Xandros Presto: A Quick-Booting Linux Partition for Your Windows
Windows-Only: Presenting Xandros Presto – – in Five Screenshots. How long does it take you to boot your Windows Vista? Being such a resource hog, a 1Gb RAM Vista laptop can take you up to several minutes to boot up. That’s why Xandros thought of “Instant-On” Presto.
Ubuntu: How to send Text Messages with Skype for Linux
For several reasons, I often prefer sending text messages to making a call – Text messages often give me a sense of privacy and discreetness especially at work. Being a huge Skype user, the absence of this feature for the Linux version of Skype has always been a problem… Skype is neither open source nor [...]
Partially integrate Pidgin with Skype using the Skype API Plugin
What about integrating your open source, multi-platform, multi-protocol instant messaging client Pidgin with Skype? Even though the outcome is not so overwhelming, using the Skype API Plugin gives you the possibility to add your Skype contacts to your Pidgin IM. The API also imports your regular in-out phone contact numbers – but not without a [...]
Skype 2.0 beta for Linux comes with Video chat
Now it is possible, up to now it was not, with Skype 2.0 for Linux, Linux people join the rest of the VoIP (Voice over IP) world with videos too, so get your web cams ready cause you can now show who you really are whilst chatting. Skype finally added video chat to the Linux [...]
Grab the latest version of Skype for Linux
Skype 1.4 for Linux has been finally released. Even though Skype is not an Open Source client and many hard-core Open Source Voip users prefer WengoPhone [Update: April 14, 2009] WengoPhone is now known as QuteCom, Asterick and others, Skype still remains the most used Voice-Over-Ip client and the 1.4 version for Linux includes two [...]
