Ubuntu
On my Ubuntu box streaming Tv boils down to two applications/web applications, SopCast and Justin.tv. The first, Sopcast needs to be installed on your system, the latter Justin.tv, goes every where there is a browser with the Flash plugin, great. But Justin.tv goes even further, it now has DVR – Digital Video Recorder.
Justin.tv will present to viewers a bar under each video that reads “Continue watching this later…” A click on it is enough to start recording the given live video. Justin.Tv will like preserve it for you, so whenever you come back, you can pick it up from where you left it. More»
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The popular open source music player Songbird goes 1.2. The new version is said to include full integration with iTunes. The 2-way Sync with iTunes permits those who buy content from iTunes Music Store to export iTunes library tracks and playlists into Songbird and vice versa, that is, you can also export your Songbird tracks and playlists to iTunes, hence into your iPhone or iPod. More»
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For Windows, Mac OS X, Linux: Desktop virtualization application, VirtualBox announced the release of a major update, VirtualBox 3.0 Beta 1.
New features added in this major update include:
– Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only)
– Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications / games (experimental)
– Support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests
More»
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Tomboy is a wiki-style desktop note-taking application originally developed for Linux and Unix operating systems, but is now fully supported on Windows and Mac OS X and is very famous amongst Ubuntu users.
This light-weight open source application aims at improving your productivity as it helps you organize pieces of information grabbed from here and there an placed here and there, with wiki-like links,
Case Sensitive search, out-of-the-way advanced editing features and more. More»
Posted in Linux Packages, Open-Source, Ubuntu | 11 Comments »
Mac4Lin reaches version 1.0: With Mac4Lin you can obtain the cute Mac looks on your Gnome and Xfce Desktop Environments with an almost completely automated installation.
Mac4Lin 1.0 Features:
Fully supports GNOME 2.26 and backwards compatible
Improved support for GlobalMenu, support integrated in the default GTK theme
Better native Xfce support
Integrates well with Globus
Metacity theme now supports different button sizes
Firefox 3 themes are now updated
Songbird plugins included
Pidgin AWN 64bit plugin now included
GDM theme is now in-line with Mac OS X login window
Cairo dock is the default recommended dock
Hit the download link and read through all the new features and fixes Mac4Lin 1.0 comes with. Screenshots are also available on the authors webpage.
Download Mac4Lin — version 1.0
Posted in Linux Packages, Linux Tips and Tricks, Ubuntu | 2 Comments »
