VLC Media Player is a long-time open-source favorite, and the latest version is also the first to be out of beta development. It's not the only option for free video playback, but it's one of the best, and the feature updates in version 1 make it well worth the upgrade.
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Three Tools I'd Love to See in Linux
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As an open source enthusiast, there are thousands of great tools available to me. However, some things in Linux are harder than they need to be. Here are three tools from IBM and Apple that I would love to see in Linux.
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Internationalise your apps using Qt
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After putting so much effort into an application it would be shame to see it not being used just because it was only available in English. Most people pay more attention and give more respect to a product which is available in their own language.If you want a global audience for your software, it is very important that you localise your application for your users. Here's how...
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The Open Source Software That Runs Facebook
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If anyone tells you open source can't run a large business or scale, remind them that Facebook is serving a half billion people with a network built on open source code. Quite a bit of it, as Developer.com notes, much of what runs Facebook is open source languages and software.
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Give your desktop a dramatic make over
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If you’re looking for something that isn’t simply a variation on the default Ubuntu Light themes, shies away from looking like Aero & shuns using garish colours just to ‘seem different’ then Elegant GNOME by arobase could be just what you’re looking for.
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How to Install New Banshee 1.7.3 in Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx"
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Banshee 1.7.3 is released without much fanfare, but with a lot of improvements. The new Banshee adds Amazon MP3 Store support and also does Miro Podcast directory integration which allows users to discover, stream, and subscribe to podcasts in a way never before possible in Banshee.
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Force Quit an Unresponsive Graphical Application in Ubuntu
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There are lots of command-line utilities to kill unresponsive programs in Linux, but for the button-pushing-inclined, the Force Quit panel button lets you kill any app that you can click on without needing to remember anything.
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Distributed Agent Based Modeling
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What is agent-based modeling, otherwise known as ABM? What is distributed computing? Why do it?
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How do you cloud?
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Often when a term gets thrown around enough to become a “buzzword”, it starts losing its meaning because people grow numb to it. Once that happens, you get pushback from people, even people to whom the buzzword applies.
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Sum 41 doesn't like Facebook
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"Popular Canadian rock band 'Sum 41', doesn't like Facebook, perhaps for technical and practical reasons, not really political reasons, but it's still awesome."
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The All in One Deskbar Applet
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Have you ever gone through the items listed in the "add to panel" option? If not, then you are missing one of the finest GNOME features. It has a great number of some really useful applets.
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OpenSUSE 11.3 Users Sensitive to Microsoft Lawsuit Due to Banshee Bundling
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OpenSUSE 11.3 has Banshee and the Novell/Microsoft patent deal does not extend to OpenSUSE, so there is a potential problem ahead
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Keep Tabs on Your Data with Pygmynote
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When it comes to filers and pilers, I firmly belong to the latter category. I do like to keep all my disparate data -- notes, links, to-dos, etc. -- in one application, so when I need to find something, I have to look in one place.
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Can one sponsor sustain a FOSS project on the long term?
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These days I am receiving quite a number of mails that ask the same question: If a FOSS project is sponsored by only one company or entity, do you think it's a healthy project?
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Will Canonical-IBM Relationship Attract Oracle to Ubuntu?
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Canonical and IBM, as expected, have expanded their relationship. The latest move involves a virtual appliance, comprising IBM's DB2 Express-C software running on the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. At first glance the Canonical-IBM relationship is a nice win for Ubuntu. But perhaps there's a deeper story angle here... involving Canonical's continued pursuit of Oracle on Ubuntu. Here's the speculation.
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