While the vast majority of my video editing is very simple "linear" editing to remove commercials, join in a title section, etc, there are times when I need to get a little more creative.
Read more »Tutorial: Using Cinelerra to create PIP (Picture-in-picture) videos
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Linux users: frag your online enemies without installing an application
This afternoon after I got home from work, I fragged my online enemies! What makes this remarkable is that I use Ubuntu Linux, and as everyone know gaming doesn't work on Linux (tongue-in-cheek comment there). What is even more amazing is that I didn't install an application to do this.
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Screecshot tour through the new artist themes available for Chromium in Linux
Apart from the default google themes available, now a bunch for third party artist themes are available for Chromium. Lets take a screenshot tour through the new themes available for Chromium.
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Rock The wbar Dock
wbar is a quick launch bar similar to the OSX dock. It's a lightweight and fast piece of useful eyecandy written in c++ using imlib2. While it isn't as full featured as Gnome-Do or Avant Window Manager, wbar's low overhead, speed, and efficient dependencies make it an ideal for netbooks.
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Beautify the Terminal
The linux terminal can get boring at times owing to lack of colors & a rigid black background. Hardcore Linux enthusiasts won’t think about the appearance of the terminal but normal users will surely get bored of the monochrome terminal sooner or later. Surprisingly beautifying the terminal is pretty simple.
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Hulu desktop now available for Linux
For all you Hulu addicts, I'm glad to announce that Hulu desktop is now available for Linux. Hulu Labs, which creates experimental Hulu "experiments", has worked hard to release the Linux version of Hulu desktop, and I must say they have done a great job.
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Linux Google Chrome Shines
The Google Chrome browser is still available as a stable build only for Windows, but it turns out that you can get a dev build for Linux and also for Mac OSX.
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Ubuntu 9.10 Preview: New Theme, Icons
There have been promises of an overhaul to Ubuntu's default theme for quite some time. Ubuntu 9.10, set to be released at the end of this month, will begin delivering on those promises. Below, we take a look at the new system theme and artwork that will debut in Karmic Koala.
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Create your own MP3/media streaming server with GNUMP3d
If you want to share your music with your family , freinds or neighbours .. then GNUMP3d can do this job for you with one click. GNUMP3d is a streaming server for MP3s/, OGG vorbis files, movies and other media formats. In this tutorial we will try to setup a GNUMP3d server for mp3/media streaming.
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KGet gets some love :)
I want to talk but about a great coding team doing a great job with a very promising application. That application is.. imagine.. you already know since it was in the title.. It's KGet.
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ClamAV 0.94.x end of life - with prejudice
Starting from 15 April 2010 our CVD will contain a special signature which disables all clamd installations older than 0.95 - that is to say older than 1 year.
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OpenOffice.org 3.2 will come with new chart features
Good news, openoffice 3.2 will have new chart features, the Chart module was exchanged completely on the way to OpenOffice.org 2.3 . Here are a list of new chart features in openoffice 3.2.
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Sabayon Linux 5
Sabayon Linux is a remastered version of Gentoo Linux. I first took a look at it when I was writing for ExtremeTech, back when Sabayon Linux was in version 4.1. This latest release is version 5.0.
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25+ Stunning Gnome Desktop Themes for ubuntu users
Most of you think that Microsoft windows and Mac OS are the only two famous operating systems. But now Ubuntu a linux based operating system is also getting popular. Since most may not know how to install custom themes in ubuntu , here is a quick guide for all those newbies.
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New (to me) update notifications in Ubuntu 9.04, plus fixing a 'Distribution Updates' issue
I finally experienced my first "phantom" update notification in Ubuntu 9.04. In previous versions of the system, a little icon on the upper panel would notify me that updates were available. I could either click the icon and open the Update Manager, then do the update. But in this new system (I've been running 9.04 about a week), the icon is gone.
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