I've recently been converting a bunch of old spoken-word cassette tapes to digital format. The Audacity audio editor (also available for Windows and Mac users) is the ideal tool. At the end of my transfer sessions I had a number of very large MP3 files.
Read more »Doing the splits - splitting audio files with mp3splt
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Battle of the Beasts: Wolvix vs. Pardus
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Another exciting month has almost passed. So far, I tried and tested two equally fantastic and capable Linux distributions. Wolvix 1.1.0 and Pardus 2007.3 are well-crafted distros that truly deserve some attention. Some might ask which one is better between the two. There’s only one way to find out. Let’s put Wolvix and Pardus on stage and start a distrowar.
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Texmaker tames LaTeX
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Texmaker is an editor for the document markup language LaTeX. It lets you concentrate on the content of a document, while the underlying LaTeX engine takes care of the layout. Whether you are experienced with LaTeX or just starting out, Texmaker makes LaTeX easier to tame. It is GPL-licensed, cross-platform (running on Linux, Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X), and extremely stable.
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Getting Started With Quantum GIS
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James Gray continues his review of desktop Geographic Information System (GIS) applications with an introduction to the concepts needed to get started with the user-friendly, open-source Quantum GIS.
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Filing US federal taxes under Linux
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Filling out tax returns has traditionally been an area where Linux comes up short compared to the proprietary platforms, but you actually have several options for using commercial income tax products on a Linux platform.
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Home automation system gains Linux-based controller
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Control4 has added to its line of Linux-based, ZigBee-compatible home automation/media networking products with a new controller. The Control4 Home Controller HC-500 interfaces with home theater appliances, multi-room music access, lighting, thermostats, and security systems, and comes with a Linux software development kit (SDK).
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Creating a Home Inventory with F-Spot (video)
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With fires, thefts, and natural disasters it is a good idea to have a home inventory. In this video I am going to show you how to inventory your house using a digital camera and F-Spot on a Linux desktop.
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CrossOver Games adds firepower to Linux
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CodeWeavers, developer of software that makes it possible to run Windows applications on Mac and Linux operating systems, yesterday announced CrossOver Games.
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Darwine 0.9.58 and some interesting stats
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Leopard, Darwine 0.9.58, Freetype 2.3.5, FontForge py25-20080302, Symlinks fonts, Darwine SDK. Tiger should be out sometime on sunday or monday (hopefully).
Read more »Wash away the photo workflow blues with blueMarine
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Photo buffs who are fond of open source software would do well to look at blueMarine. Right now, the free, cross-platform application's strength is image management, but it is on its way to becoming a complete workflow tool. Its cataloging features are robust, its architecture is extensible, and it takes some intriguing new approaches.
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How To Troubleshoot Wireless Network Connection in Ubuntu
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In setting up their wireless connection for the first time, Im discovering many individuals having problems connecting through Network Manager or other GUI wireless connection tools. In fact my Network Manager is intermittently buggy, connecting sometimes and not others.
Read more »Four useful table tips in OpenOffice.org Writer
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Tables are for the most part pretty clear, but these four tips will help you get around some less-than-obvious behacvior.
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Suspend/Resume with NVIDIA proprietary driver works in Hardy!
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I am amazed, after having owned my Asus A8JS for about a year I have not been able to suspend resume properly, most probably because of the proprietary nvidia drivers. But today I just tried it out…. AND it works… I am amazed! I am using Ubuntu Hardy btw.
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Creating graphs the old-fashioned way with Ploticus
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Ploticus is a throwback to the days when Unix programs did one thing, and did it well, using a minimum of system resources. Its SourceForge.net page hints at this orientation by describing Ploticus as "non-interactive" software for "just-in-time graph generation."
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Enlightening experiences with window managers
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Do you remember our youth? The good times we had, the games we played, and that great discussion we had about what makes a window manager different from a desktop environment? Then our relationship sort of got stuck on desktop environments.
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