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PlexyDesk Transforms Your Desktop Background With Useful Widgets

by Farshad on September 06, 2011

Linux

PlexyDesk is an open source desktop extension for Windows, Mac and Linux based operating systems which transforms the look of the desktop and allows adding QML based widgets. It is not to be mistaken for a desktop environment like KDE or Gnome. Instead, it renders the desktop workspace and allows you to organize it. Currently, it provides a clock widget, photo frame, and file browser on the main sand allows adding extra widgets via drag and drop, which can further change the look and feel of your desktop. Read More

Google Music Frame Brings Google Music To Ubuntu System Tray Sound Menu

by Farshad on August 31, 2011

Linux

A few weeks back we covered Google Music Manager for Linux, which helps users upload songs to the Google Music web service. Unfortunately, Google Music does not currently provide a desktop application to stream music from Google Music. Having said that, 3rd party efforts have already begun to integrate Google Music features with the desktop environment for different operating systems. Google Music Frame is an Ubuntu application which adds Google Music options within the Ubuntu Sound Menu to control your music collection. So far it looks like a perfect Google Music integration in Ubuntu. It also provides NotifyOSD (bubble messages) notifications for currently playing album or song. Read More

Scribes Is Ubuntu Text Editor With 70+ Programming Language Support

by Farshad on August 26, 2011

Linux

Scribes is an open source text editor for Linux based operating systems which has been designed to streamline the workflow of developers. It automates common and repetitive operations by providing hotkey support for indentation, paragraph management, line, word/paragraph selection, option to toggle letter cases, etc. Scribes supports more than 70 programming languages, inlcuding, HTML, Java XML, PHP, SQL, VB.Net, SH, RPM Spec, Python, Prolog, Perl,Pascal, Ruby, gtk-dic, FCL, Open GL Shading Language, C, C# and so on. Other features include, support for remote editing via FTP, SFTP, SSH, Samba, WebDav, automatic word correction, completion and pairing, document switcher, automatic indentation and a skinable interface. Read More

Edit, Merge And Split Subtitles In Ubuntu With Gnome Subtitles

by Farshad on August 26, 2011

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Gnome Subtitles is a subtitle editing application for Ubuntu Linux which makes subtitles file editing, splitting and merging processes a lot easier. It provides the option to add a reaction delay for the start and end time of the subtitles while you can also increase or decrease the subtitle duration. Gnome Subtitiles supports most commonly used formats including SRT, MacSUB, ViPlay Subtitle File, SubViewer, SubCreator, Panimator, MPSub, AQ Title and lot more. Gnome Subtitles is great for adding, removing and merging subtitle lines, increasing or reducing the time duration of specific subtitles file and manually translating subtitles in other languages. Read More

Ubuntu’s Baobab (Disk Usage Analyzer) Shows Graphical Tree Map Of Directories

by Farshad on August 25, 2011

Linux

Disk usage is one of the primary concerns for Linux users as many Linux distributions come with a large amount of applications, many of which you might never use. Moreover, many directories and subfolders can end up consuming a large chunk of your disk space and it becoms difficult to identify folders consuming the most disk usage. Boabab Disk Usage Analyzer is a GUI based application which comes with Ubuntu distributions to analyze disk space utilization. It is designed for the Gnome based desktop environment and for this reason is also available for a number of other Linux distributions. It can scan the whole file system tree and selected folders to display information about the disk used by specific directories. The disk usage analysis can be performed for both local and remote computers. The disk usage information can be viewed in the colored ring or tree charts. Since some users may find the subfolder structure display and disk analysis a bit confusing to understand using Baobab, for this reason, we are providing you with a complete overview of Baobab (Disk Usage Analyzer) to help you identify unwanted folders which may be eating up your disk space. Read More

dupeGuru ME – Find & Removes Duplicate Songs by Tags, Audio Content

by Farshad on August 23, 2011

dupe Guru is a cross-platform application which efficiently finds duplicate files on a computer according to file name and file's content. The developers behind dupeGuru have recently launched a new application called dupeGuru ME (Music Edition), which is designed to specifically identify duplicate music files from a very large collection of songs. It scans for not just duplicate songs but can also be configured to locate songs having duplicate tags or meta information within your music directories. Like the standard dupeGuru application, dupeGuru ME also has versions available for Windows, Mac and Linux based operating systems. dupeGuru ME identifies duplicate content using similar words, regular expressions, file content, etc and supports MP3, WMA, AAC (iTunes format), OGG, FLAC, loss-less AAC and loss-less WMA formats. Read More

