Technical Stuff
Science and scientific computing
- My Ubuntu repository contains Debian packages of some scientific software
- Some software packages I like to use for science-related work
- Some advice on designing, writing and debugging individual-based simulations
- Useful links related to PDL, the Perl Data Language.
- Creating ODF/ODT and MS Word documents with LaTeX formulas using OpenOffice.org in Ubuntu.
- A fast perl/PDL implementation of UPGMA clustering for very large datasets
- A simple perl/PDL program to remove duplicate data-points from a multi-column datafile, useful for e.g. plotting the output of evolutionary simulations (to be added soon)
Spatial Data, GIS and GPS
Video & Audio
- Video encoding tips and examples using MEncoder and FFMPEG
- How to merge/join multiple video files
- How to update the Video4Linux drivers (e.g. to get your webcam working)
Graphics and layout
- Useful software
- PDF Tips & Tricks
- How to install additional fonts in Ubuntu
- OpenOffice.org tips and tricks
- Printing a multi-page CD-booklet
- Extracting images from MS Word for Mac documents
Various
- Installing and tweaking Ubuntu on the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 14 or 15
- Various notes & tips regarding filesystems and their compatibility on Linux/Mac/Windows
- Sending and receiving faxes in Ubuntu
- Assorted Ubuntu problems (and how to solve them)
- Some experiences with tempeature logging using a cheap USB device
- How to downgrade packages using yum on Red Hat derivative systems.
- Replacing the volume knob on a Kenwood KRF-V or VR AV-amplifier/receiver
Archive
- Use and abuse of Facebook "Like"-code
- Installing (and removing) OSS4 audio on Ubuntu 10.4 LTS
- Instructions on how to get the remote control of an SAA7134 based TV-card to work on Ubuntu
- Instructions on how to get a :Zolid DVD Maker (a USB video capture device based on an EM2861 chip) to work on Ubuntu
- How to enable hardware 3D acceleration on an ATI Radeon 9600 mobile
chipset in Ubuntu, using the open-source Xorg
radeon
driver. - My old instructions on how to get an i-Blue 747 or similar bluetooth GPS-datalogger (based on an MTK chipset) to work on Ubuntu and on an Intel-based Mac using the Java-based BT747 control software.
- How to get DV video capture working in Ubuntu Gutsy using Kino