sudo rmmod pcspkr

Done deal.  If you want your system beep back, well first off…curse you if I sit next to you.  Type in the following to enable it:

sudo modprobe pcspkr

got this from:  lifehacker (per usual)

http://lifehacker.com/5057484/remove-u3-to-speed-up-your-flash-drive

This is very useful for us Linux users.  It’s so annoying to plug a u3 drive into a linux o/s.  Anyhow download the utility and clean up your U3 enabled usb thumb drive here:  http://www.u3.com/uninstall/default.aspx

I followed the following url’s excellent instructions, but I’ll include them for future usage.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=920178

URL: http://subsonic.sourceforge.net

Step1: Dependencies

sudo apt-get install tomcat5.5

cd; wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/subsonic/subsonic-3.4.zip

Step2: Modify Init For Tomcat & Start

sudo nano /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5

Change TOMCAT_SECURITY=yes to TOMCAT_SECURITY=no

sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 start

Step3: Unzip/Install Subsonic

unzip subsonic-3.4.zip

mv subsonic.war /var/lib/tomcat5.5/webapps/

mkdir /var/subsonic

chown tomcat55:nogroup /var/subsonic

Step4: Test

firefox http://127.0.0.1:8180/subsonic

• Download the utility.
• Open the utility and download one of the supported linux iso’s.
• Plug your usb thumb drive into your computer (utility is linux or windows, so you can do this from either)
• Point the utility at the iso you downloaded and the correct usb thumb drive.
• execute, wait and reboot off of your newly created bootable thumb drive.

article with better detail on process:
http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/08/27/create-a-bootable-usb-drive-or-memory-card/

direct link to the utility download page:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

cd to the directory of the uncompressed files

sudo ./configure

sudo make

sudo make install

If you have default ubuntu configuration you also need to run this command for mp3 encoding action:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse

Browse to Applications-> Sound & Video -> Sound Converter

Change your preferences, add a folder of flac files and convert to compressed!

In Gnome select “System->Prefrences->Sound->System Beep Tab

You’ll see the checkbox.  The link to the site I found this is below.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/disable-the-system-beep-on-ubuntu-edgy/

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions

Start by setting up your repos:
Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://www.datakeylive.com/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://www.datakeylive.com/ubuntu gutsy main

This next step failed for myself, but is only the repo apt-key and didn’t cause the install to fail:

wget http://www.datakeylive.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/wjeremy.key | sudo apt-key add -

Then run good ol: sudo apt-get update

This next step will install the packages required:

sudo apt-get install expect openssh-server tcl8.4 libxcomp2 libxcompext2 libxcompshad nxlibs nxagent nxproxy nxclient freenx

You can check to make sure it installed correctly by executing:

sudo apt-get -f install

sudo apt-cache show expect openssh-server tcl8.4 libxcomp2 libxcompext2 libxcompshad nxlibs nxagent nxproxy nxclient freenx | grep “Unable”

I needed to add the following to the bottom of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (make sure to back your’s up first!)

Section “Files”

# path to defoma fonts
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1″
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi”
FontPath “/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType”
EndSection

You’ll need to download the following file ( i used my home directory)

nxcupsd-wrapper

You need to set the permissions on that last file downloaded to make it work right:

chmod a+x nxcupsd-wrapper
sudo chmod 755 /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp

Now you need to add a user that is able to remote in; replace xxxx with username:

sudo nxserver –adduser xxxx

On your remote machine make sure to install the client and you’re good to go!

http://www.chr05210084.com/content/install-compiz-fusion-ubuntu-gutsy-using-ati-video-card

1. Enable fgrlx driver.
Install linux-restricted-modules and restricted-manager provied in the restricted repositories:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-generic restricted-manager

Open the restricted drivers manager in “System -> Administration -> Restricted Drivers Manager” and select “ATI accelerated graphics driver”.
2. Install xserver-xgl package

sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl

3. Install compiz

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz compiz-core compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-gnome compiz-plugins libcompizconfig-backend-gconf libcompizconfig0

4. Reboot
5. Log in. 3D effects should be enabled!