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How to install festival for Linux/Ubuntu

Installation Install Festival by typing the following command in a Terminal: [cc lang=”php” tab_size=”2″ lines=”40″] sudo apt-get install festival [/cc] Note: Additional voices are available in the Ubuntu repositories. Type “festvox” in Synaptic Package Manager for a list of language packages. Testing Test your setup by typing in a Terminal [cc lang=”php” tab_size=”2″ lines=”40″] festival [/cc] You will […]

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How to install Maxmind’s GeoIP on Ubuntu/Linux for PHP

provides a useful database and API for server side IP Geolocation. It is useful when you don’t want your server to hang on external services each time fetching a location from an IP address is needed. This posts goes through the installation process of the database with a PHP extension on an Ubuntu platform. I’m […]

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How to install Pithos Dekstop Client for Pandora

We have already told you about Pithos – one of the best Desktop clients on Linux for Pandora.com. Pithos is meant to run on GNOME but runs equally well on KDE and other desktop environments. It has good features like support for the media keys, Last.fm scrobbling and making your own stations.   In this article we […]

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SOPA Emergency IP list:

So if these bastards in DC decide to ruin the internet, here’s how to access your favorite sites in the event of a DNS takedown tumblr.com 174.121.194.34 wikipedia.org 208.80.152.201 # News bbc.co.uk 212.58.241.131 aljazeera.com 198.78.201.252 # Social media reddit.com 72.247.244.88 imgur.com 173.231.140.219 google.com 74.125.157.99 youtube.com 74.125.65.91 yahoo.com 98.137.149.56 hotmail.com 65.55.72.135 bing.com 65.55.175.254 digg.com 64.191.203.30 theonion.com […]

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