GPicView is a simple and fast image viewer for X. It is extremely lightweight and fast with low memory usage. Furthermore, GPicView is only used pure GTK+. It doesn’t require any specific desktop environment. This program is very suitable for default image viewer of desktop system.
Entries from October 2007
GPicView — A Simple and Fast Image Viewer
October 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Mandriva Linux 2008 Screenshots
October 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments
A few days ago, Mandriva released Mandriva Linux 2008. This release includes Linux Kernel 2.6.22, X.org 7.2, KDE 3.5.7, GNOME 2.20.0, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6, OpenOffice.org 2.2.1 and so on. In addition, Mandriva Linux 2008 also includes Compiz Fusion, Metisse, new network management tool, and Windows documents and settings migration tool. The following are some screenshots […]
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Create An Avatar with MeMaker
October 10th, 2007 · No Comments
MeMaker is a nifty little program. With MeMaker, you can create an avatar of your liking. MeMaker is easy to use, you only need to select face, hair, eyes, mouth, ears and so on. Then MeMaker will automatically place them together. This program is very funny.
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Linkage — A Lightweight GTK+ BitTorrent Client
October 9th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Linkage is a lightweight BitTorrent client for Linux, created using C++. It based on libtorrent and uses the GTK+ toolkit (through gtkmm). The user interface of Linkage is very similar to µTorrent. If you’re looking for native GTK+ BitTorrent client on Linux, I suggest you try this program.
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How To Display RSS Feeds on Your Ubuntu Desktop
October 8th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I installed the latest version of Conky (1.4.7) on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon. To my surprise, Conky can now download and parse RSS feeds. That’s really very cool. The following steps will show you how to display RSS feeds on your Ubuntu desktop.
Control Music Players from the GNOME Panel with Music Applet
October 7th, 2007 · No Comments
Music Applet is really useful GNOME panel applet. With Music Applet, you can control various music players from the GNOME panel. Currently, Music Applet supports Banshee, Exaile, MPD, Muine, Quod Libet, Rhythmbox and XMMS/XMMS2.
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Installing VirtualBox OSE on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
October 6th, 2007 · 31 Comments
VirtualBox is a powerful virtual machine software. The VirtualBox OSE is open source edition of VirtualBox. It is functionally equivalent to the full VirtualBox, except for a few features that primarily target enterprise customers. Currently, VirtualBox OSE was already in the Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon repositories.
How To Install Non-free Multimedia Codecs on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
October 5th, 2007 · 9 Comments
Want to watch movies, play DVDs and listen musics on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon? You always need to install non-free multimedia codecs. For example, commonly known as w32codecs. To install them on Ubuntu, that’s very simple.
Installing Skype 1.4 on Debian/Ubuntu
October 5th, 2007 · No Comments
Version 1.4.0.118 of Skype for Linux has been released. This release is a final edition. It’s not only improved voice call quality, but also added some new features. This post shows how you can install the latest version of Skype on Debian or Ubuntu.
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openSUSE 10.3 Screenshots
October 3rd, 2007 · 4 Comments
I’ve installed openSUSE 10.3 GNOME Edition. It includes Linux Kernel 2.6.22, GNOME 2.20, Compiz Fusion 0.54, OpenOffice.org 2.3, GIMP 2.2.17, Firefox 2.0.0.6, Pidgin 2.1.1, and so on. The following are some screenshots of openSUSE 10.3. You can download openSUSE 10.3 from here.
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