Linux Tips and Tricks
Switching to Linux might also mean saying goodbye to some of your favorite software, if that software is not available for the Linux OS, but it is good to know that in such cases there is often an equivalent application, with the same functionality with the one you left behind, so you just have to learn and adapt to this new product(easier said than done). More»
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Cheese is a simple open source, Linux, webcam application that can help you take snapshots and video. Written as part of Google’s 2007 Summer of Code, Cheese is almost a carbon copy of Mac OS X’s Photobooth.
Cheese has as its foundation, the well known open source GStreamer library and GTK. Cheese gives an added value your webcams as most webcams don’t even have to be configured. You just need to attach your old USB webcams, kick-off the intuitive GUI picture/video taker. More»
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Many think that setting up a local Web Server is costly, and can be done by professionals only. It is not true. Nowadays it easy to setup one yourself, without spending a dime and without any headache. Why would a non professional or blogger need a Web Server? You can test new WordPress themes, plugins, and try to find solutions to issues before loading them on your main Server. More»
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If you suddenly need an FTP client, maybe your friend needs a hand, and you don’t have your usb key with one of those portable FTP clients on it, then you’ll certainly go searching Google for one. Fortunately there are many out there, starting from Filezilla, the most renowned Open Source FTP client, to others like FireFTP – an extension of the Mozilla Firefox browser.
With these two free FTP clients, you’ll certainly have to go through the time consuming installation process; with AnyClient – a browser based FTP client, you just need to visit the web page to get started; provided you have Java installed on your Linux box. You can save your sites profile and revisit it later.
AnyClient is free and supports FTP, FTPS, SFTP and WebDAV clients. If you find it optimal, then download the free, installable version available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux/Solaris platforms.
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What could be the easiest way to move files and directories from our Desktop, to the Terminal – – Dragbox (could be the answer). Even though one can directly drag and drop lines from a webpage or files from the desktop directly on the Terminal, Dragbox can be used as a clipboard to momentarily keep text strings, or a list of files before dropping them into the Terminal to carry-out an operation.
This project is still in its initial phase, version 0.3.0, and certainly has bugs, but it runs well on Gnome Desktops and has a good margin for improvement.
Dragbox is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Via [Linux.com]
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