clive is an open source command line tool to extract videos and to bypass the need to use Adobe Flash in order to view user-generated content available on video-sharing websites. Clive supports Youtube, GoogleVideo, Dailymotion, metacafe, Guba, Sevenload, Myvideo. Clive converts the downloaded Flash Video into a MP4 file avoiding the need of having a Flash Video Player.
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How-To: Install and Run FrostWire 4.17.0 in Debian Lenny
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FrostWire is a P2P (Peer-to-Peer) client written in Java, the last version at the time of writing being 4.17.0. Here are several easy steps you need to follow in order to install and run FrostWire on your Debian Lenny box.
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First open source browser based game
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Feudal Times is a world where you become a king, where you rule a small town and where you will make a great empire. Diplomacy, economy, town and army management, are the bases of every empire, how you mix them all is up to you. This is the first browser based game to be realised open source.
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How to install Ubuntu Linux on Windows using VirtualBox
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Linux is getting more and more users everyday. There are even more users who want to give it a try but they are afraid they might lose their data or they won't be able to remove it in case they don't like it. Here comes the virtualization technology.
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HowTo: Repairing a read only partition or slice in Linux or BSD
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From time to time you'll encounter issues with a particular hard drive, flash card, or removable drive that results in the file system becoming read only due to corruption or errors in the file system. Repairing this isn't always that easy. But there are ways to do it that aren't terribly difficult.
Read more »Reduce Linux Power Consumption with PowerTop
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To help Linux users reduce their power usage, a handy little tool called PowerTop has been created. This application will show you the software components that are preventing optimal usage of your hardware and make suggestions for both hardware and software configurations to reduce power consumption.
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Learning Linux the Mailing Lists Way
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When a new Linux stumbler decides on switching on to Linux for full-time, s/he is often marred by an array of negative thoughts which intercept his desires of doing things differently. However, the good news is that there are more than just a single avenue where one can gander around for help. These include IRCs, forums, websites/blogs, e-books, etc.
Read more »Linux’s Market Share: Is There Any Way To Know?
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One thing many of us would like to know, I am sure, is how many people out there use Linux? The usual numbers, those from Net Applications, would indicate that less than 1% of people use Linux. More recently, though, there have been some more optimistic numbers.
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Fluendo walks the line between free and proprietary codecs
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Despite all its advances, GNU/Linux remains weak in its support for proprietary audio and video codecs. Because these codecs are often encumbered by patents, distributions must choose either to include support of questionable legality or else exclude it altogether.
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Russell about compassion for Windows Users
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Debian developer Russell Coker has an interesting blog post about compassion for Windows users. One of his friends asked him whether he feels that or not.
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Intrepid Ibex for the cautious
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If, like myself, you don’t want to take the plunge into the depths of the Intrepid Ibex alpha builds, but tend to be very inquisitive about new features, I have found myself a happy medium for my main Ubuntu machine that is currently running 8.04.1 (Hardy Heron).
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Emacs tip: How to edit multiple files on several directories in less than a minute
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"Recently I had to edit a huge amount of files (239 in total) scattered in a bunch of directories and subdirectories.What I had to do was add the Google Analytics script snippet to a part of a website that was being maintained by a pair of 'your favorite bad adjective here'. So, first I thought of using sed or awk or something like that.
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Novell Keeps Lusting After Software Patents, Microsoft Sued for Patent Infringement
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Novell gets granted a software patents; Microsoft's new acquisition is hit.
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Dell’s ‘BlackTop’ is Based on SLED 10: Does Dell Pay Microsoft for GNU/Linux?
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Dell boots with Linux, but it turns out to be the Microsoft-taxed version of SUSE.
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