the orignal "Linux Audio Server Project" article was first written back in 2004, talking only about the LIRC setup with my headless server to use it as any other hifi element: stop, play, pause, etc. I soon needed more functionality, which was easy to implement, but which I never actually updated this article for.
Read more »The Linux Audio Server Project - Revisited
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Open source web conferencing
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Have you ever wanted to attend a webinar but quickly discovered that the web-conference service doesn't even support your operating system? This has happened to me several times and it irks me greatly! I always make sure to tell the company that they should switch their web-conferencing service to one that supports multiple platforms including Linux.
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New CNR.com is a work in progress
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Last year, Linspire announced that it was opening its software distribution service, CNR (short for Click 'n' Run), to users of the Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Ubuntu distributions. A month ago, it announced a beta version of CNR that includes support for Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 (the two most recent versions), with versions for the other systems on the way. Alas, after trying it on my Ubuntu system, I think it needs work.
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KDE 4.0: Everything that has an end, has a beginning
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A confession: I was among the many who griped publicly (and privately) about KDE 4.0's release date. I thought KDE 4.0 was not ready for release and should be held back until it was. (Hey, my wife and my dog listened to me. So there.)
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Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions (ext2/ext3) From Windows On Dual-Boot Systems
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If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this problem: you can access files from your Windows installation while you are in Linux, but not the other way round.
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Easily create CD case covers with Koverartist
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Lots of open source tools can help you transfer photos and videos from your cameras to a Linux computer and burn them on to a DVD. But before you mail them to your uncles, aunts, and cousins, wouldn't it be great if you could add a customized case cover to your disks?
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Powerful Multimedia Command-Line Tools, Part II—Transcode
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MEncoder has supported video encoding for a long time with the MPlayer Project and FFmpeg, which also now is part of MPlayer now. Transcode is a new command-line tool on the horizon for video and audio transformations.
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LyX: A text editor that stays out of the way
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"...LyX is the first WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) document processor. The basic idea of LyX is that you do not need to handle style, or actually, you use a set of predefined styles and concentrate on your document content, This makes sure that your resulting document will be typographically correct and good looking visually. […] LyX uses Latex as its back end typesetting mechanism..."
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #74
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 74 for the weeks January 13th - January 19th, 2008. In this issue: layout contest for Kubuntu.org, Ubuntu case studies, mugs from Germany for your Loco Team, FOSS in Egypt, and much, much more!
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Gimp Tutorial - Fast Flaming Text
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There's a few flame effect tutorials out there, but all the ones I've found are either badly outdated or too fiddly. This is how I set any object - including text - ablaze with the Gimp, in just six quick steps.
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FlyBack: a “Time Machine” backup utility for Linux
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For all the linux users that saw the new OSx Leopard and the new backup utility called Time Machine and said “wow”! Now there is FlyBack. For who don’t know what I’m talking about:
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ASUS EeePC review: Why it was love at first sight
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I like clever things, and the EeePC is one of the few computer products of recent times that has struck me as being particularly clever. It is well thought out, well designed, and offers outstanding value for money.
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SimplyMEPIS 7.0 is a keeper
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The long awaited SimplyMEPIS 7.0 was finally released just before Christmas, and it was worth the wait. In this mature and sometimes underrated operating system, everything looks good and works well.
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Ars Technica reviews KDE 4.0
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KDE 4.0 was officially released last week after extensive development.
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Gentoo: Linux for Men!
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Windows is an operating system for babies. It does things for you and does them spontaneously. Frequently, it breaks things because it tries too hard to be helpful. Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for normal people...
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