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.
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Cuba preparing to quit Windows in favor of GNU/Linux
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Cuban authorities are seriously preparing to quit the Windows operating system and use the GNU/Linux free software instead.
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Unigine Heaven For Linux Status Update
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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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Reviewed: Parallels Desktop 4 for Linux
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After conquering the desktop virtualisation space on the Mac, Parallels has decided to take the fight to VMware with a client for Windows and Linux desktops. So, what does Parallels Desktop 4 for Linux (let's just call it PD4) have over the competition?
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Microsoft’s Pseudo-Open Source CMS Fails, GPL Violations Noted Everywhere
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Orchard/Oxite rejected by developers; Microsoft violations of copyright law reported more widely
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The ‘Microsoft of Europe’ Instructs Oracle on Free Software
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Microsoft's business partner and ally SAP lobbies against Oracle and then issues demands for Java, pretending to be a friend of the very same thing it is attacking
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Howto fix touchpad issues after karmic upgrade
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This tutorial will explain Howto fix touchpad issues after karmic upgrade
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Introducing Testdrive
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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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Surveillance DVR runs Linux
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Lanner Electronics is shipping an entry-level, Linux-compatible DVR for the surveillance market that records NTSC and PAL video using H.264. The VR-1208 offers a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, a gigabit Ethernet port, four USB ports, and dual 3.5-inch storage bays, and supports eight channels of D1 analog video.
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Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200)
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This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.
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openSUSE 11.2 Screen Shots
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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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Patching in Eclipse Galileo
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Eclipse Galileo includes new features for applying patches, including the ability to copy a patch to the clipboard and paste it directly into the Project Explorer. This article introduces this and provides an overview of the method for creating and applying patches, and includes an overview of the patch format used by Eclipse.
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HookSafe Protects Kernel from Rootkits
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A research group in the computer sciences faculty at the North Carolina State University has written a prototype for a rootkit protector that uses kernel object hooks.
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OpenSuse 11.2 a serious contender
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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
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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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