Tag Archives: OS

How to get a Sansa Clip working with Rhythmbox in Ubuntu

So I got me an 8gb Sansa Clip from Walmart the other day for $50.  Yeah I know pretty decent deal for an 8gb. Anyway I was trying to get it to work with Rhythmbox, and I was having some trouble but then I ran across this post on Ubuntu Forums.

So apparently all you have to do in order to get the player to show up in Rhythmbox is to  add a file called “.is_audio_player” in the root directory of the Sansa MP3 player.

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OS Critique: Ubuntu

Well, it’s time to finish critiquing the Big Three desktop operating systems. I’ve already critiqued Windows and Mac, and now I have a few comments about Ubuntu and Linux in general.

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OS Critique: Windows

It’s been determined that the most addictive games are those that are easy to learn but hard to master. In the OS world, that would be Windows. While not addictive to most geeks, it is hard to argue with its popular (if not critical) success. Let’s take a deeper look at the most prolific operating system in the world.

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OS Critique: Mac

We visited Best Buy last night to check out Macs and netbooks. MacBooks are sleek, though that can be taken multiple ways. For some it means smooth and pretty. For others it means slippery. As more and more people adopt Macs, it makes sense to take a look at the ups and downs of their OS and interface. A lot of people are enamored with the Cupertino Kid, though a friend of mine remarked that a computer whiz he knows has become “measurably dumber” since becoming a Mac user. Let’s take a look at what the virtues and vices of a Mac.

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