In distributions built with newer packages, such as Ubuntu, the Wine supplied with Bordeaux should work well (in Debian all I had to do was use the distros own, older Wine and all began working).
And with support for easy installation of the IrfanView plugins, Bordeaux should make the installation of Windows applications under Wine even easier than before.
Read more »There’s a reason I don’t update that much anymore: I’m no longer as excited by Linux as I was before. What I mean is, I no longer install every OS and every application anymore, just to know what it’s like.
Read more »The latest stable release of the open source Songbird media player adds a number of new features, including video playback for Mac OS X, official support for Windows 7, MPEG4 and WMV encoding
Read more »This tutorial will explain how to record internet radio using VLC this can be done with a single command using VLC
Read more »We've already shown you how to keep your desktop interesting by setting a video as your wallpaper and how to download and rotate fresh photos. This week, weblog Simple Help shows us how to rotate a photo of the Earth from space.
Read more »The Plasma Netbook shell can be quite fast on a standard netbook, however many are experiencing it going rather slow. Why?
Read more »With a week having passed since the release of Linux 2.6.35-rc1, Linus Torvalds has now replaced it with Linux 2.6.35-rc2. This second release candidate for the Linux 2.6.35 kernel brings more changes than Linus would have liked to see, but a bulk of the activity is happening within the kernel's driver staging area.
Read more »If you're planning on using Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat on a computer with a processor older than i686, well... you can't.
Read more »It's been a few weeks now that PCLinuxOS 2010.1 has been available. I have it installed on my 'old' laptop - a HP Compaq nx6325 - and this is my experience up to now.
Read more »Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Alpha 1 is here! Well, since yesterday at least. It took me a full 30 hours to download the 32bit ISO *glares at router* but finally I have the chance to fire it up in a VM to get a sneek peak at what we can expect.
Read more »Linux-based mobile operating system is gaining momentum. It may be one of the least-cool names for an operating system but MeeGo is lining up to be the next-big-thing on mobile devices.
Read more »Before, we have featured here some cool icon sets (specifically for Ubuntu or for other GNOME based Linux distributions) that can be used to spice up your desktop. You can view and download them through these posts..
Read more »Amarok was my favorite for a long time. But when the new Amarok 2.0 series started coming in, I was left with no option but to leave my beloved music player in Ubuntu. Amarok 1.4 was by far the best music player I ever had in Linux. After a long time I gave a try at the latest Amarok 2.3.1 in Ubuntu, and I have to say, this is impressive work.
Read more »gstyle is a full gnome theme manager this software try to concentrate every possibles themes types in one main window with easy install of new themes form gnome-look, deviantart, customize.org or by direct download from the software.
Read more »Renamer is a small python script for batch renaming files in nautilus.
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