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hey there fellows Ubuntians,

):P

I need help with a sound problem that has been bugging me for a while.

When I launch a movie with VLC or a youtube video, I can hear the first few seconds...

@TheFu thank you! will check that out

Hey,

This is a problem I've had for some time under xUbuntu with the output sound default settings on my laptop.

Using Skype, I can hear the other caller (the sound goes IN), but can't be heard...

thanks!

I'll try that.

I found suggestions here: http://www.labnol.org/software/temporarily-block-websites/18257/
and here: http://www.labnol.org/software/disable-internet-connection/26235/

but this is not quite it!...

silence.

I've been intentionally turning things down lately and listen carefully to the silence. Car passing by in the streets, the hum of the ventilating system in the kitchen. Birds chriping...

heya,

I'm using Ubuntu with a XFCE interface.

I'd like to download a software that temporarily blocks internet access - I want to be able to temporarily disable my own access so that I can ...

...when you'd rather have 2 mobile phones, one classic phone and an internet connection when first moving into a rental rather than, say, a bed, a couch or a fridge. I know I'll have to get those...

I totally quit Windows around 2YK... and that's over 15 years ago.

Around 5 years ago, my ex, who was one of the 2 geeks who first introduced me to the world of uncopyright, free software, fuzzy...

agreed!

btw, all tomboys of the world... UNITE! ;-)

As a woman using Ubuntu, I like the idea of avoiding snobbish attitudes, too!

I was introduced to linux in late 1999 but (now ex) boyfriend, and never looked back. Now and then I get frustrated when services I'd like to subscribe to do not support linux or when I something...

100% linux since 1999.

It all happened by chance, really.
My then boyfriend installed - with my consent - Linux (Debian version) during Fall 1999, after that my next boyfriend was also into Linux...

http://www.parisgamesweek.com/

I'm 41 yrs old, going to visit the Paris Gaming Week with a 19 yrs old guy ^^

Who said I'm old, huh?!

PS: no, we're not dating, we're just gamers, that's all!

the *only* reason I might to use IM is because some members of my family currently live far, far away, so video chatting, from time to time could be nice. Except... we used to chat through Skype, but...

@prodigy_: well said!

Actually, I intend to make a living out of my acquaintances' (and strangers') digital illiteracy. :biggrin:

I'm no computer wizard, but I've been using computers (Mac, PC...

I have been researching the spying on a large scale PRISM program scandal, so my last ctrlV's look like this:


scandale prism...

My (ex) boyfriend installed Linux on my computer some 15 yrs ago. I have never looked back since then!

I still have windows out there somewhere in my system y'konw just in case - but never, ever...

@miegel:

the sentence you wrote about security concerns keeps bugging me. Which browser do you use when, like you stated, you are browsing websites that you are "more security conscious about...

libertad + tango = Libertango, by Astor Piazzola.

just read a very interesting short article about how and why music is important and pleasurable.

http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/the-magic-of-music-and-what-it-does-to-your-productivity/
...

Wow! Mind-blowing, beautiful desktops posted here!

I really like Irene's style (fog) and Vermont Poet's, too. Now I'm jealous and want/need to learn how to customize the look of my icons. ;)
...

Hello there,

I just found out about the "Abbreviations game" at "The Cafe" - the thread is closed, but I thought it would be nice if someone could compile all of the abbreviations in one, big...

on youtube right now...
listened to Vivaldi's concerto no6 (the largo movement) then a mix of Erykah Badu's live concerts.

Talk about eclectic tastes!

-BM

Oh; geesh!

I just realized I am eating, all at the same time, a slice of white bread with stinky French cheese, lots of ice cream, hot tea and taboulé.

Tea!

(my fave beverage) :tongue: