I've used last.fm from when it was still Audioscrobbler, but I only just subscribed. You gain a few little things on the site, but I did it as much to reward them for the service. It's so cheap I think all their users should pay up. I like the stats and I often stream neighbour radio to find new...

Quote: Originally Posted by nrwilk 1) go into you kcontrol panel (it's much better than the OS X-style control panel located in the kmenu. To open kcontrol, just open a Konsole, and type kcontrol, pressing enter afterwards. Once there, expand the "Sound & Multimedia" section. Now select...

I'm using Ubuntu Linux and I'm sticking with it. Vista doesn't offer anything extra that I need, but it does restrict my freedom to do as I please with my PC. I'm not a gamer, but I can find enough Linux games to entertain my kids.

My main instrument is guitar. I've been playing for many years, but haven't done much performing. I had classical lessons as a kid, then just messed about on electrics. I just bought an acoustic to try and encourage me to play more. I play a little bit of piano. I did an evening class that...

Quote: Originally Posted by krrm I had to try Amarok when I got home and I had none of your issues. I can change position within tracks and the songs last as long as they should. I used Amarok 1.4.4/KDE 3.5.5 on OpenSuse 10.2(64bit). I use xine as engine as well, maybe there are some...

Quote: Originally Posted by Schalldämpfer One more question: What do you guys use to rip CD's to FLAC? I've been using the feature in Konqueror where you can browse a music CD as folders with WAV, MP3, OGG and FLAC as described here I just drag the FLAC files to where I want...

I'm using Amarok on (k)ubuntu and generally like it. My main issue is that I just started ripping to FLAC and Amarok has some problems with the files. I can't change position within a track and they all end a few seconds early. I believe this is actually a problem with the audio engine (Xine) as...

I'd love a nice big (e.g. 40") screen, but just can't justify the cost right now. Our last change was from a 32" rented Philips CRT to a 28" Toshiba CRT that I got for nothing from someone who bought a plasma. I hardly watch TV and we're not likely to get HD soon as we don't feel the need to pay...

I grew up watching Pertwee and Tom Baker and really enjoyed it. I watched the later ones too, but gave up before Sylvester. Now my kids are really into the new version. It's a different thing altogether. They have reasonable effects and pack a whole story into one, or sometimes two episodes...

Has this thread really been going for over 3 years? I only just noticed it. I did a summary of most of the major gigs I've seen on my last.fm journal. Ranges from Queen in '84 through to Eels and Flaming Lips this year. These days I would prefer to go to smaller, local gigs, but there's a...

I've thought about this on and off. Assuming you use software like EAC that makes all the checks to ensure that you have the exact bits that were on the CD, you can have a perfect copy on your hard drive in your preferred lossless format. That process can take hours if necessary as you only do...

I listened to Earthling again recently. I think it's a great fun album. Saw him do it live too. Had a great drummer. I need to listen to Outside again some time to refresh my memory. I was less impressed with that in concert. It seems to me that Mr Bowie is having fun in his old age.

I've used my Palm Zire 71 with Aeroplayer a lot for playing music on the move. I now also have an Acer n35 with GSPlayer that has the advantage of going a lot louder. The Palm is know for it's weak output. I think that both can only handle 1GB SD cards, but that's enough for most of the trips I...

I've been using purely Ubuntu Linux for a while now and don't miss Windows, but then I don't play games. I use Amarok for listening and rip using the feature in Konqueror where you can view a CD as the different audio file types (WAV, FLAC, OGG, MP3) and just drag them to where you want them...

My latest edition of Which magazine has a review of headphones. Unfortunately the details on their web page are only available to subscribers, but I will summarise the results. I'm wary of pasting their text here in case they decide to enforce their copyright. Top scorers were Bose QC2 (89%)...