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Surfing around in the  www we found a little program called Skype Call Recorder that makes it possible to record the conversations we are having with Skype... a really helpful and easygoing software.

We can choose the file type the conversations are saved in (OGG, MP3, WAV), the quality of the recording and the folder the files are saved in. We also can configure the software to start recording automatically our calls.

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First we'll need to change our Bluetooth administrator (bluez-gnome) to blueman. So we'll need to add repositories to our source.list, by executing the following command:

echo -e "\n## Blueman\ndeb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main\ndeb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

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You've had enough of the warning "getStatus: Can't import dcopext or python-dcop!"? And really don't want to see it again? There is no error that can't be fixed... Just open your command shell and enter the following command:

sudo apt-get install python-kde3

Than restart amarok and emesene, and you'll be ready to show what you're listening to.

In the latest Ubuntu Release, Ubuntu 9.04, that has just been published, our favourite music player Amarok 1.4 has been updated to its successor 2.0. To be honest, Amarok 2 has been restyled quiet a lot, although it works perfectly. So, if anybody wants to get the older version back, here you'll find how to do it.
You'll need to execute the following three commands in a terminal:

1. echo -e "\n## amarok 1.4 \ndeb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main\ndeb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install amarok14

You'll notice, that the first line is going to add an repository to the list. It's because of this add, that Ubuntu will show you a warning, while executing the second line, telling you that one of the repositories couldn't be verified. To solve this problem, you can read the following tutorial which we wrote some weeks ago, explaining how to solve the GPG error of launchpad.net.

Now you're ready to enjoy Amarok, as you were used to...








Post - Update:

To install Amarok 1.4 on Ubuntu 9.04 you should use the following instructions...

1. echo -e "\n## amarok 1.4 \ndeb http://ppa.launchpad.net/surfed/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install amarok14

Thanks to Vitor!

Considering, that lots of people are interested in showing what they are listening to, while chatting , we decided to make a tutorial explaining how to achieve this in 3 of the most famous and most used instant messaging softwares (chat softwares) on Ubuntu.

First we'll see how to configure Pidgin, to view what we're listening to, because its a software installed by default on Ubuntu and no doubt, that it is one of the most used instant messaging softwares. Read the rest of this entry »