FBReader is an e-book reader. It currently works on the Sharp Zaurus, Siemens Simpad with Opensimpad ROM, Nokia
Internet Tablet (Maemo platform), Archos PMA430, Motorola E680i/A780/A1200 smartphones, PepperPad 3, Asus Eee PC, IRex iLiad, UMPC, and desktop computers running Linux, Windows XP/Vista, or FreeBSD. It supports several e-book formats: epub, plucker, palmdoc, zTXT, HTML, CHM, fb2, TCR (psion text), OEB, OpenReader, RTF, non-DRM'ed Mobipocket, and plain text.
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FBReader - e-book reader for Linux desktops
Submitted by david23 on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 03:40Cinecutie - New Video editor and composer for Linux
Submitted by david23 on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 05:19After lot of time spent to learn the cinelerra code, I want to move an other step on the opensource contribute. I’m started from tangolerra project made by Franco Iacomella and after an hard job with svg I made my personal mochup
of Cinelerra called Cutiehd. But when I started to work on the mochup of Cinelerra 2.1cv I tryed to enable again
the support of font antialias (xft), write a draft of Utf-8 support, rewrite some parts of titler code and adapt
the svg plugin from the Cinelerrasv by “Simeon Völkel”.
Create Custom Ubuntu Live-CD With Remastersys in Karmic
Submitted by david23 on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 06:27Remastersys is a tool that can be used to do 2 things with an existing Klikit or Ubuntu or derivative installation.It can make a full system backup including personal data to a live cd or dvd that you can use anywhere and install. It can make a distributable copy you can share with friends. This will not have any of your personal user data in it.
Step By Step Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) LAMP Server Setup
Submitted by david23 on Thu, 12/24/2009 - 04:53In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go.
How to Configure compiz Fusion in Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic)
Submitted by david23 on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 16:52Compiz is a compositing window manager that uses 3D graphics acceleration via OpenGL. It provides various new graphical effects and features on any desktop environment, including Gnome and KDE. Compiz Fusion is a collection
of plugins and a configuration system for the Compiz compositing window manager. It was created from the remerging
of Beryl into Compiz.
How to install vmware server 2.0.x in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
Submitted by david23 on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:54VMware Server is a free virtualization product for Windows and Linux servers with enterprise-class support and VirtualCenter management. VMware Server is a robust yet easy to use server virtualization product and is based on proven virtualization technology, which has been used by thousands of customers for many years.This tutorial will explain how to install vmware server 2.0.x in Ubuntu 9.10
launch2net – Mobile Internet Connection Manager for Ubuntu
Submitted by david23 on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 10:02launch2net for Ubuntu Linux is a professional mobile Internet Connection Manager for Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 users.launch2net will recognize your type of modem or ExpressCard as well as the SIM card and does not need intricate driver installations or configurations.
Upgrade Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Beta
Submitted by david23 on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 05:16The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. This is the Ubuntu 9.10 beta release, which brings a host of exciting new features.
Note: This is a beta release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released
on October 29th, 2009.
Sabayon – Manage multiple GNOME user profiles
Submitted by david23 on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 07:45Sabayon is a system administration tool to manage GNOME desktop settings. Sabayon provides a sane way to edit GConf defaults and GConf mandatory keys: the same way you edit your desktop. Sabayon launches profiles in an Xnest window. Any changes you make in the Xnest window are saved back to the profile file,which can then be applied to user’s accounts.
Kismet – An 802.11 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system
Submitted by david23 on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 08:11Kismet is a 802.11b wireless network sniffer. It is capable of sniffing using almost any supported wireless card using the Airo, HostAP, Wlan-NG, and Orinoco (with a kernel patch) drivers.Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting packets and detecting standard named networks, detecting (and given time, decloaking) hidden networks, and infering the presence of nonbeaconing networks via data traffic.