I know still do not know if I should be glad angry about the beginning of Appifikation or Ubuntu. On the one hand, it's always good when software is easy to install in an operating system, on the other hand, it is questionable in my eyes, if Ubuntu needs a market for any meaningful free mini-apps. Read the rest of this entry »

A few weeks ago I was in the context of “why I like Foobar” Blog caudicle shown how you can easily download from totem out subtitles to movies and series. I find the function pretty awesome because it can save you a lot of steps. However, not everyone uses totem, so I'm happy to have found the blog of Emanuele Rocca a subtitle downloader for VLC. Read the rest of this entry »

The LUG Landau has asked me for their Linux Info Day in Landau 29.10.2011 advertising a bit to do what I do naturally happy. While it is in the area of ​​Karlsruhe, Landau, Neustadt to do in the murky probably have nothing to Saturday, so please have a look 10 to 18 clock in the Kronstr. 38 over. Read the rest of this entry »

As some of you may know, I am responsible for the blog search engine Wikio the open source category. Much work is not, I will send once a month a list of new URLs to blog about free and open source software to Wikio. The guys / gals take the blogs in its database and then create a ranking among other month. Read the rest of this entry »

Has Even after years of Linux, with me – so I must confess to my shame – no preference for the text editor Vim set. Anyone who can deal with this editor will tell you that you could work with Vim so much better and faster. But to me to learn the operation, costing me too much effort. Somehow I want to have to read a book to use a text editor. Read the rest of this entry »

Buyer of the former Humble bundles will surely have already found the corresponding mail in your mail box. The Humble Bundle comes in again for another round! This time it is again a special “bundle” because you can only buy one game Frozen Synapse. But who pays more than the current Average, who gets the games of Frozenbyte bundles on top for free. Read the rest of this entry »

A little tip for those who already have GNOME3 and therefore Nautilus 3.x GNOME3 team from the PPA or directly, for example, installed on Ubuntu Oneiric out of the system. Currently the Dropbox extension has not been adjusted for Nautilus third This means that the synchronization of data in the background while working, but we see neither the synchronization status on the icons to the icons, even the pop-up menu with the Dropbox typical dialogues is extended, then ultimately the functionality of Dropbox also appreciable restriction. Read the rest of this entry »

Where did you get for your knowledge of the terminal and its commands? From books? HOWTOs? Wikis? commandlinefu.com? Or did you just “rounders” looked over his shoulder. With me it's somehow a little bit of everything, but mostly it was “learning by doing”. A very clever Another alternative may be to play directions on term, there are too many issues recorded eye “Terminal films,” which may be viewed in the browser, as if the declarant would be next to a sitting position. Read the rest of this entry »

Earlier I have already brought the news that the very popular task management miracle List now available for Linux. I finally had some time now I watch the program closely. List wonders for Linux can be downloaded from the homepage of the first operator. The program is offered in binary form, although the source code is under GPL and can be downloaded from GitHub. Read the rest of this entry »

Blog 6Wunderkinder released today that it now wonders list is also available as native Linux application. Apparently the application is not properly deal with a proxy, so I limit myself to date only to the pure message. List of Linux can be wonder of the homepage in a 32 – to download and a 64-bit version. Read the rest of this entry »