Archive for the ‘Multimedia’ Category

How to share your music collection with your Mac using buddies

Posted by Rom Feria on January 1st, 2008 under Multimedia • No Comments

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…

More Audio Editors for Linux

Posted by Rom Feria on November 30th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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 cove…

Skype 2.0 on Asus Eee PC

Posted by Rom Feria on November 24th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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 usi…

Installing Sofa

Posted by Rom Feria on November 24th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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…

How to use your iPhone on Linux

Posted by Rom Feria on October 7th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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…

JAD Project releases JackLab version 1.0

Posted by Rom Feria on September 22nd, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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.

How to speed up Amarok

Posted by Rom Feria on September 22nd, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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 back-e…

How to install Xara Xtreme

Posted by Rom Feria on September 15th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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 i…

How to make your webcam work on Linux

Posted by Rom Feria on September 8th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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 sc…

How to get Apple’s Photo Booth effects on Linux

Posted by Rom Feria on August 23rd, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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 applicatio…