There are a few different programs for ripping DVDs on Linux. The following details my personal experience with four different applications over the last week and a half.
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Spill the Wine, install IrfanView in Debian
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Sure I've tried Wine before. But never successfully. I took the plunge recently, forking over $20 for the Bordeaux GUI front-end for Wine, the non-emulator that allows users of Linux (and Solaris and FreeBSD) to run Windows applications on their Unix-like computers. I decided to use Bordeaux because its developers (or developer singular ...
Read more »Easily Install Windows Applications In Linux With Wine-doors
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By now, you should have already heard of the popular Wine software that allows you to install Windows applications in Linux. There is also another paid application – CrossOver that utilities Wine and comes with a simplified GUI to help you get the job done easier. Now, here’s another software that is as powerful as Wine and as user-friendly as Crossover, and best of all, it is free.
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Warmth: New Proposed Lucid Theme
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Warmth uses a blend of light and dark colors to draw the eye to the content of applications. The toolbars and menubars are dark, while the body of the application is light. It feels like a combination of the New Wave and Dust Sand themes and the Metacity reminds me of Homosapien.
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CrossOver Windows apps without Windows
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VirtualBox may be free, but you still have to own a copy of Windows. If you’re not willing to shell out a few hundred dollars to Microsoft but still want to run Windows on your Intel-based Mac, there is one more alternative: CrossOver from CodeWeavers costs $40 and runs Windows applications on Mac OS X — without Windows.
Read more »PlayOnLinux 3.7.3 has been released
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PlayOnLinux 3.7.3 is now available,
Whats new :
* PlayOnLinux automatically extract icons during the installation process to use them in the main menu.
* A bug corrected preventing user from changing a program icon
* Few translations were corrected
* Definitive correction (we hope) of $PROGRAMFILES variable problem. Script are being rewritten.
Sync your iPhone Music Libary With Rhythmbox in Ubuntu Karmic (No Jailbreaking Required)
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In Mac and Windows, you can easily sync your iPhone/iPod Touch with iTunes, but in Linux, there is no easy way to sync your iDevice’s music library with any of the media player. Even if you are willing to jailbreak your phone, there are still plenty of complicated steps that you need to do to get the syncing to work. With the release of iFuse (and a bunch of other library), things have changed.
Read more »Linux Mint 8 KDE Edition
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Linux Mint is one of the most popular Ubuntu based distro’s, possibly for the fact it brings something new to the table rather than just a different set of wallpapers. Its always been one of my favorite distros.
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Amarok 2.3 - First Look Video
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Amarok user and enthusiast Abhishek has made a great video, showing off some features of the upcoming Amarok 2.3.
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A Perfect Linux or BSD desktop distribution
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The main objective of this blog is to help narrow down the list of Linux- and BSD-based distributions that a new user will feel comfortable using. Distributions that provide the same or better level of user-friendliness than the malware-infested and DRM-riddled operating system that they currently use.
Read more »Video: Boot - PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta
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PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta: Kernel 2.6.32.7, udev 150, Plymouth Bootsplash, Speedboot, ext 4 Standard-Dateisystem, nvidia / fglrx-Treiber, Gnome
Read more »Upgrading to KDE 4.3.5 (and should you?)
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This morning I decided to go ahead and upgrade KDE to the latest, stable release. I had grown weary of this Linux desktop because of instability issue as well as lack of compelling reasons to use it. Even so I have tried to keep as up to date as possible, in order to continue to cover this Linux desktop option.
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Five Best Netbook Operating Systems
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Netbooks—the low-power and lightweight mini-notebooks that have surged in popularity—practically beg for some tweaking and customization to increase the functionality of their diminutive screens and relatively wimpy processors. Find yourself the perfect netbook operating system from this fine selection.
Read more »GDM2 Setup - A login interface management utility for the new GDM
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A login interface management utility for the new GDM. Allows for wallpaper setting, autologin option, prompted or userlist login, etc.
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Top 5 Best Linux Firewalls
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As part of the contest we conducted recently, we got 160+ comments from the geeky readers who choose their favorite firewall.
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