Run Fruity Loops in KDE (Kubuntu) Using PlayOnLinux and Wine

Run Fruity Loops in KDE (Kubuntu) Using PlayOnLinux and Wine

1. Right-click on Fruity Loops then configure Wine.
2. In Graphics, un-check Allow the window manager to decorate the windows and Allow the window manager to control the windows.
3. Click Apply.

That's it!

Zimbra Desktop for Yahoo, Gmail, Microsoft Exchange, IMAP, and POP

Since you can't backup your free, web-based Yahoo Mail on your local drive, you can do this using Zimbra Desktop for Mac, Windows, and Linux. This is an email client like Outlook where you can have several email accounts like Gmail, Microsoft Exchange and others.

To install:

Download from website http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html.
Extract.
$sudo install.pl
Then, run the command given for standard user.
Create another user zimbra folder.
Drag Zimbra icon from desktop to Gnome Menu.

You can check the tutorial here:
http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/374096-make-the-zimbra-desktop-your-email-and-social-desktop

That's it!

Fruity Loops 9 in Ubuntu 10.04 Using Wine and PlayOnLinux

Fruity Loops 9 works in Ubuntu using PlayOnLinux. Just install it in PlayOnLinux, but errors will occur during installation, just press Ok and it will continue the installation process. If you purchased it, you can import the registry keys in PlayOnLinux: Configure->Registry Editor->File->Import registry.

What I've tried: Using Presets, Generators, Effects, MIDI recording (although there is some lag). What I do is record MIDI using Muse, edit it, and export it to a MIDI file, then import in Fruity Loops, export to a WAV file and import it to Ardour, edit the mixdown in Audacity for post-production. You can print musical notes in Rosegarden using the MIDI file.

You can also use LMMS (Linux Multimedia Studio) for soundfonts that you can download on the Internet.

That's it!

Sintel Created with Open Source Blender 3D Application

"Sintel" is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender. With initial funding provided by 1000s of donations via the internet community, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as for independent animation film.
This 15 minute film has been realized in the studio of the Amsterdam Blender Institute, by an international team of artists and developers. In addition to that, several crucial technical and creative targets have been realized online, by developers and artists and teams all over the world.

www.sintel.org

Download Manager for Ubuntu Linux

I was trying to download large files, and I could only find few Firefox download managers. Some of them, when I download files, it gets corrupted and is unusable. Therefore, I looked for Ubuntu apps in the Ubuntu Software Center, and searched for download manager. I've found several like Gwget, and KGet but settled for KGet.

To use KGet, you right-click on a link and copy the download link location, then New Download, and paste the URL. Or, drag to the KGet icon on the lower-right corner.

Sometimes, downloading gets interrupted. You just have to click Resume. At other sites, your downloads gets stalled, and in order to resume, you have to copy again the link, right-click on the downloading file->Transfer Settings->click on the file->click Mirrors->Remove the current mirror, then Add the new download link. After pressing Ok, the downloading process resumes.

That's it!

Suggestion on Improving Kdenlive Playback Performance Solving Stuttering Playback Problem

Install Ubuntu Restricted Extras in Ubuntu Software Center.

Note: This may or may not solve this issue.

MIDI Playback to Sound Card Using A Sound Font

Install Qsynth.
Use Sound Font Downloaded in website: http://zenvoid.org/audio.html
In Rosegarden, Settings->MIDI. Check Load sound blaster at start-up. Choose Sound Font.
In Jack->Connect, ALSA Midi to Qsynth input.

Or, in LMMS, Settings->Paths: Default sound font file.
Import MIDI File, then Export to WAV, or OGG.