eMount Creates And Mounts Encrypted Disk Images & Partitions In Ubuntu

by Farshad on August 23, 2011

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eMount is an open source Linux application to create, mount, encrypt and manage disk images and to create encrypted system partitions. The plain or encrpyted disk images can be created from the following supported formats, ext2, ext3, ext4, FAT-16, FAT-32, HFS, HFS+, NTFS, ReiserFS and XFS. When creating an encrypted volume, you can password protect it by entering a pass phrase or by importing a text file. Disk images (plain or encrypted) can be mounted using eMount to access your data. eMount also supports enlarging disk images from ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS and XFS formats. Other than physical disk images, you can also mount ISO images to view and manage the content. Read More

DiffMerge Can Compare 2 Files / Folders And Merge 3 Files Into One

by Usman Javaid on August 22, 2011

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Comparing two folders with all underlying files and sub-folders require opening them side by side to tally items found in both folders but when you’re dealing with, apparently, identical folders, finding out differences becomes not only mind numbing but time wasting as well. Similarly, data and source code files with small differences can’t be identified manually. If you’re looking for a powerful file and folder comparison tool which offers comprehensive list of file/folder tools to differentiate updates, changes and differences, try out DiffMerge. It’s a cross-platform application, available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux based operating systems. Read More

PeaZip – Compress & Extract Archives (All Formats) In Windows & Ubuntu

by Farshad on August 19, 2011

PeaZip is an open source application for Windows and Linux to create and extract multiple compressed archives simultaneously. Once you have installed PeaZip, you will no longer require installing another standalone compression program to extract or compress archives. It is not just a cross-platform application, but also supports compression across formats which are normally associated with operating system (e.g. .GZ for Linux). PeaZip provides full support for the following formats: 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, *PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, and ZIP, whereas, “extraction only” support is available for ACE, ARJ, CAB, CHM, Java (JAR, EAR, WAR), Linux (DEB, PET/PUP, RPM, SLP), Mac (DMG/HFS), PAK/PK3/PK4, RAR, UDF, WIM and lot more. Read More

Rotate Wallpaper, Take Screenshots And Capture Webcam With Wallch

by Farshad on August 17, 2011

Linux

We have previously covered a few Windows 7 style wallpaper changers for Ubuntu, which are, DesktopNova and Desktop Drapes. Just recently, I came across another wallpaper rotator for Ubuntu which has even better options. Wallch is a Wallpaper Changer for Linux based operating system of the Gnome desktop, which provides the additional option to take screenshots and to quickly grab a webcam image for keeping it as a desktop wallpaper. Read More

4shared Sync – Manage & Sync 4shared Uploads Across Multiple Platforms

by Usman Javaid on August 16, 2011

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4shared is a popular file sharing service that allows users to store, manage, and share files with others with a facility to search files by different parameters from huge 4shared public archive. If you’ve been uploading and managing your files from the website, 4shared Sync will help you easily add, remove upload, and organize your archives without having to login to 4shared website. With 4shared Sync, all you need to do is to enter your login details to view and sync your files across all 4shared Sync configured systems. Moreover, 4shared sync application is available for numerous OS platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Symbian, iOS, Blackberry and Android. Read More

grdesktop Is A Gnome Frontend For Remote Desktop Client (rdesktop)

by Farshad on August 16, 2011

Linux

Many network/system admins require a feature rich remote desktop client to perform their tasks efficiently, from remote locations. grdesktop is a Linux application which acts as a frontend for the rdesktop (a Gnome remote desktop client). grdesktop provides many similar options to the Windows Remote Desktop client, enabling you to save and manage several remote connection settings. It has the ability to connect with client systems on Windows Domain while letting users browse available Terminal servers connected in a network. Read More

