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Source for patched Last Exit 5

7 Oct 2007 – 11:05 pm

At the request of zebob, here it is:
last-exit-5-savepatch.zip (976kB)
Contains the original patch file for version 4, which I referred to in patching version 5.
Related:

Patched Last Exit 5 for Ubuntu Feisty
Patched Last Exit 5 for Ubuntu Gutsy

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Last Exit 5 patched for Ubuntu Gutsy

27 Aug 2007 – 2:36 am

UPDATE: Patched source now available.
I have compiled the patched version of Last-Exit 5 under Ubuntu Gutsy and created a Ubuntu/Debian package for it. The patched version allows you to save the currently playing song to an ext3 partition.
If this is your first time trying the patched version of Last Exit, please read the notes from [...]

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Shhh, secret delivery.

29 Jun 2007 – 3:54 am

UPDATE: Patched source now available.
UPDATE: An Ubuntu Gutsy version is now available.

Oh. My. God.
If my senses serve me well, I have just successfully compiled Last Exit version 5 with the ’save patch’. Even got it nicely wrapped in a .deb (Ubuntu/Debian) package. If my senses serve me well.
Things to take note:

I didn’t create Last Exit. [...]

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Linux software find: Last Exit

21 Jun 2007 – 12:57 pm

Superb stuff:

Last Exit is a program that allows you to listen to last.fm music streams. Lightweight and GNOME-based, it is a far superior alternative to the original last.fm player (KDE/Qt-based, buggy playback), rhythmbox (bloated app) and LastFMProxy (tedious and relatively difficult to configure). This is what Linux software is about: small apps that do specific [...]

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Uptime shell script

24 Apr 2007 – 4:10 pm

Here’s a simple shell script that outputs the system uptime, handy for use with the XFCE Generic Monitor plugin:
#!/bin/bash
upsecs=”$(cat /proc/uptime | cut -d ‘ ‘ -f 1 | cut -d ‘.’ -f 1)”
mins=$((upsecs/60%60))
hours=$((upsecs/60/60%24))
days=$((upsecs/60/60/24))
echo “${days}d ${hours}h ${mins}m”
I did it because I wasn’t pleased with the system load plugin displaying my uptime on two lines—that messed [...]

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minbar for Ubuntu Edgy

23 Apr 2007 – 6:31 pm

UPDATE (8/1/08): minbar 0.2 is available.
I’m so bored, I’ve decided to make available here a minbar 0.1 .deb package for Ubuntu Edgy:
Download: http://www.box.net/shared/x2fheq3czg

minbar is a GNOME Islamic prayer times application. It runs in the system tray and is capable of playing the azan at prayer times.
For Singapore prayer times, use the following configuration:
[...]

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dpkg parse error?

8 Apr 2007 – 2:55 am

If you’re facing something like
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available’ near line XX:
missing package name
where XX is some number,
the solution is
dselect update
Gee, that took a while. Hope it helps.

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Howto: Change apt cache directory in Ubuntu

26 Feb 2007 – 9:27 am

This has been bugging me for a while, so here it is, for the like-minded in-duh-viduals out there:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf
Add the following line:
Dir::Cache “your preferred directory”;
Easy-Peezy Japaneezy :)

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