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Easy Compiz Tricks

A while ago I tweaked Sam’s simple animations plug-in for Compiz, mainly so windows I minimized would slide away to match some of my other settings. This was to strike a balance between usability and performance, since none of these effects use alpha blending. During this time I made some jokes about a Spinner Rims …

February 3, 2010 – 11:46 pm | By Kristopher Ives | Posted in General, Linux | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Intel Microphones in Ubuntu Linux (9.04)

If you want to use Skype or record audio with any other application you may have to slightly configure your microphone. This post isn’t an exhaustive list of all the possible ways to get your recording working Ubuntu, but really is targeted to anyone who has similar hardware or where the solution is the same. …

August 9, 2009 – 4:04 am | By Kristopher Ives | Posted in General, Linux | Tagged , , | Comments (1)