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Archive for October, 2007

Opera 9.5 Beta for Linux

By • Oct 26th, 2007 • Filed under: Linux Packages

Opera 9.5 Beta is now ready for public test. This new version of the Norwegian browser comes a year after the previous, the version 9, the Linux version integrates Qt 4. Many major improvements have been made in this version including stability issues, better user interface with content blocking improvements, better support for CSS 3 […]

Gimp 2.4 comes with many new features.

By • Oct 25th, 2007 • Filed under: Linux Packages

Screen Recording in Linux; Is it possible?

By • Oct 24th, 2007 • Filed under: Linux Packages, Linux Tips and Tricks, Multimedia, Ubuntu, Video

Xvidcap; The most classic screen recorder for Linux, Ubuntu. Xvidcap records both video and audio. It uses the ffmeg tool for video recording while the audio is taken from the system’s interface(need a working microphone). Xvidcap is very easy to use. It records everything that occurs in that little red box. By clicking on lock […]

The forgotten members of the Ubuntu family

By • Oct 23rd, 2007 • Filed under: Linux Packages, Open Source Advocacy, Ubuntu

Much had been said about Ubuntu and it’s, new release Gutsy Gibbon in the recent days. Many do not even know that on that same day October 18 Ubuntu 7.10 versions of Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Edubuntu were released. Very little attention has been given to the other members of the Ubuntu family like the KDE […]

Wireshark, the Live Network Analyser

By • Oct 22nd, 2007 • Filed under: Linux Tips and Tricks, Open Source Advocacy, Security

Formally known as Ethereal, Wireshark is a popular Network analyser that displays all data packets that get in and out of your computers network interface (LAN, Wi-Fi etc).