Sky Songs and Linux

December 15, 2009 – 22:55

If you want to use the Sky Songs download client in Linux (say Ubuntu or Debian), just paste the following into a file called skysongs in $HOME/bin and then chmod a+x it: cd $SKY_SONGS_DIR; /usr/bin/java -cp . -jar downloader.jar $* Note, $SKY_SONGS_DIR should be changed to your installation directory. If you used wine to install [...]

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Sony X-Series NWZ-X1060 and Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

May 28, 2009 – 07:49

Update: if you need to copy videos to your device with Linux, follow my transcoding howto post. So I ended up having to purchase a new portable media player. I’d been used to my aged Samsung YP-Z MP3 player for a while with a broken screen; memorising the various menu selections to get where I [...]

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