As an experiment I decided to build Media PC based on Linux. First of all I was wondering, how much did the Linux distributions evolve in the past few years (I’ve used Linux since a few years only on servers). The second thing is, I was fascinated by quite new, miniaturized hardware solutions based on [...]

I was catching up on some feeds yesterday, and this piece of news caught my eye – Amarok 2.1 released. Being a long time Amarok fan ( heck Amarok itself was catalyst to make me use my SUSE 10.0 use full time) – I read the article with great interest. Amarok 2 users would know [...]

It is that time of the year again, along with the beginning of the spring, yet another release of Ubuntu 9.04 codenamed Jaunty Jackalope is coming shortly to a server near you. As the beta version was released couple of weeks ago, I decided to have a quick look and see what can be expected [...]

Ubuntu 8.10 has been installed on my computer for over two weeks now. The tests began with beta version through RC and finished with the final release today. Usually I do not install test versions, however, favourable opinions of my friends convinced me it was worth trying. I have to admit, I am not disappointed [...]

There are only two months left for the new Ubuntu release to appear. I’ve decided to check out what is it that the Ubuntu developers have been preparing for us. Yet again, there are no huge, revolutionary changes, but some of them are really interesting. I’ve decided to write a few words about them.

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

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 [...]

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but no one has ever thought about how much an animation could be worth If you really want to examine it yourself, you can try to work with screencasts. Recording them in Ubuntu is really simple. However, making a technically advanced screencast can be [...]