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Editing The Places Dropdown In Ubuntu
I wanted to add a folder link to the Places dropdown menu bar. It took me a little time to find it so I thought I’d share.
- Open a File Browser
- Make sure the Side Pane is viewable. If not then select View->Side Pane or hit F9
- The Places, not Tree, History, …, needs to be selected in the Side Pane.
- Just drag the folder to the Side Pane where you want it to be added to Places
Removal of an item is done by right clicking on the item and choosing Remove.
Ubuntu DVD Player That Plays From A Folder
I spent a little time trying to find a DVD player for Gutsy Gibson that will support DVD menus and play a ripped DVD from a folder. I tried Totem and gxine before I came across VLC media player.
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
Make sure the “universe” repository is activated before using the Synaptic Package Manager or Add/Remove software.
Once installed it’s just a matter of selecting File->Open Directory or Ctrl-E.
Open Folder for VLC
Manually Installing The Flash Player For Ubuntu
I was running into a problem getting the Flash player to work using the Synaptic Package Manager. After a little while it came down I needed to install the Flash player manually. The installation was done on Fiesty Faun.
Downloading the player from Adobe was the first step. [Adobe Home] Choose the .tar.gz download, usually Option 1.
I’m command line lazy so I used the File Browser to unpack the tarball.
Open a terminal and move to the directory where the download was unpacked.
Run the installation package as root with the sudo command.
sudo ./flashplayer-installer
Enter the path for the Firefox installation folder when prompted.
/usr/lib/firefox
Repeat the process for any other browsers that need the Flash player installed.