Fedora 8 will ship with Codec Buddy by default, providing users with a simple click-through GUI for enabling playback of various kinds of media.
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Choosing a Desktop for GNU/Linux
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Unlike Windows or OS X, where the desktop and the window manager -- the program that controls how programs open -- are fixed, in GNU/Linux, you have dozens of choices for a graphical interface, each one with its own look, tradition, and utilities.
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Ubuntu vs OpenSUSE
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The latest version of both Ubuntu (7.10) and OpenSUSE (10.3) got released in a very short time span. Both are excellent distributions and perform normal tasks very well. Here is a comparison between the two.
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Free Software that helps you take control of your mobile phone
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Imagine coming home from work and instead of plugging your phone to a wall where it will just dully wait to be recharged, plug it to your computer via USB and make a few phone calls, send a few SMS messages or tidy up your phone book all by using your computer keyboard and mouse, rather than that tiny phone keypad!
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Itty-bitty, teeny-weeny Linux PCs
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Analysis -- Over at our sister site LinuxDevices, we're always looking at small, embedded-Linux systems. While reviewing Freespire recently on a Mini koobox, an Apple Mini-sized system, I began to wonder, Just how small do full-featured, Linux-powered PCs come?
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SourceForge heads from one-stop shop to Mega-market
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SourceForge to launch new open source services marketplace.
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GIMP tricks: Liquid rescaling by example
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Have you ever taken a picture which would be just great only if you could remove that strange unwanted object that showed up in the middle of nowhere and now kills the whole effect? Or perhaps you just want to get rid of your ex-girlfriend and keep the photo with a fantastic landscape alone? Whatever your secret plans are, GIMP Liquid rescale plugin is there for you. Just use it!
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How to get the Micro$oft out of your Windows XP computer in a couple easy steps!
How to Backup Firefox?
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"I have been getting several e-mails in this month wanting to know my suggestions and tips on what the best way is to backup your Firefox install..."
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Installing LAMP Server Using TASKEL (desktop edition)
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This is to help people install LAMP(LINUX-APACHE-MYSQL-PHP) server in ubuntu(if u use the desktop edition,not for server edition).There are many ways in installing LAMP in a desktop edition. now lets see them.
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Linux kernel drivers
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This is a list of hardware that does not have support on Linux and needs Linux kernel drivers written for them.
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Learn and teach geometry and algebra with GeoGebra
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GeoGebra, a GPL-licensed teaching and learning tool that integrates geometry, algebra, and calculus, benefits both teachers and students alike. Developed by Markus Hohenwarter at Florida Atlantic University, GeoGebra constructs geometrical figures and demonstrates the relationship between geometry and algebra.
Read more »Basic Linux Tips and Tricks, Part 3
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Part 1 of this article provided the general background a reader needs to solve problems with Linux. Part 2 of this article discussed the process of solving Linux problems. In this final part of a three-part series, we'll step through a real-world example of solving a Linux problem.
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How to fix your computer's graphics with dpkg-reconfigure
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There is always a time when your GNU/Linux machine's screen output stops working. Maybe it's displaying garbage to your monitor instead of Gnome or KDE. Or maybe it's displaying 640x480 resolution with 8 colors instead of 1280x1024 with 24 colors. Actually, this will happen with Windows as well. But unlike Windows, GNU/Linux provides a handy tool to fix it.
Read more »Kopete: the KDE instant messenger
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How to connect to virtually any instant messenger network using Kopete
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