Tag: Linux

The popular British website OMG! Ubuntu! published a review about Ymuse.

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A new, bugfix, release of Ymuse 0.15 is out.

Ymuse is a desktop client application for the Music Player Daemon.

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Strictly according to the (nonexistent) schedule the next version of Ymuse—0.14—has been released. Ymuse is a desktop client application for the Music Player Daemon, which I posted about a while ago.

What’s new in this version?

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A new version of Ymuse 0.13, a Music Player Daemon client, has been released.

I haven’t blogged about it since the 0.7 release, so here’s a brief summary of what’s changed:

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A minor update to Sound Switcher Indicator — version 2.3.4 — has been released (as well as a few intermediate ones).

What’s changed since the previous 2.3.0 release:

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Now I’m finally ready to tell you what’s been keeping me busy during the last three weeks.

I’ve spent them learning a new programming language called Go.

The process went so well that I even managed to write a new media player application Ymuse. Or, to be precise, a Music Player Daemon client.

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A new version of Sound Switcher Indicator — 2.3.0 — has just been released.

This version finally adds a frequently-requested feature: the ability of mapping global keyboard shortcuts to input and output ports.

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What’s the easiest way to download a video file from YouTube, Vimeo etc. in Linux? And how do you extract its audio track as an MP3 file?

You can opt for one of numerous online video converters, but I personally prefer doing that from the command line using youtube-dl.

It supports video downloads from YouTube, Vimeo, BBC, CBS, and about 1100 more (even from YouPorn).

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Joining the mass sustainability hysteria spree, I’d like to put my two cents into the future of my and others’ grandchildren.

Many interactions with Dutch institutions result in a filled-in and signed document that needs to be emailed or uploaded.

Or another example: you visit Russian Post where you’re requested to fill out 117 copies of a certain form. Do not give in to the provocation and do not fill it in by hand!

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A while ago I’ve made a decision to migrate off Disqus, which is arguably the most popular external commenting system for website owners.

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