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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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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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…

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…

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…

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…