Archive for the ‘Multimedia’ Category

How to print pretty pictures

Posted by Rom Feria on August 18th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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 a…

Using Flickr photos as wallpaper on Ubuntu

Posted by Rom Feria on August 11th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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, look…

How to install Quicktime on Linux

Posted by Rom Feria on August 11th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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 othe…

Flickr uploaders for Linux

Posted by Rom Feria on June 6th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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. Whils…

Alternative Presentation Tools

Posted by Rom Feria on June 6th, 2007 under Multimedia • No Comments

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 &…

How to install MythDora

Posted by Rom Feria on May 31st, 2007 under Devices, Entertainment, Multimedia • No Comments

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 but I…

Awesome animations using Synfig

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

What is Synfig? It's website defines it as "a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D Animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality 2D anima…