Install wxDownloadFast in Ubuntu to fastly download

wxDownload Fast (also known as wxDFast) is an open source download manager.
It is a multi-threaded download manager. This means that it can split a file into several pieces and download the pieces simultaneously.
Some features are:

Faster downloads
Download resuming
Available in multiple languages and easily translated.
Connection to HTTP/FTP servers which require a password
Calculates the MD5/SHA1 checksum of downloaded files so they can be easily verified
Firefox integration through FlashGot
and more.

You open Terminal window, then type there :

sudo apt-get install build-essential libwxgtk2.6-0 libmad0 libsndfile1 libwxgtk2.6-dev gettext
wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dfast/wxdfast_0.6.0-1_ubuntu_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i wxdfast_0.6.0-1_ubuntu_i386.deb

The first line get some necessary library.
Home page: http://dfast.sourceforge.net/
Bạn có thể xem bài dịch tiếng Việt tại đây : http://binkun-linux.blogspot.com/2007/08/install-wxdownload-fast-to-fastly.html

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Install gPHPEdit in Ubuntu, a good PHP editor review

gPHPEdit is not the most complete editor that you will ever use and has a simple and unclutered interface which makes writing code easy. Its based on the Scintilla editor and takes it a step further than SciTE and uses Gnome 2. What it lacks in features it makes up with pure speed. It’s opened at exactly the last place you left it before you can blink your eye. The main features are:

1. Syntax highlighting for all functions up to PHP 4.3
2. Code assistance (function, parameter assistance PHP 4.3 only)
3. Syntax checking
4. Tabbed viewing
5. Support for HTML and CSS

syntax highlighting works but if you’re like me as you can tell from the site I like to work with a black background (otherwise after a while I have very sore eyes) and after changing all the setting there still remained some portions of the code with the default white background. On searching the site this bug has been fixed and will be included for the 1.0 release or can be downloaded via cvs. Another thing working with a black background when selecting text that is white you can’t read it anymore as there is no way to change the hight lighting color.

The PHP code assistance is great and just like the application is displayed very quickly and can be adjusted. The syntax checker is manual and has to be called using the menu or F9 this can be quite annoying and it does not check any functions or parameters within the file.

The search facilities are very basic in that only one file can be searched and the searching only highlights the first occurrence at the top of the file and you must continue through each occurance within the file. This can be quite tedious for large files with many partial matches.

If you’re working on a large project with multiple folders navigation can be quite tedious although on smaller projects where all files are in a small number of folders the handy list of classes with their functions can be displayed on the left of the screen for easy navigation but beware of files that have functions only as they will be listed so a folder containing numerous files of this type can be very difficult to navigate.

Overall, this editor is quick and easy to work with but without some more advanced features it feels a bit naked, the lack of automated indentation and auto syntax checking become more and more frustrating after long term use. Quick folder navigation would be an enormous improvement and these three feature would alone push this application onto the desktop of many more developers. Despite the lack of more advanced features it isn’t a tool I would quickly uninstall. If you’re an Eclipse user for example and you want to quickly open a couple of files to view and perform small edits this is where it excels. In the time that eclipse starts you can open edit and save and be doing something else. This application is reaching version 1.0 and is showing the some good signs that with some further development and added features would be a much more useful application.

Download gPHPedit source for Ubuntu here.

Các bạn có thể xem bài dịch tiếng Việt http://binkun-linux.blogspot.com/2007/08/hng-dn-ci-gphpedit-lp-trnh-php-trong.html.

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How to install LAMP( Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on Ubuntu 7.04( Feisty Fawn)

Ubuntu is a free, open source Linux-based operating system that starts with the breadth of Debian and adds regular releases (every six months), a clear focus on the user and usability (it should "Just Work", TM) and a commitment to security updates with 18 months of support for every release (and with 6.06 LTS you get 3 years on the desktop and 5 on the server!). Ubuntu ships with the latest GNOME release as well as a selection of server and desktop software that makes for a comfortable desktop experience off a single installation CD.
I have found very easy steps to install Apache 2, PHP 5, MySQL 5 and PostgreSQL 8. All you need to do is to run the following command from the shell in Ubuntu, Upon password request, just enter the password for your personal account.

