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Almost everyone is familiar with the most commonly used file formats – for music, mp3 and wmv, for video, avi and mpeg, and for images, jpeg and gif. Unfortunately, these common formats are not the only ones we run into on a daily basis. On any given day, we are likely to also see .flv [...]
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At my school, my class and I are comparing different operating systems. Each of the big three (Windows, Mac, Linux) have their pros and cons, but I’m certainly not here to incite a flame war. About half of my class was just introduced to Linux last week when using some Knoppix disks. Linux is very [...]
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Linux has traditionally been known for its stability, hardware support and robustness. Recently however, winds have changed with some of the distributions gaining popularity and catering primarily to the desktop user. No longer do you have to be content with a user interface having overly sized buttons and the weirdest of fonts. These days there [...]
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In the ‘file sharing business’, there are a lot of different protocols. The major players are Direct Downloads (DDL), which include free file sharing sites like MegaUpload and RapidShare; and then there is Peer-to-peer (P2P), which covers both torrents and applications like Kazaa and LimeWire. After Karl’s latest article about Rapidshare123, I was stunned with [...]
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Ever wanted to change the Grub bootloader entries? Wanted to hide some, move some to top and make defaults? People must have suggested to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst. Oh and don’t forget to back it up if you make a mess of it. There are all these different options you can add to the defoptions line to [...]
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Time is a commodity that every single one of us needs to manage and keep track of. You get a little complacent and it will slip through your fingers. It’s always nice to know where you are spending your time so you can manage yourself better, or perhaps you may need it to create invoices [...]
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In this increasingly hostile computer environment, it is essential to have a strong password for everything. Whether it’s email, computer account or online banking, using your cat’s name as a password is a very bad idea. And if you’re afraid of not going remembering it because it’s too long and complicated, I’m going to show [...]
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With the different audio and video formats available, there is often the need to inter convert amongst them – sometimes for quality and sometimes for compatibility. Here are some of the better software, that you can use to achieve the inter conversions on your Linux box. Sound Converter Available via the package manager, Sound converter [...]
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Sharing files on a network generally requires some amount of configuration, know-how and time. Things get even geekier when you have different machines running different operating systems. Damien showed you how to use Giver back in March. There is however, a simpler solution if you don’t want to go through all the steps of setting [...]
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Other than the command line, have you ever wondered how you can manage your CD/DVD images (ISO) more easily and efficiency in your Linux machine? AcetoneISO may jolly well be the answer to your needs. AcetoneISO is a feature-rich and complete software application to manage CD/DVD images in your Linux system. It runs the poweful [...]
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Adobe AIR is a runtime environment that, at its most basic, allows you to run lightweight programs on your desktop. The advantages are several ““ installing and uninstalling applications is easy, they’re simple to use, they’re standalone apps that interact with web and so on. But the coolest thing about Adobe AIR apps is that [...]
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The other day, I was explaining some of the benefits of Linux to one of my friends. I managed to do so pretty well, so much so that he decided to give it a shot. Then came the choice of distribution, I had an Ubuntu CD so passed it along and he was able to [...]
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Perhaps you have a habit of pasting small yellow pieces of notes all over your table just to remind you to do a particular task. In this technological era, that is soon becoming obsolete. Mac OS X and Windows 7 both come with their own native sticky note applications that you can use to “paste” [...]
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You can get a plethora of information about your Linux system via log files and the proc file system. However, the uninitiated should try Hardinfo. Hardinfo is a system profiler and benchmarking tool for your computer. Hardinfo presents detailed information about your system in a organized manner. Hardinfo is a Linux application. To install Hardinfo, [...]
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Editor’s note: We have a special installment for MakeUseOf readers who happen to be Chrome fans. We are reviewing the alpha build of Chrome for both Linux and Mac today. Watch out for the Mac edition later on. For those Linux users who have been waiting hard and long for the release of Google Chrome [...]
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