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Posted in Linux OS on Oct 8th, 2011
First Kde 4, then Unity and in the end Gnome 3, all with great intent, all failed miserably when it comes to usability. I think the biggest problem with this new visions is the fact that the developers are trying to build the perfect desktop for the average users. But we all know, that when [...]
Posted in Linux OS on Sep 5th, 2011
It took me a while to find this one, because the old gnome 2 screensaver was abolished and there wasn’t to much information online. Search for Screen in the Activities menu Open it Disable Lock
Posted in Linux OS on Aug 11th, 2011
This is a self response to a post I wrote a few years ago. The old post it’s a funny read for these times. 1.The user interface After a few years of use I went 100% Gnome. The cool sharp look interface made me forget all about the old WINDOWS desktop. I love it [...]
Posted in Linux OS on May 22nd, 2011
Tv-maxe is an interesting application that you can use to see TV on your computer using just the internet. Most of the TV channels are broadcasting for free but they all use the the sop protocol. In Fedora/Ubuntu this is not working out of the box. To install and watch TV you have to follow [...]
Posted in Linux OS on Dec 3rd, 2010
There is one interesting tool you could use to save a youtube video on your storage device. It’s called youtube-dl. If you don’t have it try install it with
Posted in Linux OS on Dec 3rd, 2010
If you need to convert a youtube video to an mp3 file the swiss knife of audio/video conversion ffmpeg will help you again.
Posted in Linux OS on Dec 29th, 2009
At the end of 2009 the list of Ubuntu Apps has grown quite a bit. There are a lot of great alternatives out there for the bloated Windows OS and Windows 7 doesn’t have a chance with new competitors like : Ubuntu 10.04 and Google Chrome. That being said we presented to you the best compilation at the end of 2009.
Posted in Linux OS on Nov 11th, 2009
I found Gimp to be one of the most versatile tools on the market. It works like Photoshop, it’s very light and it’s available on across different operating system. The fact that is free is just the cherry on top. People are in general very hard to convinced to work with this tool. I believe it’s a similar experience like going to Linux from Windows or Using Open Office instead of Ms Office.
The future is bright for this tool because in the next version ( 2.8 ) the developers will finish : Single Window Mode. Until then ( the end of the year ) the following tips might help some of you work with this tool and maybe start understand that this is a true replacement for the proprietary software named Photoshop.
Posted in Linux OS on Feb 7th, 2009
This list wants to be : a noob best friend. Start using Ubuntu and enjoy these free and easy to use applications. 01.Internet Brower – Firefox [XUL] 02.File manager – Krusader [KDE] 03.Instant messager – Pidgin [XUL] 04.Music Player – Rhythmbox [Gnome] 05.Torrent Client – Deluge [Gnome] 06.SSH client – Putty 07.Terminal application – Yakuake [...]