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?Save? Album Art In Amarok!!!
2008-05-25 03:08:00 Simply put, Amarok is the greatest piece of software ever. The only improvement for it I could think of would be for it to actually cook your breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Now, remember that one feature of Amarok titled Cover Manager? Although using this method is extremely fast, easy, and convenient, there was one problem ... More About: Album , Save
x360mediaserve - Stream Music To Your 360 In Linux
2008-04-08 02:27:00 Remember that time you threw your controller at your Xbox 360 when you tried streaming music to your Xbox, only to learn once again that Microsoft hates Linux ? Now, with x360mediaserve, you can easily stream thousands of songs from your Linux box straight to your 360! I’ve simplified installing and setting up x360mediaserve into three ... More About: Music , Scripts , Stream
Apturl in Ubuntu
2008-04-06 03:33:00 Imagine the next time you are trying reading a great list of Ubuntu programs. One of them catches your eye, and you want to try it. Instead of either using Add/Remove or opening a terminal to install the program, you simply click a link. A message box pops up asking you if you want to ...
Measure Pixels With Kruler
2008-03-15 14:09:00 As a web developer, measuring pixels and colors is important. Fortunately, Kruler handles both of these wonderfully. Not only does it have 4 different sizes, you can also change the orientation of the ruler. The ruler itself is even customizable, allowing you to change it’s color and font. Furthermore, as I stated above, Kruler allows ... More About: Pixels
Combining Files With Cat
2008-03-15 01:05:00 Cat is one of the wonderful programs that makes Linux awesome. Imagine you have multiple files you would like to combine. Cat lets you do this. I’ve recently been using it for MP3’s. First use a tool such as EasyTag to remove ALL ID3 tags from the MP3’s first. As long as there are ... More About: Files
DVD Playback In One Easy Step
2008-02-18 21:27:00 Although many distros are now becoming very user friendly, most don’t include commercial DVD playback. Most distros don’t even include commercial DVD playback in their repos. The “hidden” thing you need is libdvdcss2. Medibuntu provides you with this file. Taken directly from Medibuntu, you can simply download the appropriate file (according to architecture), and ... More About: Easy , Step
KDE-Improve Your Lock Screen Button!
2008-02-17 15:36:00 Most Linux users will probably admit to having a “Lock Screen ” button. Why? Because it is very useful to be able to slide your pointer to the top right of your screen and click a button before stepping out of the room for a few moments. Although both KDE and Gnome have an “applet” ... More About: Button , Improve
KDE4 Wallpaper and Icons Download
2008-02-14 03:23:00 KDE4 is simply beautiful. Combining a new icon-set (Oxygen) with well designed backgrounds, KDE4 is much more visually appealing than KDE3. Recently released, KDE4 still needs time to develop. Although it is usable, it is also suggested that you stick with your current version of KDE, at least until 4.1 ... More About: Wallpaper , Icons , Artwork , Download
Transmission .96 Deb File
2007-12-31 18:03:00 Transmission is a fast, easy, and free multi-platform BitTorrent client with a focus on being lightweight yet feature-filled. I’ve provided a .deb package so that the installation will be as easy as its use. Download More About: File , Transmission , Missi
Gnome Main-Menu
2007-12-30 03:48:00 Gnome Main Menu , created by Novell and included in Suse, is available in the Ubuntu repositories. Not only does it give you access to your favorite programs quickly, but also your documents and important system directories. Modifying the menu is extremely easy, just drag whatever new program or file you need. Removing items is ...
Liberation Fonts Installation Script
2007-12-16 18:35:00 After you’ve installed a Linux distro of your choice, more than likely to free yourself from the limits of Microsoft, what better way to further the experience than by using “open-source” fonts? Not only do the Liberation fonts look great, but they are also easy to install if your distro didn’t include them. I’ve ... More About: Scripts , Script , Fonts , Alla
Opera Widgets?
2007-11-11 03:26:00 Opera is an alternative browser to Firefox and Internet Explorer. Why would you want to leave Firefox? That is a question I once asked myself. Personally, after looking over the features, I was at least curious. While using Opera, I discovered Opera Widgets . I then created my own widget, and if you would like to ... More About: Opera
Blood Guns?
2007-10-13 19:51:00 After a recent shooting at a school, it has once again caused people to talk of gun control. I oppose gun control because the right to bear arms was given to us for a reason. Contrary to popular belief, an armed population is necessary for the well-being of a society. Often, gun control actually ... More About: Politics , Guns , Blood
Blood Guns
2007-10-13 19:51:00 After a recent shooting at a school, it has once again caused people to talk of gun control. I oppose gun control because the right to bear arms was given to us for a reason. Contrary to popular belief, an armed population is necessary for the well-being of a society. Often, gun control actually causes ... More About: Guns , Gun Control , Blood
FSDaily?
2007-09-22 15:16:00 FSDaily is a social news driven site (much like Digg) that focuses on open source software. However, since it is a fairly new site, it doesn’t have many users. It’s a great site, so if you like(d) Digg, you should check it out! More About: Internet , Games
Tsar Bombs (Scorched 3d In Ubuntu)?
