Video Chat in YM with GyachE Improved
Do you miss video chatting with someone via Yahoo! Messenger? I, as a former Windows user, it is one of the consequences I considered when I switched from Windows to Ubuntu. I accepted the fact that I will never be able to video chat with my friends in Yahoo Messenger once I switch to Ubuntu.
Third party applications like Pidgin and Empathy are there to the rescue. You can still chat with your YM friends under your Ubuntu system by using those applications. But still, there are limitations… Those third party applications does not support video chatting in YM.
If you want to video chat with your YM friends then you can use GyachE Improved. It is a GTK-based Linux client for the Yahoo! Messenger protocol which supports almost all the features found in the official Yahoo! Messenger client for Windows.
To install GyachE Improved, simply open the Terminal (Applications->Accessories) then type the following commands:
sudo apt-get-repository ppa:adilson/experimental
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gyachi
Then, that’s it! Just login your YM account and start video chatting! 
Note: I tested it using Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit
How to Make Ragnarok Online Runs Smoothly in Ubuntu 10.04 using Wine
In this post, I will provide you a fix for the 2 common problems that occur when running Ragnarok Online in Ubuntu Linux using wine.
Note: I’ve done this in Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit with the wine 1.2.3
Problem: When I press the “Start Game” button in the patcher window, Ragnarok program automatically terminated.
Solution: Open the Terminal (Applications->Accessories) then type winetricks vcrun6.
Problem: Ragnarok runs very slow.
Solution:
- Open the Terminal (Applications->Accessories) then type regedit, this will open the registry editor of wine (same with Windows Registry Editor).
- Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Wine->Direct3D. If Direct3D does not exist, just right-click inside the Wine folder in the left area then select New->Key then name it as Direct3D.
- Double-click RenderTargetLockMode then the value to disable. If RenderTargetLockMode does not exist, just right-click inside the Direct3D folder then select New->String Value then name it as RenderTargetLockMode.
- Also, double-click DirectDrawRenderer then change the value to opengl. Again, if DirectDrawRenderer does not exist, just right-click inside the Direct3D folder then select New->String Value then name it as DirectDrawRenderer.
Change Window Controls’ Position
By default, when you freshly install Ubuntu 10.04 or 10.10 into your computer, you’ll notice that the Window control buttons (consists of minimize, maximize, and close buttons) are located at the left-most part of the window’s title bar. If you’re already used to the traditional layout of windows (just like in older versions of Ubuntu and in all Windows OS) where the control buttons are at the right of the window’s title bar, then maybe you’re uncomfortable having those buttons at the left.
Here’s a solution for that! Just follow the steps below:
- Go to Applications > Accessories then run Terminal.
- Type gconf-editor then press Enter.
- Go to Apps > Metacity > General, then look for button_layout on the right panel.
- Change the value of button_layout from close,minimize,maximize: to menu:minimize,maximize,close then press Enter.
Getting Boiled
Don’t worry eggy… This will surely make you stronger >:)