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Transform Ubuntu In Media Center Using XBMC

Adopted from http://tombuntu.com

This guest article was written by Vivek Kumar from TNerd.com, a blog focused on technology news, tricks and tips and Linux tutorials.

Linux has come a long way in support for multimedia and graphics. Today we will see how to transform Ubuntu 8.10 into a media center platform. You can achieve this using various software like MythTV and Boxee, but we’re going to use XBMC Media Center (formerly XBox Media Center).

Before going into the process of installing and configuring XBMC let’s take a look at what it offers.

Home Page: http://xbmc.org/

Description: XBMC is an award winning media center application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and XBox. The ultimate hub for all your media, XBMC is easy to use, looks slick, and has a large helpful community.

Features of XBMC

1. a one stop shop for all your multimedia needs: including videos, images and audio
2. multi-platform, Internationalized, and localized media center
3. enjoys a large community with over 50 developers and over 100 translators
4. apart from being a media player, XBMC includes features such as playlist playback, audio visualizations, picture viewing, slideshows, and weather forecast functions, a RSS feed scroller on your home screen, along with community driven third party plugins and addons
5. easy to install on Ubuntu
6. a fluid animated interface which makes a perfect compliment to your Compiz Fusion powered desktop
7. supports album and cover art
8. a very customizable interface which supports skinning

A complete list of features can be found here.

Installation
Open System->Administration->Software Sources and select the Third Party Software tab. Add the following software source:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc-intrepid/ubuntu intrepid main

Close Software Sources and when prompted, choose to reload the repositories.

Install XBMC from the package xbmc (click the link to install), or by running the command below in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install xbmc

Optionally you can also install:

• additional skins
  sudo apt-get install xbmc-skin-*
• support for remote controls
  sudo apt-get install xbmc-eventclients-*
• a scripting example
  sudo apt-get install xbmc-scripts-example

Starting and Running XBMC
All that is left now is to start XBMC. You can start XMBC by going to Applications->Sounds & Video->XBMC Media Center.

Here are two tips to get you started:

• You can navigate XBMC with your mouse or keyboard. To go back to the previous menu, click your right mouse button or press backspace. [update] Commenter Fujiko Fujio posted a link which explains all the mouse and key commands.
• You can resize the XBMC window, but you’d probably like to switch to fullscreen. Open Settings->Appearance->Screen in XBMC and change the resolution option to the default resolution of your display. Restart XBMC and it will load fullscreen instead of in a window. You can also run XBMC with the -fs option to force it to run fullscreen at any other resolution.

The interface is pretty user friendly, so feel free to explore.

LXDREAM - Sega Dreamcast Emulator

Lxdream is an emulator for the Sega Dreamcast system, running on Linux and OS X. While it is still in heavy development (and many features are buggy or unimplemented), it is capable of running most demos and some games.

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Virtual CD-ROM

There is an iso file and we want to open it. Its easy in ubuntu, here is the way :

mkdir fakecd
sudo mount cd.iso fakecd -o loop
where cd.iso is your cd image and fakecd the directory where you want your 'virtual cd' be

or

sudo modprobe loop
sudo mount / / -t iso9660 -o loop

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Linux Administrator

Buku ini merupakan buku panduan bagi linux administrator dimana buku ini merisi materi tentang :

1. Network
2. Menambah/mengurangi aplikasi
3. Menggunakan Synaptic Manager
4. Menggunakan Mirror Local repo.ugm.ac.id
5. Menambah Aplikasi Melalui Synaptic
6. Mengurangi Aplikasi Melalui Synaptic
7. Instalasi aplikasi tambahan dengan apt-get (modus teks dari synaptic)
8. Berbagi file (file sharing)
9. Berbagi file dengan samba
10. Berbagi file dengan NFS

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gThumb

gThumb is an image viewer written for the GNOME environment. It lets you browse your hard disk, showing you thumbnails of image files. It also lets you view single files (including GIF animations), organize images in catalogs, print images, view slideshows, set your desktop background, and more. gThumb also supports Nautilus thumbnails.

