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5 Great opensource games for Linux

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

Here are 5 Nice opensource games for Linux , I installed the games on ubuntu and they did work fine, I liked more Supertux perhaps because is similar to super mario bros one my favorite games, the rest of the … Continue reading →

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Usefull extensions for openoffice

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source open software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. You can adjust openoffice to your needs by adding more … Continue reading →

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Enchance your Ubuntu Desktop with Screenlets

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

Screenlets are small owner-drawn applications (written in Python) that can be described as “the virtual representation of things lying/standing around on your desk”. Sticknotes, clocks, rulers, … the possibilities are endless. The goal of the Screenlets base-classes is to simplify … Continue reading →

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Enchance your vlc player with new skins

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player supporting most audio and video formats (H.264, Ogg, DivX, MKV, TS, MPEG-2, mp3, MPEG-4, aac, …) from files, physical media (DVDs, VCD, Audio-CD), TV capture cards and many network streaming protocols. … Continue reading →

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CPIO command to backup and restore in Linux

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The cpio command is one of the most commonly used Linux back up tools. The cpio command has two unusual features. Unlike tar , in which the files to back up are typed in as part of the command, cpio … Continue reading →

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Start your webcam in debian with camorama

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

Camorama is a GNOME 2 Webcam application featuring various image filters, it  allows you to view videos from your webcam and apply various image filters to it, and  can also upload images via ftp. This  methode  was  tested   under  debian … Continue reading →

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Basic commands, Part I: Compress and decompress files using rar, bzip, tarball(tar) and gunzip

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

This is a serie of lessons of “Basic Commands “ that focuses on command-line usage, in this serie you will learn the tools and tricks of the command line, which are in many cases faster, more powerfull, and more flexible … Continue reading →

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Basic commands,Part I: Compress and decompress files using rar, bzip, tarball(tar) and gunzip

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in linux command

This is a serie of lessons of “Basic Commands “ that focuses on command-line usage, in this serie you will learn the tools and tricks of the command line, which are in many cases faster, more powerfull, and more flexible … Continue reading →

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Howto : Install vlc 1.0.0 in ubuntu and fedora

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

VLC media player is an open source, free software media player written by the VideoLAN project. VLC is a portable multimedia player, encoder, and streamer supporting many audio and video codecs and file formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and … Continue reading →

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Use your ubuntu as a media center with Moovida

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

Moovida is what used to be called elisa,it is an open source cross-platform media center solution designed to be simple for people not particularly familiar with computers. By bringing together all your movies, TV shows, tunes and photos in one … Continue reading →

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