Telecurs
July 11, 2008 at 8:00 pm | In Downloads, reviews | Leave a CommentTags: Downloads, gnome, gnulinux, opensource
Telecurs (teleport cursor) is a utility to automatically move the mouse cursor to a tab or button in a standard dialog box. After the dialog closes, the cursor can be moved back to its original position.
Streaming Stats
July 8, 2008 at 3:55 pm | In Downloads, reviews | Leave a CommentTags: Downloads, gnome, linux, reviews
Streaming Stats is a freeware RSS desktop reader for news, sports, live cricket and football scores it keeps you informed by streaming live information directly to your desktop. Detailed English Premier League and Champions League live stories, news and scores are streamed in whenever you have Streaming Stats open. Add to this the News and Sports feeds of your choice and the somewhat amusing Odd News feed and Streaming Stats has you covered for all your News and Sports data.
Swapper
July 6, 2008 at 1:21 pm | In Development, Downloads, Politics, linux, reviews | Leave a CommentTags: Development, Downloads, gnome, linux, opensource
Swapper is fast and secure software for privately swapping music, photos and videos with your friends. Using advanced P2P, caching and compression techniques, Swapper lets you share media quickly through a simple, easy to use interface. Swapper automatically compresses your media when sending and securely caches the files. As a result, your transfers are up to 100 times faster – or just instantaneous when resending something that’s already been swapped. All communications in Swapper are encrypted and password protected. What happens in Swapper stays in Swapper. No registration necessary since you can use your existing AOL, Google, MSN or Yahoo ID to authenticate.
Flipping the Linux switch: New users guide to the terminal
July 4, 2008 at 9:14 am | In Development, Downloads, linux, reviews | Leave a CommentTags: Development, gnome, gnu, linux, opensource, reviews
The command line. It strikes fear in the hearts of many a new Linux user. They open their terminals reluctantly, and there the prompt sits, with the cursor blinking in rhythm with their racing hearts. What does that blinking cursor want? It’s expecting something… It wants something…
All right, so maybe it’s not horror movie material.
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Ekiga 2.0+
July 4, 2008 at 9:00 am | In Development, Downloads, reviews | Leave a CommentTags: Development, Downloads, gnome, gnulinux, open source
Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an Open Source VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME. Ekiga uses both the H.323 and SIP protocols, it supports many audio and video codecs, and is interoperable with other SIP compliant software and also with Microsoft NetMeeting.
Shortcut Key Explorer 1.0
June 29, 2008 at 9:16 pm | In Downloads, reviews | Leave a CommentTags: gnome, gnulinux, kde, monitor
If you have ever created a Windows shortcut you have seen the option on the Shortcut Tab called “Shortcut Key”. This Shortcut key allows you to type a keyboard shortcut that you can press to start a program in Windows. However, there is no easy way to view and manage these shortcut keys. We created Shortcut Key Explorer to help you manage the list of shortcut keys you have loaded on your computer. Simply run Shortcut Key Explorer and it will automatically load the existing shortcut keys and display them in an easy to read list. From this list you can double-click on any item and edit the properties of the Windows shortcut. This is great for troubleshooting duplicate shortcut keys or shortcut keys you did not even know existed.
PCLinuxOS GNOME Review (Part 3)
June 20, 2008 at 12:44 pm | In Downloads, reviews | Leave a CommentTags: gnome, linux, opensource, reviews
Desktop Usability. This release of PCLinuxOS has had some interesting turns along the way. For instance, the use of a different networking applet than the one typically found with most GNOME desktop installations. Setting it up as net_applet, it appears to be a Mandriva thing, as I have never heard of it personally. And bear in mind that I have used nearly everything out there related to connecting to the Web on most popular distributions.
Another interesting piece is how Java VM was already installed. This means I did not have to do anything to get Java installed onto the system. I verified this by using a Java test page. Wait, it gets weirder. I was also surprised to see that Flash was also installed. A bit unusual from my own experience, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless. And then we have something else that Ubuntu Gutsy, among other distros, does not offer.
While I’m certainly not seen as a purist in any sense of the word, I’m when it comes to restricted formats like MP3. I use OGG, period. So, for me, having MP3 access would only serve me well for listening to various podcasts that opt to not provide me with an easy way to subscribe to the OGG Vorbis option.
And finally, we have what on any level is the final draw – playing a WMV video. I was dumbfounded – the video played without any problem. Nothing was downloaded (that I know of) and it played without a single hitch.
PCLinuxOS GNOME Review
June 20, 2008 at 12:36 pm | In Uncategorized | Leave a CommentTags: gnome, gnulinux, kde, linux, opensource, review, reviews
Review) – Everyone is familiar with PCLinuxOS by now. And most of us have preconceived thoughts and opinions on this Linux distribution. And yet, I could not get my head around the attraction of this distro over Ubuntu, Simply Mepis, Linux Mint, Freespire or any other beginner-friendly Linux release. I mean, yes, PCLinuxOS is very polished and attractive. It takes the best that Mandriva has to offer and then adds to it with features its developers felt like were lacking in Mandriva itself.
So, in this article, I opted to take a look at the GNOME release of PCLinuxOS so I could see how much of a difference another desktop over KDE can make.
Running LiveCD. One thing to appreciate about PCLinuxOS from the beginner’s perspective is the care put into their first run wizard. Important features listed below are addressed immediately.
Right off the bat, like most distros, you are asked to select your keyboard setup.
Also like other distros, time zone selection is provided right away. Unfortunately, rather than taking a cleaner approach, PCLinuxOS has me scrolling up and down endlessly for my closest time zone – this is fairly irritating. At least syncing up your local time from other servers is easy and painless.
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