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June 22, 2009 admin

Crontab Code Generator

JSL Crontab Generator is a GUI application that can be used to create new crontab entries easily. Its a Javascript application – so it will run from your browser – there is no download/install involved. This was created as a demo for my JSL Javascript Library.

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June 19, 2009 admin

Top 4 Terminal GUI Applications

Terminal GUI Apps? Does sound oxymoronic doesn’t it? Well, there are GUI apps in the terminal – and here is a tribute to ones that I find most useful…

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May 21, 2009 admin

Slow Scrolling in Firefox in Pages With Fixed Backgrounds

I have a unique problem with my firefox – and as far as I know I am the only one who has this issue. Firefox is very slow to scroll pages that has a fixed background image. Ajaxian is an example of such a site. This problem exists in all profiles of Firefox(not a extension issue) – but it works without any issue in other browsers – like Konqueror. Does anyone else have this issue?

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January 15, 2009 admin

XOSL Boot Loader: An Alternate for GRUB

If you have a dual boot system, most of you will be using GRUB as the boot loader – since its the default boot loader. A smaller number will be using LILO – an older software. I use neither – I choose XOSL – or eXtended Operating System Loader as my primary boot loader.

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October 21, 2008 admin

WFTL Bytes

WFTL Bytes “your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show” is a video podcast by Marcel Gagné. Go see it – it is Good – Good with a capital ‘G’. WFTL Bytes does for Linux what Zero Punctuation does for gaming.

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October 7, 2008 admin

Creating Custom Service Menus in Konqueror

f you are using Konqueror and have not used custom service menus, you are missing out. Just like the Nautilus Scripts in Nautilus, Konqueror also has the ability to customize the context menus. This post will show you how to do it

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September 18, 2008 admin

SMPlayer – Linux Video Player

SMPlayer is a front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. It is the most configurable video player in linux – and my favorite.

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September 13, 2008 admin

Adding Support for almost All Video Formats/Codecs in Linux

There is an over abundance of video formats right now – fortunately, our favorite OS, Linux, is capable of handling all of them. But some video formats are not supported ‘out-of-the-box’ – in such cases, we have to install the necessary codecs. This guide will show you how install the codecs for just about every video format under the sun.

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August 7, 2008 admin

Creating a Screencast in Linux

A tutorial that explains how to create screencasts in Linux using RecordMyDesktop application.

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July 1, 2008 admin

Firefox 3 Review

I have been a Firefox 3 user from day 1. So I thought it might be a good time to

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