Archive for the ‘Open Source’ Category

This is in no way a sanction for piracy. Just rip your DVD collection for personal use only, not for distribution. Big Brother is looking… Anyway, HandBrake is one hell of an open source application, converting your DVD to MP4 or MKV with AAC and H.264 to boot. HandBrake for Windows requires .NET 2.0 or [...]

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Here's one reason the Linux distros are getting momentum with respect to security updates a la Windows Update, and one more reason to adopting Linux desktop. The Ksplice Uptrack is a subscription service that lets you apply 100% of the important kernel security updates released by your Linux vendor without rebooting. Users of Ubuntu and [...]

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Ubuntu Linux is getting popular these days, and Mark Shuttleworth’s goal to fix the Microsoft dominance bug is inching closer every day. Yet the realization of toppling Microsoft may be a tall order because you have to disturb the ecosystem that Microsoft has built over the years. It’s not that Microsoft is evil per se [...]