PhoroLinux

Instantbird is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you connect to all your different IM accounts. It supports AIM, MSN, Gadu-Gadu, QQ, Google Talk, XMPP, ICQ, Yahoo!, and so on. Instantbird is based on Mozilla technologies and Pidgin libpurple library. Here’s how to run it on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. [Read more →]

The second alpha release of openSUSE 11.0 is now out. This version brings Kernel 2.6.24, GNOME 2.21.90, KDE 4.0.1, OpenOffice.org 2.4 Beta, Alsa 1.0.16rc2, D-Bus 1.2rc2, and much more. You can download openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2 at here. Screenshots provided below. [Read more →]

With Referencer, you can manage your collection of documents and a variety of reference files. In addition, you can also generate a BibTeX file through Referencer. Referencer is available for GNOME desktop environment. [Read more →]

Movie Thumbnailer is a nifty Bash script. With Movie Thumbnailer, you can take screenshots of a movie. [Read more →]

If you’re looking for free open-source disk encryption software, TrueCrypt is worth trying out. TrueCrypt supports Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X platform. With TrueCrypt, you can encrypt an entire hard disk partition. In addition, you can also create a virtual encrypted disk and mount it. [Read more →]

A wonderful Gnome theme, includes: Metacity theme and GTK2 theme. Thanks lassekongo83! [Read more →]

Unix for the Beginning Mage is a very great book. If you are Linux newbie, I recommend you read the book. This book teaches the very basics to learning the Unix and Linux command line by using spells and mages as metaphors. You can download the book in PDF format for free. If you like the book, you can also purchase a hardcopy of the book through lulu.com. [Read more →]

Dreamlinux is a Brazilian distribution based on Debian and Morphix. Recently, the second beta release of Dreamlinux 3.0 has been released. This release includes Linux Kernel 2.6.23, GNOME 2.20.2, Xfce 4.4.2, OpenOffice.org, Gimpshop, Inkscape, Iceweasel, Thunderbird, gFTP, MPlayer, Rhythmbox, Brasero, etc. [Read more →]

Wixi is a desktop wiki application. This software is written in python and wxpython. It supports multi-platform, includes: Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. With Wixi, you can manage knowledge, take notes, record ideas and so on. [Read more →]

I’ve installed openSUSE 11.0 Alpha1. This is an early alpha version, includes: new look of the Installer, KDE 4.0.0, NetworkManager 0.7, CUPS 1.3.5, Pulseaudio, etc. For more information, go here. The following are some screenshots of openSUSE 11.0 Alpha1. [Read more →]