Tracking various time-zones.

The Gnome notification area can serve as a world-clock as well.The clock that displays time and date of your location can display time and temperature of other locations as well.To configure these time zones,right click on the clock and choose 'Preferences'.Under the 'Locations' tab click on the 'ADD' button to add new locations.In the 'Location Name' field box,just start typing the name of the desired location and you'll probably get it.


Choose the units of temperature and wind speed under the 'Weather' tab.Now whenever your system gets online,click on the clock to view current time and weather situation of your locations.Br>

Analog clocks are also presented along with the information and the configured locations are marked on a map.A 'Home' icon is displayed with your original location and this can be changed by clicking on the 'set' button.

RipOff- Rip audio from your CDs

'RipOff' is a simple GTK based audio cd ripper for ubuntu.It can rip cds in proprietary as well as open-source formats.'RipOff' is pretty similar to some other applications like 'Asunder' and the 'Audio CD Extractor'.Ripping off tracks in the popular MP3 format can be a daunting task for a new Linux/Ubuntu user.


'Rip Off' makes this pretty simple.Although Mp3 support is present by default,it can be added by installing the 'rip-off-mp3' plugin from the 'Synaptic Package Manager' of ubuntu 8.10.



'RipOff' provides the usual CDDB lookup feature.Tags can also be edited manually before ripping.To choose the output format, click on the 'Edit' menu and choose the desired plugin under the 'Plugins' tab.To choose the bit rate specifications, click on the 'Preferences' button.
Under the 'Input/Output' tab,you can select the track name format and and the output folder (Click on the 'Save' button' to choose a new location).