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by Rom Feria on October 14, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Nicolas Loran Google just upgraded its photo editor, Picasa, to version 3. This new version brings the following new features: Sync Picasa 3 with Picasa Web AlbumsNew...
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The Blender 3D open source community is highlighting the power of their software by producing Apricot, an open source Blender game. By the looks of the various sample videos (see one below), it shows...
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When I wrote about music players available on Linux, a reader commented about Banshee. I decided to check it out now that version 1.0 is already out. Banshee is a like an open-sourced iTunes player....
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Not too long ago, I featured two entries, "Linux Video Editing" and "State of Video Editing", on video editing in Linux. Today, I feature another one that I just recently...
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I have been a Flickr user for a long time already and I have gigabytes of images hosted there, some of which I have uploaded directly from my mobile phone (no local copies). I have thought of...
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by Rom Feria on March 19, 2008
by Sebastian Bergmann I have been playing with the beta version of Skype for Linux on the Asus Eee PC before and I must say that it is stable and awesome. Video support is a welcome addition to this...
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by Rom Feria on March 19, 2008
We all know that YouTube and other popular video-sites use Flash as their multimedia file format. Whilst Adobe provides versions of their flash player for Linux, the player is in no way open source....
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by Rom Feria on January 12, 2008
Back in 2006, I wished for a Linux port of Google's Picasa for photo editing and sharing. Google answered my prayer and gave us a Linux port. Whilst it is not entirely a native Linux application...
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by Rom Feria on January 01, 2008
Not too long ago, I featured Elisa, the open source media center that connects to iTunes shared libraries. This time, we feature Firefly, previously known as mt-daapd, the media server that allows you...
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by Rom Feria on November 30, 2007
I have mentioned several audio editors available on our favorite platform but OnLamp.com's John Littler introduces three more (I have mentioned Audacity several times already) that I have not...
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by Rom Feria on November 24, 2007
Skype just released a beta of version 2.0 of its voice-over-IP client for Linux. One of the most requested feature has been included, i.e., video support. Now Linux users can do video conferencing...
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by Rom Feria on November 24, 2007
One of Apple's popular Mac OS X feature is called Front Row. This is some sort of a controller for all your computer's multi-media content. What makes it even more interesting is the bundling...
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by Rom Feria on October 07, 2007
Not too long ago, I wrote about how you can install Quicktime on Linux via WINE and if I remember correctly, I said that I prefer iTunes 7.3 instead. Well, it did not take that long before iTunes 7.3...
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by Rom Feria on September 22, 2007
The JackLab Audio Distribution Project (JAD Project), an OpenSUSE-based Linux distribution geared towards musicians, producers and and media creators, just released its first version to the public....
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by Rom Feria on September 22, 2007
Amarok is one of the more popular music players on Linux. By default, it uses SQLite to manage its database of songs and playlists. However, there is a way to speed it up by using full database...
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by Rom Feria on September 15, 2007
What is Xara Xtreme? Xara Xtreme for Linux is a powerful, general purpose graphics program for Unix platforms including Linux, FreeBSD and (in development) OS-X. Formely (sic) known as Xara LX, it is...
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by Rom Feria on September 08, 2007
Getting the webcam to work on Linux is one of the challenges that I faced when I was configuring a desktop linux installation. (Having an old webcam did not help either) Just like any Linux geek, I...
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by Rom Feria on August 23, 2007
Apple's Mac OS X comes with a fun utility called Photo Booth. It is a tool that allows you to capture photos and apply different filters to it. Whilst the "usefulness" of this...
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by Rom Feria on August 18, 2007
It is one thing to connect your digital camera and download it on Linux. It is another to manage and share it with family and friends. However, when it comes to printing, Linux is really not as good...
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by Rom Feria on August 11, 2007
If you have a gazillion photos hosted on Flickr.com, then this might be a nifty idea for you - how would you like to have your Flickr photos automagically display as your desktop wallpaper? Well,...
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by Rom Feria on August 11, 2007
Quicktime is an Apple multi-media tool that is available only on Mac and Windows platform. Yeah, bummer that they do not have a version for Linux. However, you can do away with Quicktime by using...
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Everyone must have heard of Flickr at least once. If you haven't, which rock were you living under? :) Anyway, the main photo upload tool used for Flickr is its browser-based photo uploader....
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Linux.com's Dmitri Popov presents KeyJnote, "a program that displays presentation slides." Simply put, it is a souped up slideshow app instead of a presentation tool since it lacks the...
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If you are a TV addict like me, I am sure that you have been looking for the best way to maximize your Linux box and add another feature, personal video recording. I have been meaning to do this......
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