Jun
5
Take screenshots on Ubuntu with Shutter
June 5, 2009 | By: Vadim Peretokin | 8 Comments
Posted in Applications
Prelude: Why write about a screenshot tool?
It is a mistake to think that only “big” things (supported hardware, multimedia codecs, office applications and data conversion) matter when you want to successfully switch to an alternative operating system. For true happinessTM, the small things are as, or even more, important – the things that make your [...]
May
21
Top 10 Linux Video Applications – NOT!
May 21, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 6 Comments
Posted in Applications, Experiences
I recently read a Digg post “10 Free Apps that Turn your Ubuntu into a Video Studio” and it annoyed the heck out of me! Maybe I’m being too critical, but I don’t see 10 top video applications in Linux (I’m an Ubuntu user). In fact, I don’t even see ten productive, functional, Linux based [...]
Mar
24
Building a Web Developer / Designer PC Using Ubuntu Linux – Revisited
March 24, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On
This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Building a Web Developer / Designer PCRecently I posted “Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux” and received a few messages asking what other tools I use. To save me time with answering email messages that essentially contain the [...]
Mar
16
Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux
March 16, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 11 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On
This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Building a Web Developer / Designer PCFor those of you who follow my other blog, you’ll know that my last Windows PC had a major failure again. You can read some of the specifics in the “When Disaster Strikes – Again” post. At that point [...]
May
23
Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box – Part 2 of 2
May 23, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Applications, Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
Earlier this month, I posted Part 1 of “Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box” where the issue of being able to load different environments to test web site development was discussed. In this post (Part 2), I’ve received all the hardware (Shuttle SN68SG2) and am happy to note that the unit is [...]

