Compile an application for the FreeRunner like an archaeologist:
DeaDBeeF (as in 0xDEADBEEF) is an audio player for GNU/Linux systems with X11 (though now it also runs in plain console without X, in FreeBSD, and in OpenSolaris).
Easy install all unfree multimedia-features
Guayadeque is a music management program designed for all music enthusiasts. It is Full Featured Linux media player that can easily manage large collections and uses the Gstreamer media framework.
How to restore Grub from a live Ubuntu cd.
This is a tutorial for getting an emulation environment on an Ubuntu system.
Ubuntu Tricks - how to generate a list of installed packages and use it to reinstall packages