2007-09-22 02:34:00 The Tsar bomb, with a blast yeild of 50 megatons, was the largest bomb ever tested by humans. Tested in 1961 by the Soviets in Novaya Zemlya, it was a mighty sight indeed. For more information on the Tsar bomb, see its Wikipedia article. Now, Scorched 3D is a remake of Scorched Earth, and is open ... More About: Games , Ubuntu , Bombs
Why Does Ubuntu Suck?
2007-09-18 00:12:00 I was playing America’s Army, however since I am running Ubuntu on this machine, I have to play version 2.5 instead of the latest version. So, of course, everyone else that uses 2.5 also is either using Linux or a Mac. It’s a great place to catch up on some of the latest news, and ... More About: Suck
Making Money (TLA)?
2007-09-13 02:45:00 After displaying a Text Link Ads refferal button on TechyStuff, it finally payed off! Someone finally registered, and then installed the ad code on their site! In return, TLA sent me a check in the mail for $25! That’s right, for everyone refferal you earn, you are paid $25! Not only that, but you can ... More About: Money , Blogging , Makin
All Knowing Peter?
2007-09-10 20:48:00 “Peter , what color shirt am I wearing?“-You “Blue“-Peter Imagine being able to ask a computer a question such as that, and then it being able to answer it for you! That is exactly what PeterAnswers.com does, sorta. You can go there now, and do what it says, and you won’t be too impressed. Actually, it is certain ... More About: Internet , Knowing
Embedded Terminal (DevilsPie)?
2007-08-22 22:54:00 DevilsPie is a program that will allow you to change the way other programs appear for you. For example, using DevilsPie, you can remove window borders, taskbar entries, etc. Using this forum, I was able to stick terminal to my desktop, however with no borders, it appears to actually be the background. You can install DevilsPie ... More About: Terminal , Ubuntu , Devils , Term , Embedded
Tesseract In Ubuntu Feisty?
2007-08-17 01:29:00 Tesseract is an open source OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine. In simple terms, it allows you to scan a document, and then (automatically) convert the text on the document to a .txt document. Instead of spending hours typing text from a piece of paper, simply scan the paper, save it as a .tif, and then ... More About: Ubuntu , Feisty , Tesseract
Climate Bugs?
2007-08-11 21:22:00 Not only are the methods for gathering climate change data inaccurate, but there was also a bug in the NASA Climate Data. As it turned out, a Y2K bug caused 1998 to appear as the hottest year on record, when in reality 1934 was. Also, after NASA corrected their records, 5 of the 10 hottest ... More About: Global Warming , Blogging , Bugs
Transmission Ubuntu?
2007-08-11 02:00:00 Transmission has been built from the ground up to be a lightweight, yet powerful BitTorrent client. Its simple, intuitive interface is designed to integrate tightly with whatever computing environment you choose to use. Transmission strikes a balance between providing useful functionality without feature bloat. Furthermore, it is free for anyone to use or modify. Although ... More About: Ubuntu , Transmission , Tran , Missi
Firefox?s Opera?
2007-08-07 22:23:00 No, not some awkward opera performance of “Firefox -Taking Back The Web”, but instead reasons why I recently switched to Opera after using Firefox for several years. Although I am excited that 80% of my visitors use Firefox, I recently tried Opera, and was amazed by its performance. I am in no way saying that Opera ... More About: Internet
I Will Review Your Site (For Free)?
2007-08-07 00:27:00 Starting the 10th of August, I will start promoting blogs. However, in order for this to work, I need people to submit their blogs to me. If you would like me to promote your blog, simply follow these steps: 1)Place “Techy Stuff” In Your Blogroll, With The URL Pointing To http://www.techystuff.info 2)Post A Review Of Techy Stuff ... More About: Ubuntu , Blogging , Free , Site
Tilda (Terminal)?
2007-08-06 19:05:00 Tilda is a Linux terminal taking after the likeness of many classic terminals from first person shooter games, Quake, Doom and Half-Life (to name a few), where the terminal has no border and is hidden from the desktop until a key is pressed. (Press F1) If you need Term inal accessible by the touch of a key, Tilda ... More About: Ubuntu , Mina
Following You?
2007-08-05 15:25:00 From now on, when Google sees the attribute (rel=”nofollow”) on hyperlinks, those links won’t get any credit when we rank websites in our search results. -Google Blog The “No Follow” tag was created to combat spam, and any recent version of Wordpress uses it. For example, when a user visits your site, fills in the “Website” field ... More About: Blogging
Google Analytics In Wordpress?
2007-08-04 00:56:00 If you want to be a successful blogger, then you need to know certain things about your visitors. No, I’m not talking about what they did last weekend, I’m talking about what OS they are using, browser, screen resolution, where they live, where they came from (to get to your site), what links they clicked ... More About: Wordpress , Google , Blogging , Google Analytics , Analytics
Sceret Msaseges?
More articles from this author:2007-08-03 21:23:00 Gy dpn muc giscucwscl, txcmwc jpisginc ucmlgio sfgw musgjxc. For some of you, the above string of letters may look like a random string of letters. However, for the rest of you, perhaps it looks like a simple substitution code. If you took the time, perhaps you could decipher it. If you had a key, which ... More About: Blogging 1, 2, 3 |
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