Photoshop will introduce a really cool, new feature in the coming CS version. But with Gimp, they're shipped at least with any debian b...Read more »
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Android on HTC Kaiser (Tilt 8925)
Late last week I came into possession of an old AT&T Tilt 8925 . At one point in time this was an impressive piece of mobile technology,...Read more »
Ubuntu Geek Interesting applications - PART 2
Some more applications I have found very interesting: PINTA (Paint.NET clone for Linux ) On to the UbuntuGeek ARTICLE REMMINA remote desktop...Read more »
Monday, March 29, 2010
Using Synaptinc Package Manager
Once you have your Ubuntu Installed, you would need various other packages. Let us take example of the acrobat reader. By default Ubuntu ha...Read more »
Sunday, March 28, 2010
KDE SC 4.4.1 Review
I keep three computers at home, one desktop and two laptops, all of which have some Linux incarnation installed. If possible, I usually set...Read more »
Install Linux using wubi installer (Ubuntu)
Why Linux when I have windows...... One question that is most often asked when I ask some one to try Linux. I would ask Why Not ? When ...Read more »
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Ubuntu Road Test (Final Report)
About two weeks ago I posted the FIRST PART (recommended read to get the full picture) of this article. The basic idea was to find out how...Read more »
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Understanding viruses in Linux
Before I started using Linux I was exclusively using Windows. I had never tried Apple, and my interaction with UNIX systems was limited and...Read more »
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Google Shuts down its China site
"Just over two months after threatening to leave China because of censorship and intrusions from hackers, Google on Monday closed its I...Read more »
Why it's a problem that Ubuntu spinned off of Debian
Check out this great article .Read more »
Monday, March 22, 2010
Elive 2.0 - Distro Review
Elive : Where Debian meets Enlightenment This is Elive's slogan. As I am sure you can guess, it is a Debian based distribution that ...Read more »
Saturday, March 20, 2010
The Devil's in the Bitrate - A Crazy Detail about Recording FullHD Video with the Canon EOS 500D
Okay. So the Canon EOS 500D does create FullHD video. Well, alright, it's just with 20 fps. But that's actually not as bad as I had ...Read more »
Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Linx Beta 1 released NOW!
Alright, alright, the Lucid Linx is almost here. Get the first Beta while it's hot! Official announcement and download mirrors HERE . D...Read more »
Friday, March 19, 2010
Useful command line little tricks (part 4)
It's been a while, but I think it's time for yet another instance of these series. Last time I used an entire post to talk about ls...Read more »
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Facebook Chat Through Instant Messenger App
Facebook chat can now work under Linux again through your favorite IM application that supports the open xmmp protocol. One of my favorites ...Read more »
Skype open sources the voice codec
writes heise . Let's see if other people adopt it. Of course this doesn't mean an open source skype will come, as skype still keeps ...Read more »
Command Line Output Redirection
Check out this nice article with all the major redirections explained, including the important stderr to stdout redirection.Read more »
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
HELP MySQL!
I recently found about this initiative and would like to add my two cents to try and help a little bit. In case you don't know, here...Read more »
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Gear up before upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04!!
One of the topics that gets the most heat every time a new Ubuntu release is out is that of Upgrading. If you take a quick look through any...Read more »
Alternative Unix Software Installation Methods
In one of my education classes this trimester we are getting to play with wonderful pieces of technology called " SMART Boards " E...Read more »
GNOME3: Not to everybody's liking
I knew the current GNOME3 mockups had been controversial, getting lots of negative feedback, so I was expecting to get a similar result from...Read more »
Friday, March 12, 2010
Install OpenShot in Ubuntu
I was excited to see Openshot would be included in the Lucid repositories. I am no video editing expert, but this project looks amazing, ma...Read more »
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
"Good artists copy, great artists steal" - The CEO of Sun speaking
On his blog, (assuming he is who he claims to be - not confirmed!) he writes a nice to read story about how patents fit into the modern worl...Read more »
Ubuntu Road Test
Every now and again at work, I am involved in helping end users (sales representatives) with their machines. Sometimes I am amazed at the b...Read more »
Operating Systems and Market Share Statistics
Did you know that 55% of statistics are made up on the spot? (or maybe it was 68% I don't recall) If you have ever taken a statistics cl...Read more »