ArthurPeters
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Arthur Peters
Homepage: http://www.singingwizard.org/
About Me
I am a student at NYC College of Technology (CityTech) and live in Brooklyn, NY. I am a die-hard Linux user and I want to see Linux succeed. I run Ubuntu on my dual Pentuim 3 1GHz and on my Compaq laptop (see LaptopTestingTeam/CompaqPresarioR3000z).
Useful Tidbits
On file sharing, WEBDAV and ZeroConf (AKA Bonjour or Rendezvous): The gnome-user-share package provides a nice easy WEBDAV share for users and advertises it via Avahi. You can browse these shares using the Network "folder" in Nautilus or Mac OS X (maybe Windows XP too I haven't tried). (2005/01/24)
- On name resolution and Zeroconf: The libnss-mdns package allows normal name lookups to resolve names using mDNS. This removes the need for a local DNS server for such names. (2005/01/24)
- On playing DivX or XVid videos with MP3 or AC3 audio: Totem can play many standard formats (incl. DivX, XVid, MP3, AC3) if you install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly and gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg (from universe). (2005/01/25)
- On playing DVDs: I haven't figured this out yet. Except that you can play them with xine or mplayer, sort of. It may not support encrypted DVDs (a.k.a. most of them).
- On playing MP3s: They will play in Rhythmbox if you install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg.
- On playing Oggs: They will play on the base system with no extra packages.