Linux Tips and Tricks
MyPasswordSafe is free security software that serves as a sought of a single protecting gate-way to all your desktop and web applications. It offers a single file to store usernames and passwords, and encrypts this file using the Blowfish algorithm unto your computer, and passes them into your clipboard (the clipboard is a tool that is used for short-term storage of data as it is transferred between documents or applications, via copy and paste operations) without displaying them. MyPasswordSafe also generates random passwords and can be used on dual boot systems. More»
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LinHDD is a simple front-end utility that offers a graphical interface to several basic Linux Hard Disk tools like hdparm, cfdisk, df, and mkfs.
hdparm is a command line utility to set and view IDE hard disk hardware parameters, like the IDE read/write performance .
df (disk free) is used to display the amount of available disk space for filesystems
The mkfs command makes a new file system on a specified device while
cfdisk is a partition editor, used to view, add, delete, and alter hard-disk partitions.
With the help of the graphical interface that LinHDD offers you can obtain information, partition your hard disks and more without using the command-line and all its parameters and flags. More»
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Formally known as MediaFork, Handbrake is an open source, GPL- licensed, multi platform DVD to MPEG-4 converter. The most recent version, released 8 October, 2007 came out with many additional features. HandBrake 0.9.1 takes your DVDs and video sources like VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image , PAL or NTSC, AC-3 or MPEG audio tracks and and gives them back to you in major file formats like MP4, AVI, OGM and video formats like: the pro iPod MPEG-4 or H.264 and audio formats like : AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3. Its worth mentioning that the ripped files can be played by Zunes and many other devices.
For Linux platforms, this final release is available for download as source code.
Two free Web Applications that serve as efficient video encoders are Hey!Watch and VidDownloader
Hey!Watch converts video uploaded from your desktop as well video on sites into wide variety of formats like H264, MP4, WMV, DivX, HD Video, Mobile 3GP/MP4, iPod, Archos and PSP. Above 10MB of upload per month, the service becomes commercial.
VidDownloader could be used to make a save and personal copy of video found around the web. It picks-up video from streaming sites like YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo etc and converts them to playable video formats and it gives it back for download in the popular AVI format, thus compatible with DivX.
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Installing Azureus on Ubuntu 7.10
Many would have noticed that whilst trying to install the famous BitTorrent client, Azureus on Ubuntu 7.10 from a terminal, it hang up with the response
Aborted (core dumped) azureus
This issue occurs with other p2p clients like aMule-AdunanzA. The Ubuntu community for now uses a patch to fix this issue. All you need to do is install the .deb patch and it would lead you to the complete installation of Azureus.
Installing aMule AdunanzA
For aMule AdunanzA the same error occurs whilst trying to install the aMule AdunanzA with the Auto-Installer. The easiest way to turn around this issue is using the cvs downloadable from this Website.
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Linux games for now are not up to what we find on Windows or Apple neither are they up to what we find on Xbox or PlayStation. Nonetheless it is good to know that they are good Open Source or free games available for various Linux distributions.
Linux Journal came out with a rather interesting list of free games for Linux. I tried out three of these games and can say they are utmost and run well even on a moderate pentium III workstation. To enjoy these games, arm your PC with OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) . Try them out.
AstroMenace
Deadly Rooms of Death
War Zone 2100
The Battle for Wesnoth
Torcs
BZFlag
Sauerbraten
There are certainly many more games for Linux out there. Help me extend the list.
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