Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category

Video Collection Managers

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 ...

Whats New in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (Beta)

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Today I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Beta version. There are several new things in this upcoming Ubuntu version. First of all it is a long term support version, which means that if you install it you will receive support and updates for up to three years and ...

Installing Debian From Ubuntu or any other GNU/Linux

Monday, March 24th, 2008

This post is about how to install Debian GNU Linux from your hard disk, with the help of your Ubuntu GNU Linux operating system and without using CDrom, floppy, or any other removeable media. I have tried a few Linux distros and of course Microsoft Windows and I can say confidently ...

Ubuntu Linux: Subtitles, Video Editing and DVD Authoring

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 ...

Excited about KDE 4.0

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Just a few days ago the KDE 4.0 was announced. It seems that everyone was already excited about KDE 4.0. People using Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy can try KDE 4.0. Ubuntu Geek has an explained version of the same intstructions here. Tombuntu has ten tips for KDE 4.0 Beginners and patchshorts ...

Using Terminal to Shutdown Processes

Friday, September 7th, 2007

XFCE does not come with a system monitor utility like the one I had in Gnome. I used the utility to kill unresponsive processes. So how do we kill unresponsive programs using the terminal? To understand how Linux handles processes and how you can control them read this great article ...

Troubleshooting Volume and Sound Card Configuration in Debian

Monday, May 7th, 2007

I had a problem with gnome-volume-control. It didn't save my volume control settings and displayed a mute sign on every startup. While trying to solve this issue, I did something (I don't remember what it was) that totally messed my sound configuration and now gnome-volume-control stopped working at all. Today ...