RSS
 

Posts Tagged ‘open source’

CD/DVD Burning Tools

05 Apr

It started with Nero Linux  4 Trial. Nero would have been our first choice if it would have been Windows. But since neither the Windows is free nor Nero, we have been looking for a software that could take over Nero role for burning CDs and DVDs efficiently.

We didn’t find one that good but came out with some wares that can do what they are really better than that. But still we found some of them worth satisfying.

Heres the list:-

1) Brasero Disc Burner.

2) K3B Cd and DVD Kreator.

3) Gnome Baker.

4) XfBurn.

5) Nautilus Cd/Dvd Creator.

Read the rest of this entry »

Digg It! Tweet It Share On facebook Share On facebook Add to Del.cio.us RSS Feed Add to Technorati Favorites Stumble It! Mixx It! Buzz It Up! Post To MySpace

 
14 Comments

Posted in Administration, Applications, Basics, Sound & Video, System

 

APTonCD: Update Ubuntu Offline

08 Feb

As we all know that Ubuntu Karmic/Jaunty and other versions come in a limited 700 mb CD, that means to have a computer running properly with Ubuntu requires an Internet connection. Sometimes, we come across hard-drive failures etc., so this creates a problem of downloading all the updates and applications again. Moreover, internet is not available everywhere. So, to solve this, we have an application that will do just fine. APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows us to create one or more CDs or DVDs with all of the packages we’ve downloaded via ‘apt-get’ , ‘synaptic package manager’, ‘ubuntu software center’ and ‘add/remove’, creating a removable repository that we can use on other computers also. :) APTonCD also allows you to automatically create media with all of the .deb packages located in one specific repository, so that we can install them into other computers without the need for an Internet connection’. It also serves as a backup to our installed applications, programs and updates.

Download:

all.deb : click here

tar.gz : click here

Installation:

Option 1) If you have downloaded the .deb file (recommended), you just need a double click to go . Easy, isn’t it :P

Option 2) For the second one, you can easily compile the downloaded source code (tar.gz file) using the following commands in terminal:-

$ tar -xvzf aptoncd-*.tar.gz
$ cd aptoncd/
$ sudo make install

Read the rest of this entry »

Digg It! Tweet It Share On facebook Share On facebook Add to Del.cio.us RSS Feed Add to Technorati Favorites Stumble It! Mixx It! Buzz It Up! Post To MySpace

 
3 Comments

Posted in Administration, Applications, System Tools

 

Ubuntu Tweak: The Ultimate Tweaker For Ubuntu

24 Jan

Ubuntu is considered as one of the most user-friendly Linux distributions  available today. But still, there are some hidden functions and settings that will improve your Ubuntu experience to a great extent. Though you don’t need a third-party program to unlock them, you just need Ubuntu Tweak. It will save a lot of time of yours as this application gives you a UI to control and configure your system settings yourself. Ubuntu Tweak makes it easy to change hidden system and desktop settings. Unfortunately, it is only for GNOME desktop environment. This is still under heavy development and a very good utility for Ubuntu users. Tweak is more or less like Ubun-student but a bit more stable and reliable with lesser bugs.But this application is also going heavy development, so watch for updates and latest releases regularly. It was basically build for the new Ubuntu users to help them getting a experience. We recon this a must have for your Ubuntu Desktop and we are sure that it will improve the usability of your Ubuntu desktop significantly.

Changes OverView:

  • Support of Ubuntu 9.04 and before DROPPED.
  • Use all native icon in UI.
  • Migrate from policykit to policykit-1, no C code any more.
  • Support dynamic-module, only load module what desktop supports.
  • Redesign the sidebar and titlebar.

New Features :

  • Application Center: improve from Add/Remove, supports online data sync.
  • Add the option to disable user list in gdm.
  • Add indicator-session dialog control.
  • Improve the computer page, add “Change Hostname” feature.
    Source Center: improve from Third-Party Source, supports online data sync.
  • Add the menu and button icon options to gnome settings. – Add the show desktop icon again.
  • Update Manager: a simple but more human-readable update manager.

Read the rest of this entry »

Digg It! Tweet It Share On facebook Share On facebook Add to Del.cio.us RSS Feed Add to Technorati Favorites Stumble It! Mixx It! Buzz It Up! Post To MySpace

 
7 Comments

Posted in Administration, Applications, Preferences, System Tools

 

Ubuntu Studio 9.10: The Multimedia ToolKit

05 Jan

Ubuntu Studio:  is a multimedia editing/creation derivative of Ubuntu. It is built for audio, video and graphic enthusiasts or professionals. But as it is free and open-source, everyone is free to use. It is an officially recognized derivative of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, which is explicitly modified for general multimedia production. The original version, based on Ubuntu 7.04, was released on May 10, 2007. The main aim was to assemble suites of applications aimed at creative people. Suites including the best open-source applications like Graphic design and modeling applications i.e. GIMP and Inkscape . Blender, Kino, and Stopmotion etc are included for video creation; and Audacity, BEAST, Fluidsynth etc. for audio.

studio

Features

The Real-time kernel was introduced first in Ubuntu Studio 8.04 which was modified for intensive audio, video or graphics work later on. The scheduler allows applications to request immediate CPU time, which can reduce audio latency to a great extent improving PC performance while performing tough jobs. The 8.10(Intrepid Ibex) release lacks this real-time kernel, but it has been re-implemented in the 9.04(Jaunty Jackalope) release, and stabilized with the release of Ubuntu studio 9.10(Karmic Koala).Ubuntu studio offers a lot of programs that can be used for Graphics editing , audio and Video editing at par. These include GIMP, Audacity, Inkscape , Hydrogen, Kino and many more. Ubuntu Studio also includes custom artwork and a blue-on-black theme, as compared to Ubuntu’s default brown and orange. It gives a fresh new look to your desktop. It is available in both 32 and 64 bit versions.

Those who don’t wanna go into history books what it simply does is to provide you with most impressive Open source tools for your Multimedia  requirements like sound video and graphics.

Download:-

Ubuntu Studio 9.10

HTTP Torrent (x86 Intel)

HTTP Torrent (x64 AMD)

Ubuntu Studio 9.04

HTTP Torrent (x86 Intel)

HTTP Torrent (x64 AMD)

For more ,visit here.

Read the rest of this entry »

Digg It! Tweet It Share On facebook Share On facebook Add to Del.cio.us RSS Feed Add to Technorati Favorites Stumble It! Mixx It! Buzz It Up! Post To MySpace

 
11 Comments

Posted in Internet, Sound & Video