Linux Multimedia Software
LMMS 0.4.0 has been released!
LMMS is a free software multi-platform is currently available version 0.4 for GNU / Linux systems and also for Micorsoft (unfortunately).
It 'an alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio ®, making it possible to produce music with your computer. This includes the creation of melodies and beat, synthesis and mixing of sounds, and organization of samples.
You can use MIDI keyboards and more, all in a user-friendly and modern.
Here are the features:
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Theora 1.0, the alternative to DivX
Who does not know today what is and what they are DivX movies / series / videos in DivX? perhaps by being the first format that provided a compression rate much more favorable, by that time the best quality codec / size MPEG-2 has been imposed in the encoding of multimedia files and for having occurred. But to this day has come Theora to version 1.0, and is a great alternative to it.
Xiph.org Foundation today announced the departure of the public version 1.0 of its video codec Theora with the promise that a commendable quality along with a reduced consumption of CPU utilization and perhaps the most important point is that it requires no No license to use whatever device or software you use.
Theora is being distributed under the BSD license and Xiph.org aims to become a standard for HTML 5. Xiph.org already launched in their day-free audio format OGG, also free, and with a rate of compression / audio quality far superior to the almighty MP3.
New server for the X Window System
One of the engineers, Red Hat, Kristian Høgsberg, he began to write a new server "iksów for Linux. The aim is to create software that might meet today's needs and to eliminate unnecessary code, which nazbiera? by more than a decade in X. Org and is now only unnecessary ballast.
Entertainer 0.2 RC available
Entertainer is a very interesting application that allows the transformation of home PC operating system based on Linux in true Mediacenter.
The program is currently available in version 0.2, although this is not tantamount to the fact that its functionality is minimal as you can see from reading his opportunities. Entertainer has been written in Python and can be successfully used in such an environment like GNOME graphical or XFce. Mediacenter also use the same applications such as GStreamer, SQLite, and pyIMDBb inotify.
Flash Player 10 ready for Linux
For the first time Adobe plug-in for Web animation comes immediately to the first free operating system. A matter of marketing?
Adobe releases the final version of Flash Player 10, the plug-in for Web animations most popular among Internet users and charts, and this time makes it immediately available for the Linux version. (as always, downloadable "to free" to the download page of Adobe).
How to install Google Earth on Ubuntu
Some people who use ubuntu, could not know that Google Earth, exists in Ubuntu version!
Here is a simple "HowTo" to install it:
- Download Google Earth for Linux
- GoogleEarthLinux.bin saved on your Desktop
- Open the terminal and enter these commands in sequence:
cd Desktop
chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Mono 2.0: free version. NET
After many months of hard work, today it has filed Mono 2.0, the new version of this platform that allows you to run applications developed in. NET on different operating systems, like Linux or Mac OS X. Thus, developers are not just limited to Windows, is available only system where the official platform of Microsoft.
Obviously, the list of changes introduced in this version is kilometer, but what stands out most is the implementation of a range of basic APIs paramilitary many applications. Among them is the media. NET 2.0, of ADO.NET 2.0, for access to databases, for ASP.NET 2.0, for creating Web applications or for Windows.Forms 2.0, which includes the management of windows.
Amarok2 Beta 2 Released
The team of Amarok, in a brief break from the frenetic marathon programming that lead to the final version, is really pleased to offer Nujalik, the beta 2 Amarok 2.0. This version shows a substantial list of news compared to the beta 1 and nearly all the components of Amarok have received attention from us. Many bugs and crashes have been fixed and some new functionality was introduced. Since Amarok 2.0 is close to the issue, we found a significant increase in contributions in the form of patches and bug reports. This has catapulted the pace of development at rates never seen before! Help us to improve Amarok 2.0 conducting tests, reporting bugs and helping with patches.
The most significant change in this version is the shift from a SQLite-embedded MySQL database engine. MySQL-embedded allows us to leverage sull'incremento performance of a MySQL configuration, preventing further non-trivial configurations that derives from a standalone server. In addition, we can use a standalone server MySQL in the future, if you will, although this is not yet possible. More distinctly, you will notice an increase in performance scanning of the collection and research, especially with very large music collections. Since there are technical complications inherent in the proper development of MySQL, we recommend you use a package of official distribution because we are working closely with the creators of packages to ensure the fewest problems. For information on how to build Amarok with MySQL-embedded, visit, edit and help to update our wiki page.
TV on your PC with Livestation is reality
Livestation is a fantastic program that allows us to see the TV directly on our PC.
Indeed, through its attractive interface, once downloaded and installed, we can see in our pc monitor streams video broadcast from major television broadcasters in the world.
Livestation is in fact multi platform can be used on Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
As for the Linux version is running on Ubuntu, openSUSE and Fedora 9 as the site Journal.
Prefers and prefers Nvidia graphics cards and requires 3D acceleration active.
To put to the test is, of course, must download the track from this address.
Super Grub Disk 0.9745
In Fent Linux I find that is now available a new version of Super Grub Disk, specifically 0.9745.
This application can save us headaches as their primary purpose is to restore power Grub if you've had a problem and you can not boot your PC.
Among the main features of DGS are:
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