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GEM — a GUI for DOS(Box)

[ Wednesday, 2 July 2008, Raptou ]
We are already familiar with DOS, and its emulator DosBOX. The time has come to make DosBOX communicate in a more user-friendly way. » Post Purchase:  Text Link | more » | one comment »

Ndiswrapper in Slackware

[ Saturday, 28 June 2008, asperczwielun ]
The following article is about using a HP-530 laptop with Slackware-12.1 and Lantech wireless router with WEP encryption. It can be used as a general tutorial for configuring your WiFi manually in Linux. » Post Purchase:  Text Link | more » | no comments »

KDE 4.1: The Annoyances

[ Tuesday, 24 June 2008, Bastion ]
Only one month is left before KDE 4.1 is announced. That’s why I thought it’s a good occasion to perform yet another visual changelog (rev 823000). Today’s article will be a bit different than the previous ones since I’m going to focus on the biggest annoyances of KDE 4.1 from my personal perspective In […] | more » | comments (18) »

DOSBox, part II: standalone DOS apps on desktop

[ Wednesday, 18 June 2008, Raptou ]
In this article I describe how to make your own packages containing autonomous DOS programs for Windows or Mac OS X using DOSBox. » Post Purchase:  Text Link | more » | comments (5) »

Processing RAW files in Linux

[ Sunday, 15 June 2008, michalrz ]
In this article I’m going to show the benefits of storing the photos in RAW “format”. I’ll be also decribing GNU/Linux tools that can help you with processing such images. » Post Purchase:  Text Link | more » | one comment »

Three UK 3G USB modem in Ubuntu Linux

[ Wednesday, 11 June 2008, michuk ]
I have recently bought a Huawei E220 HSDPA access device (or a so-called “3G modem”) from Three UK. In this article I’ll share with you my experiences of using it in Ubuntu Linux distribution. And don’t worry, it works just fine » Post Purchase:  Text Link | more » | comments (12) »

Screencasts in Ubuntu, part 2: FFmpeg

[ Saturday, 7 June 2008, Marcin Seredyński ]
I had an ambitious plan to have a perfect knowledge of ffmpeg as well as possible. I have to admit that getting the most of this program is out of my reach at the moment. That’s why a little disclaimer is necessary; I’m not an expert in video transcoding, but I will show my personal […] | more » | comments (3) »

Desktop Environments: The Past and The Future

[ Thursday, 5 June 2008, Keyto ]
Ergonomics is the scientific discipline concerned with designing according to the human needs, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance. (Wikipedia) » Post Purchase:  Text Link | more » | comments (16) »