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Plugging in headphones doesn't mute speakers in Ubuntu

Posted by John — 27 January 2010 in Linux Tips

I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 in early December, but yesterday was the first time I tried to use headphones since then. It turns out that plugging headphones into the headphones socket doesn’t automatically mute the speakers anymore. Here’s…

Ubuntu Software Centre – Not available in the current data

Posted by John — 18 January 2010 in Linux Tips

If you get the error “Not available in the current data” in the Ubuntu Software Centre, try opening a Terminal and running this: sudo apt-get update Update: This should also fix the error “Not available for your hardware…