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    [ubuntu] Re: MP3 Plug-in for ubuntu (for dummies)

    Not exactly sure what you mean by "mp3 plugin," but this might be useful:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware

    Check out Setion 3.4. You can download a .deb package(s) to your...
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    Re: Backup in a third folder

    diff monday/ tuesday/ > tuesday/diff.txt


    That will spit out the differences between the two directories, then redirect the output into a text file. I would recommend checking out the man page...
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    Re: HOWTO: Backup multimedia with rsync

    No, I would expect an incremental rsync backup like this to finish very quickly.

    However, I have had trouble with Windows file systems in the past. Somehow the timestamps are incorrect and rsync...
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    Re: HOWTO: Backup multimedia with rsync

    You already had them synced with rsync in the past?

    What file system is on the drives?
  5. HOWTO: Steam Tables (SteamTab Companion) on Linux

    As far as I know, there are no (good) Linux applications for obtaining water properties (steam properties). However, ChemicaLogic's SteamTab Companion is very handy freeware, but it is Windows-only....
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    Re: HOWTO: Set Firefox Mailto App

    Thanks Nick.

    For Gmail users, you can write a little script that opens Gmail as your default mail client.

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/set-gmail-as-default-mail-client-in-ubuntu/
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    Re: Sorting my music and cover art...

    For some reason, amarok doesn't seem to like long names for cover art. When I use "cover.jpg" that tends to work well. I would avoid spaces in the names too.

    Have you tried Kid3? It's really nice...
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    Re: HOWTO: Backup multimedia with rsync

    I'd probably use the flag --exclude=PATTERN or --exclude-from=FILE
    Just create a text file called FILE (or whatever you like) and put the full path to your Desktop directory in it. rsync will then...
  9. Re: my hello.c file won't compile under gcc

    Glad you're giving Ubuntu a try!

    Are you using Ubuntu's Synaptic package manager (Adept in Kubuntu)? Not sure where you were "browsing the downloads section" ... you can get all the programs you...
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    Re: HOWTO: Backup multimedia with rsync

    I think cp -Rp will do the trick, hidden files included. I'd also consult cp's man pages. You'll probably want begin with rm -R on /targetdir to start with a clean slate.
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    Re: HOWTO: Backup multimedia with rsync

    Yes, I think you are correct. If you change an ID3 tag on your media server, the -u flag will overwrite the file on your laptop to reflect the changes. rsync compares the timestamps of files and...
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    Re: HOWTO: Backup multimedia with rsync

    Unfortunately, no. rsync does not play well with FAT32. I think there were issues with case sensitivity and time stamping. I couldn't get rsync to properly update the files incrementally; it just...
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    HOWTO: Backup multimedia with rsync

    The Ubuntu forums contain several great posts about fully backing up a Linux system. I use this one regularly: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087

    But this method doesn't work very well...
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