Tag Archives: Ubuntu

How I Rip and Encode MP3s on the Ubuntu Linux Command Line

I like to know how to use the command line for everything I can. Here are the tools and commands I use to make mp3s. First, I rip from the CDROM to a wav file. cdparanoia 1 prokofiev1.wav cdparanoia lets me specify the input device, but I don’t need to, since the default—/dev/cdrom—is what I […]

1 in 4 Million

Apparently there are four million of us Ubuntu users (I’m assuming they’re including Kubuntu in the mix). That sounds like a lot, until you realize that it’s only about 2/3 the number of Windows computers that are zombies.