Adobe released 1.5 version of their Air application for Linux. Adobe Air, is an application hybrid of the sorts that mesh’s the desktop application with a web application. I have been using Air to run twitter, however there are a slew of other applications that run on Air. Give it a try and see how slick it is.  Get Air

One other note, Adobe will now be releasing Air like flash at the same time for Mac, Windows, and Linux users at the same time for future releases. Rock On!

To Install Adobe Air on Ubuntu Linux 8.10, follow this:

Download Adobe Air: http://get.adobe.com/air/

It will download “AdobeAirInstaller.bin” to your default location. For me it downloaded to my desktop. Open a terminal:

Applications > Accessories > Terminal

$cd /home/user/Desktop (replace “user” with your userID)

To make sure we can install it, you can check the permissions, or just make it writable:

$chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin (this makes the file executable by the user)

Now install

$./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

This will generate the installer process, you will see the following screens. Since I had an older verison already installed, I am prompted to “update”, yours might just say “install”.

Voila, now you can go to a site like http://www.twhirl.org/ which is a twitter application that runs on AIR and simply click the “install now”.

Enjoy !

Nick and I recorded the show with a HD camcorder, so viewers will definitely see improvements in the avi. There are still plenty of kinks to work out, so bear with us.

Some topics discussed on episode #15:

• UDS (most of the show is about this)
• 4000 people at French Team release party
• Cool new System76 laptop
• New Ubuntu Hall of Famer: Alberto Milone
• etc, etc, etc

As usual, thanks to all the folks who stopped by the Ustream.TV live feed. We dent and tweet out when we are about to stream live. If you want to know when that happens, follow http://twitter.com/ubuntupodcast or http://identi.ca/ubuntupodcast.

Nick and I just recently recorded episode #14 of the Ubuntu Podcast. This episode covering news and topics around the ubuntu Linux Distribution and community. For all the latest episode check it out at http://ubuntupodcast.net

Episode #14 Covers:

-Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase

-Adobe 64-Bit Flash for Linux

-Handbrake GTK DVD ripping application

-Benchmarking betweek Fedora 10, Ubuntu

-Crunchbang distribution and much more..

We are about to start recording in a few for podcast 12 of Ubuntu Podcast

Watch us at   http://tinyurl.com/5nm9ce

Tags: Ubuntu, World of Warcraft

The Linux Podcast

So, I am now doing a new Podcast “don’t worry, ubuntu podcast will live on” with Nick Ali also known as boredandblogging. This podcast is everything about Linux, technology, gaming, cigars, and whatever we feel like reviewing really. It has a heavy focus on Linux and Open Source news in general. This is similar to what I was doing the with the Linuxcryp podcasts. Those will resume at a later date but more as tutorial based podcasts. I hope you all enjoy the new show, we are planning to stick to the same release cycle as we do forr Ubuntu Podcast.

Here is the site, add the RSS to your favorite podcasting apps!

Tags: Podcast

The Ubuntu 8.10 Intrebid Ibex final release is here!

I recommend downloading the files via bittorrent. You can find the version that’s right for you HERE

Enjoy, happy downloading, and remember to seed your files to help others download as well!

Tags: Intrepid Ibex, Ubuntu

So I, the leader and contact for the Ubuntu US Georgia Team, and Nick Ali have been doing some video podcasts for the last couple of months.

Some things we covered this episode (no cigars this time!):

• Our opinions of the 8.10 wallpapers
• More Powered by Ubuntu stickers
• Cool AUV using Ubuntu Server 8.04
• Dell pushing Ubuntu out there
• etc, etc.

There are feeds for the video, Miro, ogg, mp3, iTunes audio, and iTunes video. Subscribe with twitter and identi.ca to be notified of new releases.

Feel free to leave comments and feedback on the site!

Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Podcast

So I’ve been reading about some of the new features in kdenLive and I am pretty stoked to see some forward development for video editing on Linux.  Some of the new features include:

Main Features:
* Capture video from your camcorder, webcam or screen
* Mix a large number of different formats (depending on your FFmpeg install): mpeg, flash, mp3, ogg, png, jpeg, dv, hdv, …
* See the result of your work (effects and transitions) in realtime
* Export your work in several formats (hdv, dv, mpeg, …)
* Create titles, slideshows and more

For those not familiar with this application, Kdenlive is an open source multi track video editor based on the MLT video framework and FFmpeg.

So how do we get this baby installed in ubuntu as there isn’t a “.deb” package on their website, and the current package in the main repo is on 0.5? Well, if you cruise over to the Wiki Documentation, you will find a nice tutorial written by Mads Dydensborg. The tutorial did work for me, and I am successfully running 0.7. The only thing I couldn’t figure out is why it installed a sleu of KDE apps and made launchers for them? This can be resolved by unselecting them in the alacarte tool. Below are the steps for installing.

1) Add a repo to your sources.list

• echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu hardy main | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

2) Get a load of extra packages

• sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gtk-qt-engine-kde4 bzip2 kdebase kommander subversion g++ cmake pkg-config kdelibs5-dev libsdl1.2-dev libxml2-dev

3) Make a new directory

• mkdir kdenlive

4) Move into the new directory

• cd kdenlive

5) Download the script

• wget http://www.kde-apps.org/CONTENT/content-files/85826-kdenlive_builder_wizard.kmdr.bz2

6) Extract, rename and make executable the script

• `bunzip2 85826-kdenlive_builder_wizard.kmdr.bz2 && mv 85826-kdenlive_builder_wizard.kmdr kdenlive_builder_wizard.kmdr && chmod +x kdenlive_builder_wizard.kmdr

7) Sort out a path by typing:

• export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/kde4/bin

Run the script

• kmdr-executor kdenlive_builder_wizard.kmdr

9) follow the instructions on-screen. Press “Cancel” after success.

10) In file browser (nautilus) navigate to the /kdenlive directory which you created in step 3

11) click “kdenlive_start” and you are in business.

12) Use alacarte (sudo apt-get install alacarte) to add ~/yourpath/kdenlive/kdenlive_start to your menu.

I hope this helps with getting people to trry out publishing their videos on Linux!

Josh

Tags: Ubuntu Video Editing, Video Applications

Ubuntu Podcast

Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Podcast