Less than a year after the release of Theora 1.0, the wonderful people at Xiph have released Theora 1.1. The 1.1 release is a software-only release of the Theora encoder and decoder. It does not include any changes to the Theora format.
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There are plenty of Web sites to download fonts that are low- or no-cost, but finding free and open source fonts is a little more difficult. Here are five resources to check out the next time you need something with just the perfect slope or serif.
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OOo4kids: Special Version for Kids
Today i found in interesting Project called “OpenOffice for Kids”. I have reviewed it and maked some Snapshots.
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Tux Paint – A Great Image Program for Your Children
Looking for a wonderful image program for your children (or inner child)? Tux Paint makes a terrific addition to your family’s computer whether you are using Windows, Linux, or Mac.
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Viruses on Linux - Look out?
Explaining to a father how there are no viruses for Linux.
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Change Ctrl + Alt + Delete Behavior To Open System Monitor, in Linux
Actually, I've written this post before (quite a few months ago) but then deleted it because it didn't work. In the mean time, I found out why, so I decided to post it again.
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Gnome 2.28 Released - See What's New
The new version of GNOME 2.28 has been released (complete release notes).
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Linux in the street
In this article, you can see some picture about Linux graffiti in the stree, around the world.
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Midori: lightweight browsing
Despite an already crowded browser market Midori promises to be a lightweight alternative to browser bloat
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Make Compiz Run Smoothly and Without Tearing
For a long time it has bothered me that Compiz does not seem to run as smoothly as Metacity on my desktop system. With desktop effects switched off, moving windows around the screen would seem smoother. With desktop effects switched on, I'd also notice tearing in areas of the screen with fast motion including in videos.
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WebGL support makes first appearance in latest Firefox 3.7 nightly builds
Google Chrome and other WebKit-based browsers aren't the only ones getting improved 3D graphics handling capabilities. As of September 18th, Firefox trunk builds include support for WebGL.
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Replacing KDE applications
Those of you who have been following my Linux Critic blog know that I’ve been on an app-hunt to replace some of the applications to which I’ve grown used to in KDE, mostly so that I can break my ties with that desktop and move forward completely without it.
Read more »Tweak photos with Fotoxx (Open Source)
While F-Spot and digiKam are among the most popular photo management applications, they are not the only fish in the sea. In fact, if you need a lightweight tool that can help you to manage and tweak your photos with a minimum of effort, Fotoxx can do the job just fine.
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GIMP 2.8 and its (huge) improvements to the User Interface!
Finally confirmed: single window mode is coming for 2.8! But thats not the whole story yet The plan for 2.8 also includes lots of other cool new usability and interaction features!
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Making backups with pyBackpack
Until yesterday I have been happily making backups of $HOME using the tar command in a bash script. However, my home directory has grown over the years but my storage device hasn't and there are tons of files that I don't really need to backup. So, I set out to learn how to use the --exclude and --exclude-from switches provided by tar. What I found was interesting, these switches didn't work.
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