Homepage:
http://gthumb.sourceforge.net/
Tar/GZ:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gthumb/2.10/
Tar/BZ2:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gthumb/2.10/

For ubuntu :
apt-get install gthumb

Wine 1.0.10

Wine for Ubuntu, Debian Etch, and Debian-based distributions

Ubuntu and other Debian-based distributions utilize a special tool for managing packages known as APT. APT is able to automagically install all of the needed dependencies for a software package, as well as keep the package up to date, by scanning what are known as APT repositories. Debian-based distributions have their own repositories of software that include Wine, however we keep our own repository of the latest available beta packages here for download.

Warning: These are beta packages

The packages here are beta packages. This means they will periodically suffer from regressions, and as a result an update may break functionality in Wine. If the latest stable release of Wine (currently Wine 1.0.1) works for you, then you may not want to use these beta packages.

Adding the WineHQ APT Repository:

Open the Software Sources menu by going to System->Administration->Software Sources. Then select the Third Party Software tab and click Add.

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Then, copy and paste one of the lines below depending on which version you are running.

For Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10):
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt intrepid main #WineHQ - Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex"

For Ubuntu Hardy (8.04):
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt hardy main #WineHQ - Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron"

For Debian Etch (4.0):
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt etch main #WineHQ - Debian 4.0 "Etch"

Trusting the WineHQ APT Repository and installing Wine:

After adding the repository, you also need to add the key for the repository to your system's list of trusted keys.

Download and save Scott Ritchie's key to your desktop. Then open the Authentication tab, click import key file, and select the key file you just saved (Scott Ritchie.gpg). It is safe to delete this file after doing this step.

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Click close to finish, and then reload the package information. If you have Wine installed, the system's update manager will now inform you of the latest Wine beta release and prompt you to upgrade. If you haven't installed Wine yet, go to Applications->Add/Remove and search for Wine.

Command Line Instructions for Installing Wine:

An alternate method for adding the Wine repositories and installing Wine is through the command line, as follows:

First, open a terminal window (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). On Debian, you will need to open a root terminal. Then add the repository's key to your system's list of trusted APT keys by copy and pasting the following into your terminal:

wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Next, add the repository to your system's list of APT sources:

For Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10):
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Ubuntu Hardy (8.04):
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Debian Etch (4.0):
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/etch.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

Then update APT's package information by running 'sudo apt-get update'.

If you are using Ubuntu, you can now install Wine by clicking this link. Alternatively, you can install by going to Applications->Add/Remove and searching for Wine.

Upgrading to a new version of Ubuntu

If you are upgrading the entire system, such as going from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10, you will need to come back to this page and add the repository for the new version above. The built in update manager will not switch the Wine repository automatically.

Older .deb packages

Since the APT repository can only hold the latest packages, older versions of the packages are available at the WineHQ .deb packages archive.

You can install downloaded packages by double-clicking on them.

PlayOnLinux

It's a tool to help Linux users run Windows games on linux, via the use of wine and supports more than 30 games; anyone can help development (by posting new script which allows games to run).

Install :
Open terminal and type the command
- sudo wget http://deb.mulx.net/playonlinux_hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
- wget -q http://deb.mulx.net/pol.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install playonlinux

For detail see the website on http://www.playonlinux.com/en/download-ubuntu.html

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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)

Ubuntu Hardy Heron, the successor to Gutsy Gibbon was released on the 24th of
April 2008. Please help test and perfect this guide.

This guide was started by Chua Wen Kiat (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). It is now being maintained by the Linux Center (http://linux.edu.lv/index.php?newlang=english) of University of Latvia (http://www.lu.lv/eng/) , and everyone else who is willing to contribute.

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100 Linux Tips and Tricks

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