VLC is among the most sought after media player application in Ubuntu and we had already featured VLC Media Player in our post describing Top 5 must have multimedia applications for Ubuntu. Recently VLC Media Player version 1.0.5 has been released. Following is what you need to do to get the latest updates of VLC in Ubuntu, whenever it happens.
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New Customized KDE Software Compilations
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KDE has enjoyed great success over the years and today marks another important step in the evolution of our growing community.
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Ubuntu 10.04: Five Changes You May Not Have Noticed
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When it debuts in a few weeks, Ubuntu 10.04 will bring some major changes in the form of a new theme, changes to window titlebars and the advent of the Ubuntu One Music Store. But that's not all that's new.
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OpenSUSE Li-F-E vs. Edubuntu vs. Ubuntu
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I’ve been testing OpenSUSE’s Linux for Education Project and Ubuntu 10.04 server beta 1. I have a couple of problems that I was hoping they could solve:
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Linux isn't invulnerable. Don't say it is.
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Every month or so, I find some blog or forum post telling the world that because Linux is so hardcore, there's very little chance of it getting any malware. As you can probably tell from the title, I disagree and want these people to recognise why their arrogance is dangerous.
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FreeBSD 7.3-release: I'm not done yet
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I've had a little time to think about it, and I realized that it's not yet time to give up on FreeBSD 7.3. I'm not in any way saying I'll be sticking with it long-term. But I think I should spend some more time running it before I end the test.
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Linux on HTC Kaiser (Tilt)
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Late last week I came into possession of an old AT&T Tilt 8925. Just as when I receive any computer with a Windows based operating system on, my first inclination is to format said device to some variation of Linux on it.
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Install GNOME Split File Splitter Application in Ubuntu
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GNOME Split is a simple tool that allows you to split files and merge them back. It is written in Java and uses a GTK+ user interface. GNOME Split 0.6 codenamed Bengal Tiger has been released recently.
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Sad news for Linux : Sony is not supporting Linux anymore
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Believe or not Sony playstation is not supporting Linux anymore, as announced on the Playstation blog, they droped the support for Linux based operating systems, by removing the "Other OS" option from XMB (XrossMediaBar) in its PlayStation 3 gaming console. This started the 1st of april after their latest firmware update.
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Makagiga - Easy-to-use application for doing a variety of tasks
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Makagiga is a free, easy-to-use, cross-platform application for doing a variety of tasks, such as text editing, todo listing, RSS reading, and simple image viewing. Plugins are used to implement its various capabilities. It can perform file import/export, backing up files, Internet searching (Google, Wikipedia), and more.
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Thunar and Rox Filer: Mighty File Managers
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Thunar and Rox Filer are different from the average file manager, and different from each other too. Both are powerful and flexible, offering features unavailable in other Linux file managers.
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Possible New GNOME 3 System Status Area Changes [Mockups]
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Gnome 2.30 was released a few days ago which means the next version will be (or should be) Gnome 3 (which will come with Gnome Shell). I recently came across some Notification Area mockups which might become reality.
Gnome 3 might start using monochrome colors in the System Status Area - Ubuntu style (or we could call it Mac OSX style):
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Mozilla updates Thunderbird, SeaMonkey and older Firefox browsers
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Mozilla has released updates for its Thunderbird email client, the SeaMonkey "all-in-one internet application suite" and older versions of its Firefox web browser - addressing a number of critical security vulnerabilities
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Easy Samba Setup
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This time around I'll focus more on Samba and how it is installed and configured to allow for the sharing of files and folders. For this article, we will look at the smb.conf configuration file and how it is set up and how to create new shares and even share printers.
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digiKam 1.2.0 adds multithreading
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The digiKam developers have released version 1.2.0 of their open source advanced digital photo management application and Kipi plug-ins for digiKam
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