Since most of the users found the compilation method to have either too many steps or too complicated, here's a tutorial on how to install VLC 1.0.0 using the Ubuntu VLC PPA repository. Just follow the steps below:
Read more »Download and Install BitDefender antivirus on Ubuntu with 1 year free license
One great advantage of using Linux (Ubuntu) is the fact that you don't really have to worry about security and hence viruses. However, this does not mean that you should not use an anti-virus on your Ubuntu machine. Especially when you can get a good anit-virus for free. BitDefender for Unices is one such anti-virus solution for Linux and you can get it for free.
Read more »Mandriva Linux One 2009 (KDE)
Mandriva Linux Free is the version without any proprietary software or drivers. It’s for those who are truly committed to “free” software at its most…well…free.
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Command line web browsing.
In childhood of linux there are no graphical web browsers to surf the internet. those are text based and command based. Now I am going to talk about those web browsers and how they install and use properly. I bring forward some useful web browsers.
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Will Microsoft promise split the open source movement
When we last left “As the .Net Turns,” Richard Stallman was promising that Microsoft would never, ever marry his open source daughter. Now Microsoft has raised the tension in the room by giving that daughter a ring.
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New features of Gwenview in KDE 4.3
I have been lagging quite a bit as far as blogging about Gwenview is concerned. In this post I present the most important new features introduced in the KDE 4.3 version of Gwenview which I haven’t blogged about yet.
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Sun's OpenSolaris Review
With the new Crossbow network virtualisation system and VirtualBox supported, OpenSolaris wets appetites for upcoming Solaris features.
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Review: Exaile in Ubuntu 9.04 - Complete Audio Player for GNOME
Exaile is a powerful and complete audio player for the GNOME desktop environment, which can easily compete with more popular players like Banshee or Rhythmbox.
Scanning a music collection of about 700 Ogg Vorbis files took around 3 minutes and a half, while adding all those tracks to the playlist took about 3 minutes too on my Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz and 1 GB DDRAM2.
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Use Gnome-Do To Control Rhythmbox, Banshee, Exaile and XMMS2 [Full Howto]
This is a full tutorial that explains how to use Gnome Do to control Rhythmbox, Banshee, Exaile and XMMS2. It includes: how to install Gnome Do, how to make Rhythmbox use multiple sources for the library, what keyboard shortcuts to use to control the music player behavior.
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Pushing ahead with Fedora 12
The days of summer may be hot, but they’re anything but lazy in Fedora. The Fedora 12 release, as many community members already know, is a somewhat tighter schedule overall.
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Software SmackDown: SoftMaker Comes Out on Top?
How could anyone expect a less well funded commercial competitor, much less an open source project, to equal Office for features, performance and interoperability with other office suites?
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Google to release Linux based ChromeOS
The blogosphere is aflame with news that Google finally decided to go after Microsoft and release it's own Linux based Operating System targeted at netbooks: ChromeOS. The frenzy was started by a post on the official Google blog were Sundar Pichai announced the new OS. But is it really a new OS? I don't think so!
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KOffice 2.0
The long-awaited upgrade to KOffice has arrived. It looks good and provides a great base for its future evolution.
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Lxadmin (web control panel) going opensource [News]
Lxadmin (aka Kloxo) is one of the best free (as in beer) alternatives to Cpanel and Plesk. Due to the unexpected death (R.I.P.) of its author, its family has decided to make it opensource.
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AmigaForever 2009 Released
While I'm still chipping away at my AmigaOS 4.1/sam440ep review (try writing a thesis and a large review at the same time), Cloanto released AmigaForever 2009. AmigaForever is a very full-featured AmigaOS emulation tool, packed with various different ROMs and AmigaOS versions (1.3-3.x), as well as tons and tons of included games, software, and demos. This new version comes with even more stuff.
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