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I ported my game to Ubuntu
If you just want to play the game, here’s where you find it. Or, in a terminal window write: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:diwic/theblobgame sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install theblobgame Then just search for “blob” in the Dash. The rest of … Continue reading
Upcoming changes to the Intel HDA drivers
Takashi Iwai, the Linux sound maintainer, is about to merge a patch set of about 150 patches into linux-next. These changes, in short, unify the different HDA codec drivers. Introduction and background First, the basics: HDA Intel is the current … Continue reading
UCADay: Appreciation for Ubuntu Women!
As part of the Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day initiative, I’d like to write an appreciation for females – of all ages – that we have within Ubuntu and upstream communities, and why I’d like to see more of the same. … Continue reading
Top five wrong ways to fix your audio
The audio stack in Linux/Ubuntu evolves over time. What used to be good advice is not necessarily good advice anymore. (That also means, that if you happen to read this blog post in 2019 or something, don’t trust it!) Here … Continue reading
Three audio bugs that need your hardware info
Are you: Missing speakers or internal mic in sound settings? Seeing a S/PDIF device show up for your USB device? Having no or extremely low sound from your internal microphone? If so, I might need your help to be able … Continue reading
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Audio over HDMI and DisplayPort in Ubuntu 12.04
Ok, for those of you who just want it up and working, I’m including a quickstart section before we dive into the details: Quickstart 1) If you have an ATI/AMD or NVidia card, you need proprietary drivers. 2) You need … Continue reading
Audio debugging techniques
As a part of the Ubuntu Hardware Summit, I held a presentation on the topic “audio debugging techniques”, focused on HDA Intel cards. I also wrote down some notes for some of those slides. I share the slides and the … Continue reading
Turn your mic jack into a headphone jack!
Most of today’s built-in sound cards are to some degree retaskable, which means that they can be used for more than one thing. That means you can turn your Mic jack into an extra Headphone jack, or why not make … Continue reading