A reliable backup tool is an essential -- and finding one with the features you want need not cost a fortune, says Jack Wallen.
Read more »Ten essential backup tools for Linux
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JDownloaded 0.7 (7.569) Released
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JDownloader simplifies downloading files from One-Click-Hosters like Rapidshare.com or Megaupload.com - not only for users with a premium account but also for users who don't pay. The most important, noticeable change is that JDownloader 0.7 (7.569) is a lot faster than the previous versions. Another interesting change is that now it supports anti-captcha for more than 60 websites.
Read more »5 Best Free/Open-Source Feed Readers (Desktop Clients) for Linux
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...any of the following desktop-based RSS feed readers that in my own opinion are some of the best...
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Mandriva Linux 2010 beta version is available
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Mandriva Linux 2010 Beta version is now available on public mirrors.
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How-To: Install OpenOffice 3.1 in Debian 5.0 Lenny
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Debian Lenny comes by default with OpenOffice 2.6.4, but in the meantime OpenOffice 3.1 was released. You can easily install it on your Debian box by using the Debian Lenny backports repository, which is a repository including newer versions of applications than the ones which come by default with Lenny. Just follow the steps...
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Get some serious transparency in GNOME and Compiz
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I like eye candy. One of the aspects of eye candy I like more than any other is transparency. With the right Linux desktop there is almost no limit on how you can configure the look and feel of your desktop. And that means you can have as transparent a desktop as you like.
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How To: Simple Backups
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Many computer users realize how invaluable a backup scheme can be and most linux distros already include the required software for a simple backup scheme. I am going to show you how to write a simple bash script that will archive specified files in your home directory and add the date/time to the filename of the archive.
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Simon - speech activated user interface for KDE
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Every once in a while, the KDE community stumbles across a third party application that is well integrated into KDE, but has somehow managed to fly completely beneath the radar. One such application is called simon.
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New In Karmic
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Our series on what new software users can expect to find in Karmic Koala come October continues. Today we take a sneak peak at the shiny new additions to Ubuntu’s installer ‘Ubiquity’.
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Audacious 2.1 Review - Powerful Audio Replacement for XMMS
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Audacious is a powerful audio player for Linux which resembles the older XMMS, only using GTK2 toolkit for its interface. It supports XMMS and implicitly Winamp 2.x skins, coming with support for various audio formats, including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) or WMA (Windows Media Audio).
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Powerful Remote Incremental Backup with rdiff-backup
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The last few days I have been testing backup software to automatically backup my desktop Ubuntu system. I've only just got it set up, but rdiff-backup is exactly what I was looking for and seems to be working very well.
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How-To: Compile and Install GIMP 2.7.0 in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
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Ubuntu Jaunty comes by default with GIMP 2.6 included in the repositories, but you can try the latest development version available, which is 2.7.0. This last release is a step forward the next stable GIMP version and contains a lot of user interface improvements and changes, GEGL migration, two new plug-ins to mention the major ones.
Read more »Ubuntu's multisearch surprise
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If you are a Linux distributor, you have a number of possible ways to upset your user base. Breaking existing, well-established functionality is one of them. Another would be to install software which appears to be monitoring user activity behind their backs. Seeming to make money off of these activities will not help. Extra points are awarded for doing it all as a surprise.
Read more »Fullscreen flash video in GNU/Linux
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First, if you are unfamiliar with the problem, go to YouTube, pick any video, and double-click on the video, or click on the little fullscreen icon, and you’ll see that the video begins to get really slow, and choppy, from dropping frames.
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PC-OS 2009.03
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PC-OS is a Xubuntu – based distro designed to make Linux as simple as possible. It includes proprietary drivers and codecs so the user can get the system up and running immediatly, while keeping lightweight and consistant to make the system as easy as possible.
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