After installing the Alpha 3 of Ubuntu/Kubuntu, it’s very possible that other operating systems on your pc are not recognized in the Grub boot menu. To fix this, open a terminal and type: sudo update-grub2 and hit enter. Upon the next reboot, all other operating systems should be in the list.
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VLC media player 1.0.1
VideoLAN is an excellent multimedia player with it’s own plugins for playing different formats, so it doesn’t need any codecs to be installed. It works great for previewing partially downloaded files too as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
VLC media player 1.0.0
VideoLAN is an excellent multimedia player with it’s own plugins for playing different formats, so it doesn’t need any codecs to be installed. It works great for previewing partially downloaded files too as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
Mozilla Firefox 3.5
Firefox is an open source browser for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. After a whole series of betas and release candidates, the final is out! Performance enhances, support for open audio and video protocols, privacy controls and location aware browsing are among the changes. You can read the press release here. >> Mozilla website… Continue reading Mozilla Firefox 3.5
Pidgin 2.5.8
Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr. Pidgin can be extended using plugins.
FileZilla 3.2.5
FileZilla is powerful Open Source FTP/SFTP client with many features. It includes a site manager to store all your connection details and logins as well as an Explorer style interface that shows the local and remote folders and can be customized independently. The program offers support for firewalls and proxy connections as well as SSL… Continue reading FileZilla 3.2.5
Songbird 1.2.0
Songbird is a music player built from Firefox’s browser engine. It is open source and runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Songbird plays the media web. Play MP3s without leaving the page. Songbird views Web pages as dynamic playlists to play, save, download or subscribe to. Songbird plays your music too with all… Continue reading Songbird 1.2.0
Soulseek 157 NS 13e
Soulseek is a unique ad-free, spyware free, and just plain free file sharing application. One of the things that makes Soulseek unique is the community-related features. Based on peer-to-peer technology, virtual rooms allow you to meet people with the same interests, share information, and chat freely using real-time messages in public or private. Soulseek, with… Continue reading Soulseek 157 NS 13e
Paint.NET 3.5 alpha builds are live
After several months, a new series of alpha builds are available for the upcoming 3.5 version. Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. Download… Continue reading Paint.NET 3.5 alpha builds are live
My mobile phones: past and present
Well, the most recent ones only (from left to right): Samsung D900, Nokia 6300, Sony Ericsson T700. There’s no real use in posting about my Nokia 3310. Three phones, spanning over a period of three years, all two of them in perfect working order. I like my phones slim and slick, with a decent camera.… Continue reading My mobile phones: past and present