Thursday, December 29, 2011

About Linux: VNC Remote Desktops

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From Juergen Haas, your Guide to Linux
Setting up persistent remote desktop sessions on Linux is quite simple can be very useful. Let's review how to do this using VNC (Virtual Network Computing).

VNC Remote Desktops
VNC is a remote display system that enables you to start a desktop environment on one machine and access it from other computers through an Internet connection. You can set up persistent desktops which will be maintained while you disconnect, so you can continue working exactly where you left off when you re-connect... Read more

Be Creative With Ubuntu Studio
Ubuntu Studio has been updated and is now based on Ubuntu 11.10. This distro is tailored to meet the requirements of creative applications that involve audio, video, or graphics processing. It makes it easy for new users to get up to speed on GNU/Linux multi-media software, and makes less well-known applications readily available... Read more

The Awk Command
With the GNU/Linux awk command you can quickly and easily analyze and process tables from the command line. It offers powerful methods for parsing text files, in particular data files that are organized by lines (rows) and columns... Read more



 


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Thursday, December 22, 2011

About Linux: Amarok Updated

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From Juergen Haas, your Guide to Linux
Reverting a two number versioning scheme, the developers of Amarok have released version 2.5, a big feature release with significant usability improvements and new functionality. Amarok is one of the top music players.

Amarok 2.5
The latest release of the popular music player Amarok for the Linux desktop KDE brings GPodder.net integration for accessing podcasts, addition of an Amazon MP3 store, and more convenient ways to create and manage playlists... Read more

Blender 2.61 with Motion Tracking Support
Blender now supports motion tracking for reconstructing camera and object animation from video footage. A new Movie Clip editor enables loading video, point tracking, and motion reconstruction...Read more

Explore the Stars with Stellarium and Celestia
Now the planets of our solar system and the stars of our galaxy are more noticeable than during other times of the year. If you are struggling to recognize and name the various constellations, you may want to get some help from software applications like... Read more



 


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Thursday, December 15, 2011

About Linux: Red Hat - The Distro That Means Business

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Red Hat has established a reputation for providing a robust, industrial strength Linux distribution. It is widely used by companies to run large mission critical business applications. Red Hat itself is one of the most successful commercial organizations based on an Open Source product.

Red Hat Linux 6.2
The open source OS developer Red Hat has released version 6.2 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The update delivers improvements in file system performance, availability, and identity management... Read more

CentOS 6.1
The CentOS team has released version 6.1 of the Ret Hat Enterprise Linux based distro CentOS, which can be downloaded free of charge. CentOS is a good choice for people who like to run a Red Hat compatible system without having to pay the subscription fee... Read more

Synfig Version 0.63.03
Synfig is a free vector-based 2D animation program that you can use to produce feature-film quality animation. One of its key functionalities is automatic "tweening", meaning that it generates intermediate frames that are required to produce the illusion of smooth, fluid motion... Read more



 


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Thursday, December 8, 2011

About Linux: Ultimate Edition 3.0

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The developers of the Ubuntu based Linux distribution Ultimate Edition have done an excellent job creating a free and open alternative to MS Window. Version 3.0 of this distro including the Gamers edition is now available.

Ultimate Edition Gamers 3.0
The latest release of Ultimate Edition Gamers is based on the "lite" edition of the Ultimate Edition Linux distribution to allow room for more games. More than 30 games are pre-installed and emulators provide compatibility for thousands more... Read more

X-Plane Version 10
X-Plane is one of the most advanced flight simulator software packages for personal computers and includes complete scenery of the planets Earth and Mars. X-Plane creates a realistic flight model by computing the forces that act upon each part of the aircraft... Read more

Simulate Linux on Windows with Cygwin
Sometimes you have to use Microsoft Windows, but still want to have access to Linux's handy scripting and editing tools. In that case Cygwin might be the right tool... Read more



 


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