Chrome on Ubuntu 9.10

In my previous post, I gave a how-to of installing Chromium browser(development version of Google Chrome) on Arch Linux. In this post I’ll show you how to install Chromium on Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic Koala).
1. Go to System->Administration->Software Sources. Go to tab “Other Software”.
2. Click…

Playing MP3 files with java…

For a language as popular as Java, lack of standard ways of implementing mp3 playback is disappointing. This is understandable though, due to horde of patent and licensing issues relating to MP3 as a format. A bit of googling and I found two methods: using the Java Sound API…

Set up C/C++ environment with vim & mingw

For those who love writing code in vi/vim(let’s face it its the greatest code editor in the world) and miss it while using Windows, it is possible to set up vim in Windows. Here are the steps to install and set up Vim with MinGW(gcc/g++).

Fedora 23 and screen tearing

As I mentioned in my Fedora 23 review, I am very happy with this new release. So, I was a bit disappointed when I notice the issue with screen tearing. Now this is probably an issue with my particular set up and a lot of people may not run into this issue.

Fix Hybrid Graphics high power consumption and overheating

[UPDATE]: Ubuntu now supports ATi + Intel hybrid graphics systems in the 13.10 and 12.04.03. Here’s how to make it work:

Make sure any other fglrx driver is not installed. Install fglrx and fglrx-pxpress…

GNOME — Restore default folder icons

Recently, my laptop battery got drained completely and the system shut down incorrectly. This resulted in my NTFS data drive not getting unmounted properly. The videos, music, pictures and documents folders in my NTFS drive are linked to the Home folder in my…

GitHub Subtrees

I have been familiar with git ever since I started using Linux. I used ‘git clone’ quite a bit to compile and install latest versions of software, but that’s where most of my ‘familiarity’ was limited to. I did mess around with creating local repositories and committing but that’s all. We used SVN…

Thoughts on Brothers — A tale of two sons

“ Beautiful, charming, funny and touching. One of the best games I’ve played in years. 10/10 would recommend.” This is how I posted my review of the game on steam just after I played it, not much of a review I agree, which is par for the course in Steam…