Linux is awesome, everything is editable, everything is always under user control; however sometimes it takes sometime to figure out how to tweak certain application or fix something.
I just installed Ubuntu Gusty on my laptop and there are two major problems, the first was solved and I’m sharing the fix in this post which was related to Skype sound, specifically the capture, my second problem is with my internal card read which for some reason it wasn’t recognized, will update you later with the fix *hopefully*
How to fix Skype sound
Run gnome-volume-control go to Edit -> Preferences and then tick the free tracks
Edit /etc/esound/esd.conf and make sure it look like this one
[esd]
auto_spawn=1
spawn_options=-terminate -nobeeps -as 1
spawn_wait_ms=100
# default options are used in spawned and non-spawned mode
default_options=
Restart the advance sound system ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
In my case, with my HDA Intel card my problem were solved with the above simple steps, if your didn’t work try this one Debugging Sound Problems
Under the High Patronage of Mighty Penguin, Jordan Linux Users Group is pleased to invited you to Amman Linux Installation Festival 29th December 2007.
Time: 9:00 a.m – 9:00 p.m. on Saturday December 29th 2007. Place : Azzahra’ Hall – Jordan Engineers Association (Mojamma3 Elnaqabat) in Shemisani. Amman, Jordan. What: Live installation of various Linux flavors. Bring your PC or laptop and get professional help in installing the latest and greatest GNU/Linux OS. Who: Volunteers from Jolug members. Duration: All day.
Free entry tickets
Free Linux DVDs & CDs
Free Linux Installation
Free presentation
Free soft drink.
Economist.com – The persuasive powers of reformed jihadists are being used to “re-educate” terrorists.
MEETING Nasir Abas at one of Indonesia’s trendiest hotels, it is hard to imagine that this polite man in casual Western clothes was once a leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the region’s most dangerous terrorist group. Now his job is to persuade his former comrades to give up the idea of perpetrating violence against the West in the name of Islam.
As he explains in his mild-mannered way, he uses two lines of argument. One is theological: he points out the verses in the Koran that forbid aggressive warfare, and which insist that the lives of non-combatants, especially women and children, must be protected. The other line is more strategic: to convince his listeners that not all Westerners are anti-Muslim, he stresses the fact that many Americans opposed the war in Iraq. And he challenges them: have terrorist bombs made people respect Islam more? Some prisoners angrily reject his arguments, he says—but as long as they are still prepared to listen to them, he thinks it worth continuing to try. Continue reading at Economist
Most of Jordanians are aware of the rudeness, randomness and the low level that Mecca mall security have, they would let a teenager get it but not a decent 35 years old man (whom wife is waiting for him inside) and many other stories ending up with the unreasonably big fight they made three months ago.
On the other side, Carrefour & City mall security are just awesome people, maybe because they have to deal with different class of people, at least teenagers wouldn’t be interested in Virgins or the quite coffee shops at the mall nor they are responsible for family shopping but seriously their security folks are amazing.
Why City mall & Carrefour security are so amazing?
They always tend to smile
They are polite especially those who scan your car looking for cookies.
They have a uniform; you can tell if this person is a security and has the right to stop you or not unlike Mecca mall gangsters
They seems to be well trained, they know what they’re doing and they know how to deal with people even with those 24hr angry people
I wish Mecca Mall could apply same approach, a trained security team with a smile not a gangster of fake body building team.
Just came back from Umniah’s office, their offer is promising and I can tell that I’m considering their Umax offer seriously.
Their 2Mbs offer has a bandwidth cap of 10Giga and you can pop-up cap by 1GB, 3GB or 7GB the 7GB is around 14 JOD which is NOT a reasonable price but yet the best available, at least this option is available unlike most of land line based ADSL in Jordan.
I went their specifically to see their WiMax modem and I can assure you that you might have seen it before in star wars or some documentary about UFO, the device is identical to almost all flying saucer that we have seen on TV documentary shows or movies.
It’s not annoyingly big as I though but yet it’s not as small as the one that Zain has in Kuwait nor like the one that Qtel has; however, the Hijabi sales chick advised me not to buy the device as the new small, USB devices are coming soon (as in three months), as for Cos (Quality of Service) she was honest enough to say that you wont feel the difference now as their service is new and aint jammed yet but later when they make more customers you will feel it of course.
Now, I’m tempting to go now to get Umnia’s Umax but I first have to google if I could buy that small slim device myself and use it instead of renting or buying their flying-saucer device.
Also, there has been lots of solid that Zain & Orange might launch same service by the next year; which should decrease the price dramatically unless they achieved a deal of price freezing just like the one they have with Land-line based ADSL.
What I forgot to take note of is the device name so I could google for smaller ones but I’m sure Qwaider can help in this case unless he lives in the country side of AMIRIKA with some cows :p
They have nice offer for the first thousand customer which includes a free mobile line with 500 umnia-umnia free minutes + a wireless router if you subscribe for a year and 50% of the wireless router if you subscribe for six months.
One last thing, If you didn’t like the service, or if the coverage was below your satisfaction you can get a refund by filling a compliant form and you will get your money back within 14 working days (at least according to Hijabi sales chick).
