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- How to create a Linux iPlayer download GUI using Zenity
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- Here's how I created a simple graphical utility to download TV and radio programmes from the BBC's iPlayer site using Zenity, Bash and iplayer-...
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TechPad.co.uk on Tuesday 29 June, 2010, 19:11
- A taste of iPhone support coming in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx
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- Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx release, which comes out later this month, is due to include "support" for the Apple iPhone, as this video show...
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TechPad.co.uk on Wednesday 7 April, 2010, 19:25
- Frequently asked questions on NexentaCore
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- Frequently asked questions about NexentaCore - a distribution that combines the OpenSolaris kernel, ZFS and Ubunt...
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TechPad.co.uk on Wednesday 20 January, 2010, 21:09
- Create a video transcoder GUI with Zenity and ffmpeg
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- Create a GUI application for your Linux computer to allow you to graphically unleash the powers of ffmpeg to transcode video format...
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TechPad.co.uk on Wednesday 30 December, 2009, 9:49
- Download HD video from BBC iPlayer with get_iplayer
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- Download and save DRM-free videos from the BBC iPlayer site with get_iplayer on Ubuntu Lin...
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TechPad.co.uk on Sunday 27 December, 2009, 18:46
- Fixing Ubuntu's GPG error issue
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- For weeks my Ubuntu Karmic Koala workstation has been plagued by an apt error telling me that my public keys were not available...
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TechPad.co.uk on Sunday 27 December, 2009, 15:39
- Automatically connect to wireless networks in Gnome
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- Linux Mint's implementation of the Gnome desktop does not automatically connect to wireless networks, unless you tell it to...
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TechPad.co.uk on Friday 25 December, 2009, 19:24
- Remove Fortune messages from Linux Mint's terminal
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- Learn how to remove the Fortune messages, jokes and pictures from the Bash terminal shell on Linux Mi...
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TechPad.co.uk on Wednesday 23 December, 2009, 11:25
- Create a bootable FreeBSD 8.0 USB memory stick
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- Why waste a CD when you can install your favourite distro straight off a USB memory stick? Here's how it's done using Ubun...
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TechPad.co.uk on Tuesday 22 December, 2009, 19:19
- How to set up an iTunes server on Debian Linux
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- If you want to share your music collection on your local network it's now easier than ever thanks to Firefly Media Serv...
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TechPad.co.uk on Tuesday 3 November, 2009, 20:04
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Recent comments
iplayer-dl is a Ruby application, which will run most easily on Linux or Mac (hence the Mac scree...
TechPad: 18:18 PM Aug 22nd, 2010
I don't understand how to use this. I have vista and firefox. Do I need to copy the iplayer int...
mufc1977: 15:15 PM Aug 21st, 2010
No worries, glad you got the buttons back in their rightful place!
TechPad: 13:13 PM Aug 12th, 2010
Disregard my previous comment: The FIRST time I tried it, it definitely didn't work. After addi...
freshrich: 1:01 AM Aug 10th, 2010
Great tutorial, but it doesn't work with Ubuntu Lucid. The only way I could get it to work was b...
freshrich: 1:01 AM Aug 10th, 2010