Photoscape is an all-in-one photo editing software that runs under Windows. I am satisifed with digiKam for light editing in Ubuntu but there is one Photoscape feature that I need, that is Frame.

Frame here, is not a decorative frame nor animation frame, but a feature to divide one page into multiple frames to be inserted/pasted with images (like a pre-made layout).

So I tried to install it, then without tweaking Photoscape 3.4 (not the latest 3.5) is running well with Wine 1.3.28. Wow.

Photoscape 3.4 Ubuntu 11.10 Wine 1.3.28

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I installed Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 (FS9) On Ubuntu 11.10 with Wine 1.3.28 on HP 540 Laptop. Unexpectedly it runs good so far, I can't believe it myself at first. Awesome.
The only problem I noticed is the sound intermittently missing.

The multi disc installation process was easy, I just have to manually mount the next disc via Wine configuration > Drives setting.

Here are some screen shoots I took. Enjoy.

Just run setup.exe and you're ready for FS9 installation...

oops, have to manually mount CD-ROM on Wine Drives (easy...)

After installation, FS9 ready to run for the first time....

And it flies ....

FS9 On Ubuntu 11.10

Also published in Flightsimtalk.


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My laptop bluetooth was working just fine prior Ubuntu 11.10. Now it can't browse and receive files from my Motorola Q9h phone.

Although I don't use bluetooth that often, it's super annoying.

Here's a fix, it should be a temporary fix, because nobody wants to mess with command line just to connect to their bluetooth devices.

• first install obexfs (the easiest way is via Ubuntu Software Center or Synaptic) or via terminal and run this command sudo apt-get install obexfs 
• then make a new folder in your home directory, e,g bluemount
• open terminal :
• to mount : obexfs -b your:bluetooth:address ~/bluemount
• to unmount : fusermount --u ~/bluemount 
• now your bluetooth device is browseable with nautilus
• unfortunately you have to type in terminal every time you want to mount your bluetooth devices, that's why it can't be a permanent fix.

Your bluetooth address is something like : aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff . I know mine from System Settings > Bluetooth. 

fix source.

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The new blogger.com interface has many features that is very helpful and needed. For example the Stats, now we can tell what most browser used by visitors.

And it is interesting how blogger.com list Ubuntu as a browser, see picture below.

Ubuntu Is #4 Browser Visit This Blog

 Although it has dedicated visitor OS section :

Honest mistake? Or are there Ubuntu Browser (in Ubuntu Tablet/Phone) out there that I don't know of? :)

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