Archive for the ‘applications’ Category
Monday, April 7th, 2008
I was looking for something to help me manage my movies collection. Ubuntu comes with many collection manager applications. In this post I will talk about three of them.
GCstar
Predecessor of Gcfilms which is not developed any more. GCstar is not just a movie manager. Basically it is a collection manager ...
Posted in Free Software, Linux, Ubuntu, applications | 1 Comment »
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Translating movie subtitles is my new hobby. I had no previous knowledge of what subtitles are, how they are embedded in a DVD movie, how to rip them off, how to create new subtitles, and then finally how to prepare a DVD with translated subtitles that could be played on ...
Posted in Linux, Ubuntu, applications | 8 Comments »
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Ok so you have installed Ubuntu and loved the pretty and easy Gnome interface, now what? May be you are thinking, that this Ubuntu is just another operating system. It is indeed just another operating system. But, this one is a Debian Linux based operating system. Sooner or later you ...
Posted in Debian, Free Software, Gnome, Tips, Ubuntu, applications | No Comments »
Sunday, April 1st, 2007
I have uninstalled Open Office from my Ubuntu because I have found web based Office tools to be more reliable. I am talking about Google Docs & Spreadsheets. Using such a web based tool instead of a fully featured super sophisticated Office suite has many benefits.
My documents are accessible from ...
Posted in Google, Google Office, Open Office, applications | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
After disliking camera phones and people using camera phones for a long long time, I finally gave up and bought myself one. I am totally in love with my new camera phone. I love it for making things so easier. I can plugin my phone and share pictures and videos ...
Posted in Dapper, Gnome, Linux, Ubuntu, applications | 4 Comments »