Coder's Talk

I've been sharing mp3s with my close friends for years. We share mp3 files within our same interest in music. As I'm now a total Linux desktop user (I didn't use windows anymore ), I have to find way to create and extract RAR files in Linux since we share the files in compressed RAR files in less than 5MB split. I always think that my findings in my Linux journey can also help others... So, here is the way to create RAR file in Ubuntu Linux . First, make sure you have already install unrar and rar which you can get it by issuing this command in your terminal ( Application > Accessories > Terminal ) ... $ sudo apt-get install rar unrar In order to create RAR file, you can just right click on the selected files and click on "Create Archive...", select .rar on the archive dropdown and click on "Create". But, if you wanna extra control, you can use your great powerful terminal to do so. Here's what I do to Create a RAR file splitted to less than...

I just download some mp3 songs. I haven't opened Rhythmbox Music Player in my office PC since I don't have any speaker here ... After grabbing my mate's headphone, I noticed my Rhythmbox Music Player don't have mp3 support yet but I can play them well in VLC media player anyway. Yes, by default, there is no mp3 support in Rhythmbox Music Player in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 . If you search in google, you can find some blogs saying you can install gstreamer-0.8-plugins. However, when you type them on your terminal, you'll find out that the package isn't there anymore... Don't panic, you just have to install something else in gstreamer package. My lucky day maybe, I choose the right package in my first try without further reading about it... here's what I do... I typed.. apogee@apogee-persiasys:~$ sudo apt-get install gstreamer then press TAB twice, and the list come out... So I choose to install the one that have mp3 in its name... apogee@apogee-persiasys:...