Howto: Use OSD with Rhythmbox, X-Chat and others

By Mike Basinger

XOSD (On-Screen Display) displays text on your screen, usually with information for other programs. XOSD works with Gnome, but does not have support for more modern apps. Gnome-OSD give you support for more modern apps (Rhythmbox, Evolution, X-Chat), plus nice configuration options.
1. Download Gnome-OSD:
wget -c http://mikesplanet.net/deb/gnome-osd_0.9.1-1~breezy_all.deb
2. Install python-gnome2:
sudo apt-get install python-gnome2
3. Install […]

Howto: Install Citrix 9 Under Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy)

By Mike Basinger

Updated: 02-May-06

For an unknown reason, the Citrix Firefox Plugin does not work under Dapper.

Download Citrix 9.0 client for Linux (RPM version): http://www.citrix.com/site/SS/downloads/details.asp?dID=2755&downloadID=3323#top
Install addtional libraries:
sudo apt-get install libxaw6 libmotif3
Link libXm.so.3 so wfcmgr.bin can see it (bug in Citrix client):
ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.3 /usr/lib/libXm.so.3
Convert .rpm to .deb using alien command:
sudo alien ICAClient-9.0-1.i386.rpm
Install […]