Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like A Mac

a quick and easy tutorial for making your linux theme like osx leopard can be found here:
http://www.howtoforge.com/mac4lin_make_linux_look_like_a_mac

good style to all.

Acer Aspire 2920: microphone with alsa

PART 1

From: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4988340

I have written the following line in both files:

• "/etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.modprobe" (this file must be created)

• "/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base" (at the bottom in the last line)

Code:

options snd-hda-intel model=acer position_fix=0 enable=yes

PART 2

From: http://www.imhorst.net/ubuntu-on-an-acer-aspire-2920

1) execute the following commands:

    sudo apt-get install module-assistant
    sudo m-a update
    sudo m-a prepare
    sudo m-a a-i alsa
    sudo alsa force-unload
    sudo depmod -ae
    sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel

2) execute

    alsamixer -c 0 -V all

and enable Internal at the last control (Input Source).
that's all... and ... incredibly... it works!!!

PyTube

[...] PyTube is a GUI for various command-line tools such as:youtube-dl, sox, mplayer, mencoder, ffmpeg and others.It allows you to resize, rotate, apply an external mp3 into a video, generate a 10 to 30 seconds mp3 ring tone. [...]

Essentially from youtube to your HD :P

What is?
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/pytube-best-youtubegoogle-manager-downloader-and-video-converter-for-ubuntu-linux.html

The original site is no more reachable, so if you use ubuntu here you'll find the binaries:

http://www.getdeb.net/search.php?keywords=pytube