Archive for the ‘Ubuntu’ Category
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Ubuntu Story is a new web site promoting Ubuntu by sharing the stories of people who use Ubuntu as their operating system. The web site has a beautiful design that highlights the key benefits of using Ubuntu Linux. These key benefits are:
Flexibility
Speed
Simplicity
Appearance
Stability
Freedom
Security
Community
Most user stories revolve around these benefits. They ...
Posted in Ubuntu, activism, community | No Comments »
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 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 ...
Posted in Firefox, Hardy, Linux, Ubuntu | 6 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Debian, GNU, Grub, Linux, Tips, Ubuntu | 2 Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Grub is the GRand Unified Bootloader that comes as the default boot loader in most modern linux ditributions including all flavors of Ubuntu. In easy words it is the software that shows you the operating systems you have installed on your computer and allows you to choose one when you ...
Posted in GNU, Grub, Ubuntu, Windows | No Comments »
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Recently I had to format my entire hard disk and re-install Microsoft Windows XP and Ubuntu once again. Despite the usual headaches of such a painful procedure, I feel that it was kind of a good learning experience. First of all I had to backup all my important data. Since ...
Posted in Ubuntu, Windows | 4 Comments »
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 »