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So i want to record the audio from my pc, this is the internal audio, not from an external source. So i found Jordi Carrillo's site that had the commands that i can use in Fedora Linux. I am posting the commands that i would user here so i can find them easier next time.

alsamixer

Once there, select the capture view by typing the tab key. You’ll get the next screen:

With the arrow keys select the column Capture and set it to the CAPTUR mode with the space key as in the screenshot. Adjust the recording volume with the arrow keys. You can also set it up with the gnome volume control panel going to the capture tab.

Recording sound to an mp3 file

You’ll need the lame mp3 encoder. Install it by doing

Recording sound to an ogg file

You’ll need the oggenc (the ogg encoder). Install it by doing

sudo yum install vorbis-tools

Type the following command

arecord -f cd -t raw | oggenc – -r -o out.ogg

And you’ll get your sound recorded to an ogg file. Take into account that we record directly to a compressed file, so there’s nothing in between, so you can record for hours saving an incredible amount of hard disk space.

For those who don't know E17 is in fedora, but it's not a very current release. So i found a repo that has some more up-to-date files. It's easy to install just follow the directions on the site. I will add more notes later, because i just wanted to capture the link.

http://optics.csufresno.edu/~kriehn/fedora/fedora_files/f12/howto/e17-installation.html

Install Enlightenment and have fun.

I was looking for a simple tutorial on how to make system tray icon in C. Well i found this page and tried the example. Just needed to add <gtk/gtk.h> to the include and it compiled and worked just fine. I am adding it here so

1.  it's easier for me to find when i actually need it again,
2. sites tend to disappear on the net, so this is my backup copy.

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

void tray_icon_on_click(GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                        gpointer user_data)
{
        printf("Clicked on tray icon\n");
}

void tray_icon_on_menu(GtkStatusIcon *status_icon, guint button,
                       guint activate_time, gpointer user_data)
{
        printf("Popup menu\n");
}

static GtkStatusIcon *create_tray_icon() {
        GtkStatusIcon *tray_icon;

        tray_icon = gtk_status_icon_new();
        g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(tray_icon), "activate",
                         G_CALLBACK(tray_icon_on_click), NULL);
        g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(tray_icon),
                         "popup-menu",
                         G_CALLBACK(tray_icon_on_menu), NULL);
        gtk_status_icon_set_from_icon_name(tray_icon,
                                           GTK_STOCK_MEDIA_STOP);
        gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip(tray_icon,
                                    "Example Tray Icon");
        gtk_status_icon_set_visible(tray_icon, TRUE);

        return tray_icon;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
        GtkStatusIcon *tray_icon;

        gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
        tray_icon = create_tray_icon();
        gtk_main();

        return 0;
}