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Levelone WUA-0603 Wireless On Ubuntu 10.04
Written by piju on August 8, 2010 – 5:13 am -Just a note to myself how to enable Levelone WUA-0603 USB wireless card on Ubuntu
- From lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp.
- edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
- add blacklist rt2800usb, blacklist rt2x00usb and blacklist rt2x00lib anywhere on the file and save.
- reboot and plug in the wireless card.
Deluge On Ubuntu
Written by piju on September 9, 2009 – 12:33 pm -Recently, i was thinking which one is the best torrent client for my personal use. then i choose deluge.
install using apt-get on ubuntu/debian/debian-based.
$sudo apt-get install deluge
$sudo apt-get install deluge-webui
i need startup files for deluge, then create /etc/default/deluge-daemon and add this
# Configuration for /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon
# The init.d script will only run if this variable non-empty.
DELUGED_USER=”CHANGEME” # !!!CHANGE THIS!!!!
# Should we run at startup?
RUN_AT_STARTUP=”YES”
then, create /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: deluge-daemon
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Should-Start: $network
# Should-Stop: $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Daemonized version of deluge and webui.
# Description: Starts the deluge daemon with the user specified in
# /etc/default/deluge-daemon.
### END INIT INFO
# Author: Adolfo R. Brandes
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DESC=”Deluge Daemon”
NAME1=”deluged”
NAME2=”deluge”
DAEMON1=/usr/bin/deluged
DAEMON1_ARGS=”-d”
DAEMON2=/usr/bin/deluge
DAEMON2_ARGS=”-u web”
PIDFILE1=/var/run/$NAME1.pid
PIDFILE2=/var/run/$NAME2.pid
PKGNAME=deluge-daemon
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$PKGNAME
# Exit if the package is not installed
[ -x "$DAEMON1" -a -x "$DAEMON2" ] || exit 0
# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/default/$PKGNAME ] && . /etc/default/$PKGNAME
# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
[ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS
# Define LSB log_* functions.
# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
if [ -z "$RUN_AT_STARTUP" -o "$RUN_AT_STARTUP" != "YES" ]
then
log_warning_msg “Not starting $PKGNAME, edit /etc/default/$PKGNAME to start it.”
exit 0
fi
if [ -z "$DELUGED_USER" ]
then
log_warning_msg “Not starting $PKGNAME, DELUGED_USER not set in /etc/default/$PKGNAME.”
exit 0
fi
#
# Function that starts the daemon/service
#
do_start()
{
# Return
# 0 if daemon has been started
# 1 if daemon was already running
# 2 if daemon could not be started
start-stop-daemon –start –background –quiet –pidfile $PIDFILE1 –exec $DAEMON1 \
–chuid $DELUGED_USER –user $DELUGED_USER –test > /dev/null
RETVAL1=”$?”
start-stop-daemon –start –background –quiet –pidfile $PIDFILE2 –exec $DAEMON2 \
–chuid $DELUGED_USER –user $DELUGED_USER –test > /dev/null
RETVAL2=”$?”
[ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] || return 1
start-stop-daemon –start –background –quiet –pidfile $PIDFILE1 –make-pidfile –exec $DAEMON1 \
–chuid $DELUGED_USER –user $DELUGED_USER — $DAEMON1_ARGS
RETVAL1=”$?”
sleep 2
start-stop-daemon –start –background –quiet –pidfile $PIDFILE2 –make-pidfile –exec $DAEMON2 \
–chuid $DELUGED_USER –user $DELUGED_USER — $DAEMON2_ARGS
RETVAL2=”$?”
[ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] || return 2
}
#
# Function that stops the daemon/service
#
do_stop()
{
# Return
# 0 if daemon has been stopped
# 1 if daemon was already stopped
# 2 if daemon could not be stopped
# other if a failure occurred
start-stop-daemon –stop –quiet –retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 –user $DELUGED_USER –pidfile $PIDFILE2
RETVAL2=”$?”
start-stop-daemon –stop –quiet –retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 –user $DELUGED_USER –pidfile $PIDFILE1
RETVAL1=”$?”
[ "$RETVAL1" = "2" -o "$RETVAL2" = "2" ] && return 2
rm -f $PIDFILE1 $PIDFILE2
[ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] && return 0 || return 1
}
case “$1″ in
start)
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg “Starting $DESC” “$NAME1″
do_start
case “$?” in
0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
stop)
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg “Stopping $DESC” “$NAME1″
do_stop
case “$?” in
0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
restart|force-reload)
log_daemon_msg “Restarting $DESC” “$NAME1″
do_stop
case “$?” in
0|1)
do_start
case “$?” in
0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
*) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
esac
;;
*)
# Failed to stop
log_end_msg 1
;;
esac
;;
*)
echo “Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}” >&2
exit 3
;;
esac
:
make it executable and start on boot,
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon
sudo update-rc.d deluge-daemon defaults
sudo /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon start
webui address is http://localhost:8112 and the default password is deluge

Ardour – Free Digital Audio Workstation
Written by piju on August 1, 2009 – 1:06 am -
Using Ardour , you can
-record
-mix
-edit
-collaborate
your musics.
Free for GNU/Linux and Mac OSX.
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Hydrogen – Free Advanced Drum Machine Software
Written by piju on July 31, 2009 – 1:00 am -Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux. It’s main goal is to bring professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming.
Available on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

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Free PDFCreator
Written by piju on July 22, 2009 – 10:09 pm -PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows application.
Key Features:
- Create PDFs from any program that is able to print
- Security: Encrypt PDFs and protect them from being opened, printed etc.
- Send generated files via eMail
- Create more than just PDFs: PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, PCX, PS, EPS
- AutoSave files to folders and filenames based on Tags like Username, Computername, Date, Time etc.
- Merge multiple files into one PDF
- Easy Install: Just say what you want and everything is installed
- Terminal Server: PDFCreator also runs on Terminal Servers without problems
- And the best: PDFCreator is free, even for commercial use! It is Open Source and released under the Terms of the GNU General Public License.
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The Reason
Written by piju on July 21, 2009 – 2:02 pm -Why i love thunderbird, look at this screenshot.
makes me feel protected.
So download mozilla thunderbird now
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