Boxee Beta is now open to all. Even its alpha release was rock solid, so one could think of the kind of expectation everyone has for Boxee Beta. From the first look, I have to say, Boxee beta has pretty much lived up to the hype.
Read more »Quick Review and Installation of Boxee Beta in Ubuntu
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Firefox 3.6 RC gives new life to an old browser
Firefox 3.6 is almost here, and if the release candidate is any indication, it's looking mighty good.
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7 Best Linux Apps for Ripping CDs and DVDs
Ripping a CD or DVD is one of the most basic tasks for a PC user. But you need the right tools if you want to automate the process.
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Amarok Brings Labels, Lyrics, and a Little Bit of Mood
When it comes to playing music, there is no shortage of software options, both open and closed. The race to gain users is a race to add features, and if KDE is your thing, then Amarok may be running your way.
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Wine 1.1.36 available
Whats new in this release: Completion of the 16 bit separation, improved Shader Model 4 support, "a ton of memory leak fixes", improved debugging support for MinGW, a number of MSHTML fixes and various bug fixes.
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Review: Zenwalk 6.2
I downloaded and installed the "Core" version of Zenwalk in October 2009 after a rough experience upgrading from Xubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 and have used it almost daily since then, mostly for web browsing and other light tasks.
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Boxee opens beta to all
Boxee has quietly moved its long awaited Beta release onto its public download site. The new version of this free Internet - and local - A/V-streaming player currently supports PCs running Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Ubuntu OSes, with an Apple TV version coming soon.
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Top 30 math sotwares for Linux !!
Whether you want to program or plot, prove theorems or create asthestically appealing graphs or charts, there is something for everyone in this compilation of top 30 math packages available in Linux.
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A Quick Preview Of The Upcoming Ubuntu Manual
In the next Ubuntu release, 10.04 Lucid Lynx, there will be a comprehensive manual included which will cover a number of guides, how-tos, and everything a new user needs to know after installing Ubuntu.
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KDE vs. GNOME: Photo and Music Management
Most comparisons of the KDE and GNOME desktops focus on usability and productivity apps. However, they often neglect what might be called the leisure apps -- specifically, those used for image and music management.
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15 Fantastic Looking Dark GDM Themes
One of the coolest things about being a Linux user can be showing off your slick custom interface to your friends. With the maturing of Grub 2 and kernel mode setting, we’ll soon all have a beautiful boot from start to finish. The step we’re covering today is customizing GDM.
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Testing Chromium on Ubuntu
I've read a lot about Google's Chrome browser in the blogosphere, but have yet to see it being used in the wild. Given this observation, and my increasingly strained relationship with Firefox, I decided to give Chromium, the open-source browser on which Chrome is based, another try. Here's what I found.
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Wine CXGames and Windows 7 Performance Comparison
I blog more than a little about Wine software. In the past I have run benchmarks between the most current pieces of Wine technology out there and how they compare with each other.
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DivX Converter 2.0 released
Today the version 2 of DivX Converter has been released. DivX converter is a simple Mencoder frontend to Produce DivX Player Compatible AVI video format with the ability to merge subtitles . It support many video and audio filters and many presets.
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Getting started with Scribus
Commercial desktop publishing tools such as QuarkXpress or Adobe InDesign make desktop publishing easy, but they’re also prohibitively expensive. It’s unlikely that many small organisations and individuals can afford these software packages which is where Scribus steps in to save the day…
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