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Entertainer reached the 0.1 milestone yesterday. Download page here.

I was recently generating some documentation from the Entertainer source code and decided to share how I managed to do it.

I’m assuming python 2.4 is installed on your system.

First install doxygen and graphviz

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The BBC have finally released the iPlayer as a flash viewer (like youtube etc)

This means you can watch the last 7 days worth of bbc programs on linux for free at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

UbuntuGeek have a nice guide on how to update Adobe Reader to version 8 in Gutsy.

Find it here

Just got a new Cowon iAudio D2 to replace my old ipod and have been seeing how I can get it working on ubuntu linux.

On Ubuntu when the D2 is plugged in it acts like a normal usb memory stick.

Upgrading your firmware wipes the files on your D2 so you need to do this first if your firmware is not up to date
When the D2 starts up it shows the current version number on the splash screen

Firmware and Manual

You can get the firmware from here:

http://www.cowonglobal.com/zeroboard/zboard.php?id=C08&bmenu=download

and a pdf of the manual from here:

http://www.cowonglobal.com/zeroboard/zboard.php?id=C09&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&bmenu=download&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&bmenu=download&desc=asc&no=34&bmenu=download

Applications

A quick search for applications reveals the following flash app links (put them in the FLASH folder)

Nice game list here

http://iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15110

apps here

http://iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15780

more games

http://iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15120

and yet more games

http://iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=16397

Transcoder for D2

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=404589

Follow instructions on the forums for transcoding tips

Next is investigating how to get music on easily…