Fixing bad audio with VLC 2.0

If you experience distorted audio with VLC 2.0 then check your volume settting in VLC. If it is set above 100% then due to some VLC bug the audio quality is bad. Below or at 100% there is no problem.

Opera not responding message is annoying

Installed Opera 10 and hoped the dreaded "not responding" message went away, but it happened again today. Unexpectedly Opera stops doing anything and if I click with the mouse the title says "not responding".

I don't know how long it stays this way, because after like 20 seconds I lose my patience and restart it to make it work again.

Anyone else experiences this bug? What is the cause of it?