Author Archives: anuradha.shukla

Gimp Tutorials

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GAP is a collection of GIMP plugins that make it possible to create animations as sequences of single frames. The result can be saved as animated GIF, AVI or MPEG file (external libraries are used for this). Now GAP 2.6.0 … Continue reading

AWOKEN ICONSET 2,3 RELEASED!! Added Full support to Unity-Oneiric icons | PPA Ubuntu

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Few days ago, AWOKEN ICONSET 2.3 was  released, the new verion did bring a full support to Unity-Oneiric icons, improved Gnome-Shell integration, new Icons for Libre Office, added ppa for Oneiric and more.   g

Ubuntu Linux to play game-changer when it debuts on tablets, smartphones and Smart TVs

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The ongoing Ubuntu Developer Summit at FL, today became the platform on which Mark Shuttleworth, announced that Ubuntu Linux will soon be available across all smart devices – Smartphones, tablets and smart TVs. Mark Shuttleworth as founder of Canonical, the … Continue reading

Linux From Scratch (LFS) 7.0 has been released!

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Linux From Scratch (LFS) 7.0 has been released, according to the announcement, this release includes numerous changes to LFS 6.8, including updates to Linux kernel 3.1, GCC 4.6.1 and glibc 2.14.1. A somewhat major change was made in this version … Continue reading

Trollers now say 'Game Over' for Linux. What do you say?

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At the centre of storm in the world of Linux is a post by Mike Gualtieri in his Forrester blog on the proliferation of Mobiles and the death of Linux post by Mike Gualtieri in his Forrester blog on the … Continue reading

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop to now become Extended LTS

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As Ubuntu passes another milestone, it has a brief but spectacular rise, in seven years, to becoming one of the most popular and well-supported open source software globally. With more than 15 releases since 2004, Ubuntu has grown rapidly to … Continue reading

Here is more fun with Worms Hedgewars

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If you have been a big fan of computer games, then you will be familiar with that marvelous game, called Worms, which released in 1995. This was a great single-player game, which supported multiple players as one team of worms … Continue reading

The month that was for Browsers- in September

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The month of September has been quite an eventful period for Browsers this year. First  two of the leading browsers released their latest versions- Google’s Chrome 14 and Mozilla’s FireFox 7.0, on Sept 15.  The surprise of the month, however, … Continue reading

Chinese Windows with Ubuntu: Putting Apple in Orange Skin

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There are many Chinese consumers who are unable to pay for the cost of a legal copy of MS Windows XP. So now they have an easy (and legal) way out. A clone of Windows that actually runs on Ubuntu! … Continue reading

Ubuntu One Finally gets a Windows Client for Cloud Storage

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Canonical has finally launched its long awaited Windows client, giving Ubuntu users a simple way to share their files hosted on the cloud service of their company. As the Windows client emerges among users, it answers to a questioned weakness … Continue reading