At some point, the people at Google, who brought you the Linux-based Android platform and the Summer of Code, decided that they still were not geeky enough. To resolve that gut feeling, they have released GoogleCL.
Read more »Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 Delivers Stability and Security
Mozilla is updating its Firefox Web browser with new technology that is targeted at making the open source browser more stable. The Firefox 3.6.4 release also includes fixes for four critical security vulnerabilities.
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RAW Support (and more) For Your Canon Camera With CHDK
Canon's digital cameras, like all digital cameras, are really little computers. Certain features are enabled or disabled to justify different price points. It's all done in software, so the wizards of CHDK have created firmware to add new features (such as RAW support), and to do it safely without bricking your camera. Akkana Peck tells how in part one of this series
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Ubuntu One good enough to convert a Dropbox user?
Dropbox was one of the earlier companies to offer a commercial online, offsite backup and synchronisation service for home users. Now Canonical have released their own competing service call Ubuntu One. Both products have great support for Ububtu, so which should you choose?
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Google Chrome ‘Developer’ Builds for Linux, OS X Released
The Chromium blog (Chromium being Google’s name for the open source project behind their Chrome browser) reports that developer builds of Google Chrome are now available for both Mac OS X and Linux.
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Most popular Linux distros
Clearly Ubuntu is among the most popular Linux distributions, but which other versions of this operating system are proving popular with users? Looking at a number of online lists, including the popular Distrowatch site, a general idea of which Linux versions are most popular emerges.
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Listening to Shoutcast internet radio in Ubuntu 10.04
With hundreds of online radio stations to choose from, Shoutcast is one the best ways to get music onto your PC. In this article we will take a look at how you can get access to Shoutcast in Ubuntu 10.04.
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HOWTO: Use Ubuntu Software Center in Mint 9
After having a thread go nowhere useful for a day and a half on the Mint forums, I decided to put my python background to use. The following steps are what I have done to install a working Software Center in Mint 9.
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WattOS — a lightweight, low-power Linux
A lightweight Linux distribution often seems to require making sacrifices - using a UI which many users would find unfamiliar and using software which is heavily cut down in functionality.
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Extracting and Using a Recorded Sound Effect with VLC and Audacity
I found a useful sound effect in an online video from NASA which replaces an earlier temporary sound I used in a scene soundtrack for the Lunatics pilot, "No Children in Space." I'm going to extract the sound from the video (with VLC), cut out the sound I need, clean it up, and insert it into an existing sound mix (all with Audacity).
Read more »Top 6 Google Chrome Extensions for a Much Secure Browsing Experience
Google Chrome is fast becoming the browser of choice for many. With its ever increasing user base, the safety concerns related to this comparatively new browser is also increasing. Here, we enlist the 6 most useful extensions/plugins for a much safer browsing experience with Google Chrome.
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agedu – Simple utility for tracking down wasted disk space
agedu scans a directory tree and produces reports about how much disk space is used in each directory and subdirectory, and also how that usage of disk space corresponds to files with last-access times a long time ago.
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6 of the Best Free Linux Mega Drive Emulators
The Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis) was a leading 16-bit video game console system. The console was developed by Sega Corporation in 1988. By current console standards, the Mega Drive's specification seem positively pedestrian. However, at its launch the console's specifications surpassed competitors in many respects.
Read more »VLC 1.1.0 Final is released! Install via PPA in Ubuntu 10.04
VLC 1.1.0 Final is released, this release comes with a lot of improvements, it is faster than the previous version, has Better streaming capabilities, better audio experience, improved web plugins and comes with support for WebM decoding and encoding.
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K3b 2.0 released with Blu-ray support
With a few exceptions, K3b keeps feature-parity with 1.0 series, but it also introduces a number of new features. Perhaps the biggest among these is support for Blu-ray drives. Additionally a lot of work have been put into improving the overall user experience. Some work-flows have been merged abstracting it for all kinds of media.
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