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admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:08:49 +0000

Run Internet Explorer In Ubuntu Linux Howto install gOS on Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu Ubuntu 7.10 vs. Ubuntu 8.04 Benchmarks How to Run Eclipse 3.3 on Ubuntu 7.10 If you like this post, please consider buying me a beer.

Ubuntu wallpapers #1

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:42:26 +0000

Some really nice Ubuntu wallpapers I’ve found on Flickr. If you like this post, please consider buying me a beer.

Convert any audio file in Ubuntu

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:05:06 +0000

Ever wanted to transfer some ogg or flac files to your old mobile phone that supports only mp3 or wav ? I have! There are two programs I recommend for these kind of jobs. 1. SoX, the swiss army knife of sound processing, is a command line utility that can convert various formats of audio files in to [...]

Top native Linux BitTorrent clients

admin — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:58:56 +0000

Deluge Deluge is a Bittorrent client, created using Python and GTK+, for Linux and other Unix-Like operating systems. The current version of Deluge is 0.5.5, you can find screenshots on their website. Deluge features: Mainline DHT FAST protocol extension uTorrent Peer Exchange BitTorrent Protocol Encryption UPnP and NAT-PMP Proxy support for Peers, Tracker, DHT and Web-Seed Private Torrents Able to download multiple files in a single [...]

How to install uTorrent in Ubuntu with wine

admin — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:17:01 +0000

uTorrent is my favorite torrent client, unfortunately it works only on Windows. We can emulate Windows with wine and run uTorrent. So first lets install wine: sudo apt-get install wine Now go to the uTorrent download page and get the latest version, in my case: wget http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.5/utorrent.exe Installing it is very easy, just run wine utorrent.exe and it will ask you to [...]

Hotwire graphical terminal

admin — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:08:02 +0000

Hotwire is a graphical terminal intended to replace the interactive command execution portion of a typical Unix shell. It includes much of the functionality found in the combination of a terminal emulator, a shell, and core utilities like ls and grep. Here’s a video I found on youtube, its awesome! Installing Hotwire in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy): There are [...]

Ubuntu 7.10 is here!

admin — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:24:59 +0000

Ubuntu 7.10 code name “Gutsy Gibbon” has been been released! Get it here! Review and screenshots coming tomorrow. If you like this post, please consider buying me a beer.

HOWTO: Convert 3gp videos to mpeg

admin — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:10:25 +0000

I really dont like the 3gp format, but most mobile phones use it. So when I download the movies from my phone to my Ubuntu box I like to convert them to mpeg. Here’s how: First we need ffmpeg, a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. apt-get install ffmpeg After the install, converting videos is easy: ffmpeg [...]

Hello world!

admin — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:56:48 +0000

Hey everyone! This is my new Ubuntu Blog! If you like this post, please consider buying me a beer.