot. Here's a link to the direct download you can also go to Lifehacker and it explains a little bit more about the options in the extention.

Touchscreen table

You've probably heard about the touchscreen table thing that's all the buzz right now. Unfortunatly, it's probably going to be a lot of money and only businesses and rich people are going to have them. But, they are pretty freaking awesome and it shows a bright future for technology. Imagine touchscreen walls that allow you to turn on and off the air conditioning or lights, listen to music, or play a game. The possibilities are endless and pretty exciting to think about. But if you didn't see the videos you can see them here, and see how awesome this thing is.

HOWTO: Rename a large amount of files at once

So a while back I was using this program called 1-4a Rename. You can change multiple file names into one thing or make it put 1,2,3,4 in front of the different tracks for mp3's. I use it mainly for music albums, because when I download them off the internet it's like_this_and_it's_really_annoying (I know, it's easier on linux...but it sucks) so you can take all those out and put a space for all of them. It's pretty awesome software. The author would like for you to send him an email and tell him what you think of his program. I hope this helps a lot of people in renaming a lot of files.

HOWTO: Get Samba to work like Windows shares

To get Samba & Ubuntu/Debian to share shit with read only permissions in a public folder with no authentication required (just like in unsecure Windows) follow the steps below:

1). First make sure you have the appropriate samba programs installed. In a console type this:
sudo apt-get install samba smbfs
This installs Samba and the Samba file system

2). Then make a directory that will be shared:
sudo mkdir /home/public
You can make the folder any name and place it anywhere. Just remember to change everything instance of /home/public in this guide to whatever you named it.

3). Then change the permissions of that folder to allow bitches to get into it:
sudo chmod 777 /home/public/
4). Then back up the samba configuration file before editing it:
sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf_backup
To restore if something breaks, just copy the backup back on over:
sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf_backup /etc/samba/smb.conf
5). then edit the smb.conf file, I used gedit:
gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

6). You only need to change or append a few things. First find this line
; security = user
and replace it with
security = share
notice that the edited line has no ";"
7). Then append the following lines to the end of the file

[public]
comment = Public Folder
path = /home/public
public = yes
writeable = no
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
force user = nobody
force group = nogroup

8). Run the testparm program to look for errors in the smb.conf file:
sudo testparm

9). Restart the samba daemon:
sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

There you go. This should work, if it doesn't you can always post a comment and I'll try to help you in anyway possible.

Thank go to my brother Jonathan for this, he's the one who set it up and wrote this guide i just made minor changes to it.

Windows apps blog

I found this guy named Paul Joyce who made a blog that points to a lot of useful windows applications, I thought it was pretty sweet. He also has something called a Tip Jar, where you can donate money to him if you really like his site. So check out his site here, it may help you in the future if it doesn't now.

Qttab Bar

So I've been looking at some alternatives for the default windows explorer or whatever its called. But i can never find one that replaces the default so when you click on a folder it opens up that instead of the windows explorer. So i stumbled upon Qttab Bar, it puts a tab bar in the windows explorer. It's not a new explorer but its one step closer, at least now the windows explorer doesn't suck as much as it did.

Torrent Scoop

If you haven't noticed the Torrent Scoop search box to the right already, then you'll be sure to know now. Torrent scoop is a search engine powered by Google that finds torrents. I used it for a bit and i thought it was awesome, so test it out and see what you find.

Ubuntu Studio 7.04

At least Ubuntu Studio 7.04 is finally out. The funny thing is the site is down so you can download from them. luckily someone got it and uploaded it to demonoid.com. So not only do you have to take money from them by using this torrent but you don't have to wait till they get their site back up. Here is the torrent Unfortunately you need an account on demonoid but if you don't have one just leave a comment and your email or something and i can get you an invite.

Recycle bin in your taskbar?

I've always wanted my Recycle bin to be in the taskbar even before i saw how Linux did that. Then when i saw Linux did it i was like "what the hell?" I tried for a long time to look for a program or some way to do it but i never could find an easy way. But i finally did and it's actually pretty simply. Just follow the steps below.

1. Right click on your recycle bin and choose "create shortcut."
2. Now you need to make a folder somewhere ( i named mine "2nd Quick Launch" and put it where the first quick launch is. If you don't know where that is just right click the quick launch bar and choose "open folder")
3. now put the recycle bin shortcut into the folder you just made
4. Right click on the taskbar and go to toolbar <>
5. Then navigate to the folder you just made and choose that folder.
6. Right click on the taskbar and choose "lock the taskbar" so it doesn't have a check next to it.
7. Now right click precisely where it says the name of your new folder and uncheck "show text" and " show title"

Now not only do you have a recycle bin in the taskbar but now you have a 2nd quick launch toolbar. You can add anything to it by simple dragging it to the

Driverguide Toolkit

Driverguide toolkit is an awesome program that updates and finds your drivers, you can also back up drivers. I've been looking for a program like this for when i install vista, or just reinstall xp. You can download the free version here or download a torrent with a keygen here.

FFcopy

A couple months ago while using hamachi i thought that it would be cool if hamachi had its own download manager, but it didn't look like they were getting one anytime soon. So i came across FF copy. It was made just for windows networks. You can pause/resume any downloads, which really comes in handy if the user has to go offline. Fast Forward Projects also has 2 other programs you can check them out here. If you really like they're programs you can donate to them at their website in the upper right corner.