FFmbc (FFMedia Broadcast) is an off-shoot of the FFmpeg project that is targeted squarely at the broadcast media world. The project while still in its infancy, but available for around 6 months already, is currently at release version 0.2. Launched and managed by Baptiste Coudurier, well known for his work on the FFmpeg project.
Read more »Unigine Heaven For Linux Status Update
Heaven is the most-impressive tech demo / benchmark yet, but when released in October it only came out for Windows with its DirectX 11 renderer. However, as we exclusively shared, Unigine Heaven is coming out to Linux. What pushed back their Linux release was waiting on functional Linux drivers from AMD.
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Howto fix touchpad issues after karmic upgrade
This tutorial will explain Howto fix touchpad issues after karmic upgrade
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Introducing Testdrive
Testdrive makes it simple to run any Ubuntu release in a virtual machine, safely, and without affecting your current Ubuntu installation.
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openSUSE 11.2 Screen Shots
Some of the new and interesting features of this release include: KDE 4.3, a major update to the KDE platform, which offers improved networking support, and better integration of Firefox and OpenOffice.org with the KDE environment; GNOME 2.28, the latest release of the popular GNOME desktop, which includes a brand new theme Screenshots at SEO Expert Consultants
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OpenSuse 11.2 a serious contender
With Ubuntu 9.10 and Mandriva 2010 already released, OpenSuse 11.2 is the third of the "big four" - Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuse and Ubuntu - Linux distributions to release new versions this month. And, despite its name, OpenSuse 11.2 is a significant upgrade over version 11.1 released more than a year ago.
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OpenSUSE 11.2 Arrives
What I can say now though is that if you're interested in a solid, reliable desktop Linux, openSUSE 11.2 is a contender.
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q4wine 0.114 has been released
It is time for a new q4wine release tagged as version 0.114, this new release includes new Italian translation and translations updates for Spanish, Ukrainian and Portuguese (Brazil) locales.
I'd like to introduce at this time the new Wine Registry read\write engine, which allows reading existing Wine configuration keys during the Fake Drive update process. Also I added some more wine configuration options in the Fake Drive Wizard dialog. And many more fixes, please see the full changelog...
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openSUSE 11.2 on the test bench
A whole series of changes awaits users in openSUSE 11.2, including Ext4 as the default file system, boot loader Grub2 and a big move towards the KDE 4 desktop.
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OpenSUSE 11.2 Review
With the recent release of OpenSUSE 11.2, it seemed fitting to add it to our list of reviews. Today we will take you on a tour of the new release from Novell.
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What about the unknown Linux distros?
Practically the entire planet has heard of Ubuntu due to it’s colossal marketing machine, free CD’s, huge online community and related user blogs. But what about all the other distros that haven’t made it to Distrowatch yet?
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Google Chrome OS: A Nice Place to Visit, But?
Chrome OS strikes me as being just enough Linux to allow an underpowered computer to run Chrome browser and connect to cloud-based applications. How exciting can that really be?
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The Complete Guide To Mounting Your iPhone On A Fresh Ubuntu Karmic Koala Installation
The Complete Guide To Mounting Your iPhone On A Fresh Ubuntu Karmic Koala Installation
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How to Play Classic Console Games in Linux
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you grew up with classic video game consoles like the NES and Sega Genesis. For years Windows users have been enjoying high quality game emulation software, but many of the Linux options have been buggy or incomplete. It’s time to take a look at where things stand when it comes to playing console games in Linux.
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The yin and yang of Ubuntu 9.10
So I upgrade my dell XPS laptop to Ubuntu 9.10 pretty soon after the launch of 9.10, and to be honest its been pretty good to me. However I have had a couple of problems.
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