Popular open source video transcoder project HandBrake saw a new release this week with a boatload of new features, changes, and improvements. Many of version 0.9.4's changes optimize the application for better picture quality and performance while others make using the tool to rip DVDs a much friendlier experience.
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Battery improvements in kde plasma 4.4
The battery applet in KDE Plasma 4.4 has gotten some nice improvements. First of all, I wasn’t really happy with the layout of its popup dialog. It looked messy and didn’t scale well with bigger fonts. During Tokamak3 in September, I started improving this.
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Manage your bibliographic database with Bibus
If you are a student, teacher, writer, or anyone who has a need for a bibligraphy then you need to do yourself a favor and make use of a bibliographic manager.
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The Legend of Edgar 0.41
The Legend of Edgar has been updated to 0.41. Changes include the fixing of the Golem Boss, the Library map and arrows not falling through the lift after the first Maggot encounter.
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How to setup NetworkManager work with pppoe connection on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
When Ubuntu 9.10 releases, pppoe connection via NetworkManager is impossible because some bug in it so to fix this we will install network manager from daily network manager trunk ppa.
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GNU Octave is getting faster
GNU Octave "is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations". GNU Octave 2.x, although very useful, used to be slow. What about now, when there is Octave 3.2?
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Linux Mint 8 “Helena” released
The team is proud to announce the stable release of Linux Mint 8 Helena. The 8th release of Linux Mint comes with numerous bug fixes and a lot of improvements. In particular Linux Mint 8 comes with support for OEM installs and a brand new Upload Manager.
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5 of the Best Free and Open Source CD/DVD Writing Software for Linux
Most of us still rely on CD/DVD writing software applications for file backup, data transfer and distribution, and for ripping audio and video content among other things.If you are using Linux, there are plenty of optical disc-authoring programs to choose from. Here are some of those that I like...
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KDE community shifts branding as KOffice 2.1 debuts
The KDE community has modified its product branding and expanded its focus beyond the KDE Linux desktop to support a wider range of open source projects, says eWEEK.. Meanwhile, the community has released Version 2.1 of KDE's KOffice suite, featuring improved OpenDocument support and KWord enhancements.
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Ubuntu fixes Karmic kernel-mode-setting graphics bug for Intel chips
Somewhere between the debut of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala for those into animal names) and today, the developers/maintainers/overlords of what many consider the leading Linux distribution have fixed the dreaded "kernel mode setting bug" that rendered the X Window system on many computers using Intel video hardware unusable until kernel mode setting was turned off.
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The Ubuntu Desktop Consumer Product
Is the direction of Ubuntu gearing it’s self for simple consumer grade computing? A clue is in the recent planned removal of Gimp from the Lucid CD.
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Mandriva releases USB FLash drive Linux distribution
Linux developer Mandriva has updated its operating-system-on-a-stick with the release of Mandriva Flash 2010, which includes a bootable version of the software on a USB Flash drive.
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KDE Gets a Ubuntu One Frontend
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Handbrake 0.9.4
Handbrake 0.9.4 is released. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.
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An Update Of What Is To Come With KRunner In KDE SC 4.4
With the next version of KDE SC to be released early next year, KRunner, one of KDE SC’s most powerful feature since v4.0, is getting some major updates. The hard feature freeze for KDE SC 4.4 is already done. So, in this article, we shall look at some changes.
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