How To Login As Root User In Ubuntu From Logon Screen [Tip]

by Farshad on August 16, 2011

Linux

Linux operating systems like Ubuntu do not allow logging in as root users due to security reasons. As an alternative users have to perform root actions (such as installing software) by using sudo commands. While it can be quite risky to login as root user, one may be willing to perform administrative functions in the GUI mode. In case you would like to login to Ubuntu using GUI, here is a small tip which will allow you to do just that. Read More

gm-notify Displays Gmail Notifications In Ubuntu With Bubble Messages

by Farshad on August 15, 2011

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gm-notify (Gmail Notifier) is a lightweight app-indicator for Ubuntu which integrates with the system tray to provide Gmail notifications. gm-notify is designed to utilize notify-osd and indicator-applet to deliver seamless integration and bubble message pop-ups. Hence, it works quite well for the newer versions of Ubuntu such as 10.10 and 11.04. What makes gm-notify better than other applications of its kind (such as the previously reviewed CheckGmail) is that it uses Canonical's notify-osd on-screen-display notification agent, with semi-transparent click-through bubbles. Notify OSD presents these notifications as ephemeral overlays, which can be clicked through to avoid obstruction during work. Read More

How To Customize Themes In Ubuntu Linux [Tip]

by Farshad on August 13, 2011

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Sometimes, one may download a custom Ubuntu theme which may not display buttons and menus properly for some applications (e.g. LibreOffice). This may be the case particularly for dark themes or the ones which may have the same color has an applications main interface. In this post we will provide you with a quick tip to resolve such issues by creating new themes. Read More

Install Linux Applications Without Root Privileges With Zero Install

by Farshad on August 13, 2011

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In Linux operating systems the Superuser (Root) is disabled by default. Since the Superuser has complete system wide privileges to make any kind of changes, it can be dangerous to keep it active. For example, you can end up messing up your computer by simply entering an incorrect command. For this reason, Linux users have limited privileges. By default, the Root account password is locked in Ubuntu. This means that you cannot login as Root directly or use a command to become the Root user. You can, however, run sudo to perform root tasks and to install applications. Zero Install makes it even easier to install applications for Linux users by allowing users to install applications without root privileges (superuser access). It provides centralized security, as Digital signatures are verified before a software is run. Zero Install is an open source application which also has versions for Windows, Mac and Unix. Programs and libraries in Zero Install are identified by URLs which anyone can create to publish software. Read More

AeroFS Offers Unlimited Cloud Storage, Serverless File Sync Using P2P

by Usman Javaid on August 11, 2011

Data Synchronization between PCs can certainly be achieved in endless ways. Users who need to sync data generally rely more on online data sync services like, Dropbox, SugarSync etc., instead of desktop data sync and backup tools which are designed to perform two-way incremental data synchronization between specified local locations and external storage mediums. The online cloud-based data sync services, however, provides a more convenient way to keep your data synced across all the configured PCs but there are 2 major factors which every online data sync service user has to keep in mind before saving files on cloud; data upload/transfer speed and total available space. Since cloud based data sync services use servers to respond to data send and receive requests, users have to check overall performance of different data backup/sync services before choosing one to upload their data. Apart from server response time, data security is something which can’t be underestimated. Therefore, one also needs to make sure that his/her cloud data storage privacy can never be breached. Read More

Convert PDF Files To HTML Format In Windows, Mac And Linux

by Farshad on August 11, 2011

pdftohtml is an open source application which converts files from the PDF (Portable Document Format) files to HTML file format. The conversion process is performed using CLI (Windows Command Line Interpreter). Since it does not have a GUI front end, you can perform the conversion process by specifying the path of the executable file and the PDF document. pdftohtml supports extracting images from the PDF document, complete document conversion and can also be run in debug mode. It is a cross-platform application which works on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Read More

Tweak Ubuntu Desktop Settings To Get Rid Of Common Annoyances

by Farshad on August 10, 2011

Linux

Many users who move to Ubuntu from other operating system find it hard to get rid of with common annoyances present in the Gnome desktop. For example, they end up removing their Gnome Panel, have problem updating the operating system and managing software sources. In this post we will provide you an easy way to manage your Gnome Settings to avoid common annoyances. Read More