Gedit can be a really awesome editor if you give it a few plugins and an open mind. Here are a few of my favorites.
Read more »My top 10 Gedit plugins
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The Five Best Linux Video Players
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Have some downtime and want to watch a movie or two on your Linux laptop? Linux has plenty of options when it comes to video players.
Read more »LiVES - Mixes real-time video performance and non-linear editing
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LiVES mixes realtime video performance and non-linear editing in one professional quality application. It will let you start editing and making video right away, without having to worry about formats, frame sizes, or framerates.
Read more »fun with irc clients
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So, after having a pretty productive Fedora day yesterday (I cleaned up EPEL buildroot override tags/closed tickets, caught up on all my mailing lists and such, started in on some package reviews, helped people on IRC, etc) I decided to play around with some new IRC clients today.
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Ubuntu Artwork Pool is Getting Really Busy
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Ubuntu Artwork pool in flickr is busy with contributions from everyone in and around the community. Here is a collection of 15 beautiful Wallpapers from Ubuntu Artwork Pool in Flickr.
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How to Get Mac’s QuickLook Function In Ubuntu
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In Mac, the QuickLook feature allows you to preview your files without opening them. For Linux users, particularly for those with Gnome desktop, you can also get a similar QuickLook functionality in your desktop with Gloobus-Preview. Gloobus-Preview is an extension for the Gnome desktop designed to enable a full screen preview of any kind of file.
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A couple of weeks ago I was reading somewhere (I can’t recall where now) and someone mentioned Webilder for using Webshots images on GNU/Linux systems. I looked at the software a little more closely and decided to give it a whirl.
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Customizing the Ubuntu Application Stack Before Installation
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Ubuntu is way easier to install than certain other operating systems. But it would be even greater if I could select which applications I wanted on my new system before the Ubiquity installer goes about its business - an idea that was proposed recently on Ubuntu Brainstorm. Here's why it should go through.
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Element dedicated media PC for HD TV
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Element is an Ubuntu-based distribution for home theatre or media-centre personal computers featuring a ten-foot user interface and designed to be connected to a HDTV.
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GNOME Activity Journal 0.3.3 is out
Wubi does the job
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I took my first swing at Wubi yesterday. I’ve never really had the occasion to use Wubi, because I haven’t had a Windows-based machine in the house in so long. I knew of the project and I knew of the principle, but this was an introduction.
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Kubuntu Lucid Review
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I am an early adopter of KDE 4 and I welcome the radical changes it has made from earlier versions. Kubuntu seemed to be the winning choice because I have seen early KDE 4.4 reviews state that Kubuntu was the easiest and less buggy path to 4.4. In this article, I will be reviewing both Kubuntu Lucid Lynx the new KDE SC 4.4.
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Whither Linux drivers?
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Linux users are often at the mercy of hardware vendors when it comes to device drivers. The open source community often needs to turn to reverse engineering to churn out drivers from proprietary ones.
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Zattoo - Watch Online TV for free
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Zattoo has developed a software program that allows you to watch TV on your computer. All you need is a broadband connection and a current operating system (Windows XP or Vista, Mac OS X, or Linux). The service is legal and free of charge.
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Little Things That Matter: Ubuntu 10.04's MessagingMenu
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Although people look for the big show-stopping killer-improvements when a new release of Ubuntu rolls around I find that it can be the small things which make the biggest difference.
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