To install Apache 2

sudo apt-get install apache2-mpm-worker

To install MySQL 5
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
To install PHP 5
autoconf automake1.4 autotools-dev libapache2-mod-php5 php5 php5-common php5-curl php5-dev php5-gd php-pear php5-ldap php5-mhash php5-mysql php5-pgsql php5-mysqli php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-pspell php5-gd
This command will install most commonly used PHP libraries.
It used to take me the whole day even without successfully installing and configure those software packages, but it only took me less than 2 hours to finish all the installation and configure properly to suit my needs on Ubuntu. Plus, I really like the interface of Ubuntu desktop and now I will move my freelance project development to Ubuntu environment from Windows.
A few reasons to install Ubuntu:

• Absolutely Free of Charge - you can download any time from their official website


• Fast, Easy Install - only around 10 mins


• Immediately Useful - contains all basic software for home and office applications


• More securer than Windows
  

by www.edreaminghome.com - Eric Lin

Convert .flv (Google Videos) to .mpg using ffmpeg

FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec, the leading audio/video codec library. FFmpeg is developed under Linux, but it can compiled under most operating systems, including Windows. In ubuntu This package contains the ffplay multimedia player, the ffserver streaming server and the ffmpeg audio and video encoder. They support most existing file formats (AVI, MPEG, OGG, Matroska, ASF, …) and encoding formats (MPEG, DivX, MPEG4, AC3, DV, …).

ffmpeg Features

• ffmpeg is a command line tool to convert one video file format to another. It also supports grabbing and encoding in real time from a TV card.

• ffserver is an HTTP (RTSP is being developped) multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts. Time shifting of live broadcast is also supported.

• ffplay is a simple media player based on SDL and on the FFmpeg libraries.

• libavcodec is a library containing all the FFmpeg audio/video encoders and decoders. Most codecs were developped from scratch to ensure best performances and high code reusability.

• libavformat is a library containing parsers and generators for all common audio/video formats.

Install ffmpeg Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

convert .flv to .mpg using ffmpeg

First you need to download your .flv file to a folder and you need to Open a terminal window and go in to the .flv file folder and type the following command

ffmpeg -i jokes.flv -ab 56 -ar 22050 -b 500 -s 320×240 jokes.mpg

jokes.flv is the file you want to convert, so the name must be the same as the source file.You can name jokes.mpg whatever you want as long as it has the .mpg extension.

-b bitrate: set the video bitrate in kbit/s (default = 200 kb/s)

-ab bitrate: set the audio bitrate in kbit/s (default = 64)

-ar sample rate: set the audio samplerate in Hz (default = 44100 Hz)

-s size: set frame size. The format is WxH (default 160×128 )

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What is Wine ?

1.2.1. Windows and Linux

Different software programs are designed for different operating systems, and most won't work on systems that they weren't designed for. Windows programs, for example, won't run in Linux because they contain instructions that the system can't understand until they're translated by the Windows environment. Linux programs, likewise, won't run under the Windows operating system because Windows is unable to interpret all of their instructions.

This situation presents a fundamental problem for anyone who wants to run software for both Windows and Linux. A common solution to this problem is to install both operating systems on the same computer, known as "dual booting." When a Windows program is needed, the user boots the machine into Windows to run it; when a Linux program is then needed, the user then reboots the machine into Linux. This option presents great difficulty: not only must the user endure the frustration of frequent rebooting, but programs for both platforms can't be run simultaneously. Having Windows on a system also creates an added burden: the software is expensive, requires a separate disk partition, and is unable to read most filesystem formats, making the sharing of data between operating systems difficult.

1.2.2. What is Wine, and how can it help me?

Wine makes it possible to run Windows programs alongside any Unix-like operating system, particularly Linux. At its heart, Wine is an implementation of the Windows Application Programing Interface (API) library, acting as a bridge between the Windows program and Linux. Think of Wine as a compatibility layer, when a Windows program tries to perform a function that Linux doesn't normally understand, Wine will translate that program's instruction into one supported by the system. For example, if a program asks the system to create a Windows pushbutton or text-edit field, Wine will convert that instruction into its Linux equivalent in the form of a command to the window manager using the standard X11 protocol.

If you have access to the Windows program's source code, Wine can also be used to recompile a program into a format that Linux can understand more easily. Wine is still needed to launch the program in its recompiled form, however there are many advantages to compiling a Windows program natively within Linux. For more information, see the Winelib User Guide.

1.2.3. Wine features

Throughout the course of its development, Wine has continually grown in the features it carries and the programs it can run. A partial list of these features follows:

• Support for running Win32 (Win 95/98, NT/2000/XP), Win16 (Win 3.1) and DOS programs

• Optional use of external vendor DLL files (such as those included with Windows)

• X11-based graphics display, allowing remote display to any X terminal, as well as a text mode console

• Desktop-in-a-box or mixable windows

• DirectX support for games

• Good support for various sound drivers including OSS and ALSA

• Support for alternative input devices

• Printing: PostScript interface driver (psdrv) to standard Unix PostScript print services

• Modem, serial device support

• Winsock TCP/IP networking support

• ASPI interface (SCSI) support for scanners, CD writers, and other devices

• Advanced unicode and foreign language support

• Full-featured Wine debugger and configurable trace logging messages for easier troubleshooting

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