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Linux App Finder – Helps you find GNU/Linux apps for you

Have you been in this situation where you need to do something under GNU/Linux like ripping audio cd but don’t know the name of applications to use?

Then Linux App Finder might have the answer for you! The website lists Linux applications sorted in category according to its functionality. The list is frequently updated with new applications and new version information.

The Motivation

The author of the website started this project because he had problem of finding good programs to accomplish some of the same tasks he was already doing before he switched from Windows to Linux. So, he created Linux App Finder to help others to find suitable Linux applications to accomplish day-to-day task.

Helping the website

Linux App Finder is a nice project that can help people to find free and open source applications to accomplish tasks in free operating system. If you know of a good program that is not in Linux App Finder database, then you can send them the name and website of the program to be included in the website.

That’s all for now folks…

Visit : Linux App Finder

Linux App Finder
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Burn DVD video using any video files (avi, mpg, etc) under Linux

Last week, I was thinking of burning my collections of avi (xvid encoded) files into DVD, but the problem is I don’t know how to do it under GNU/Linux and what kind of tools that I need (if any exists).

Fortunately, I found a nice well written article about converting video files to DVD format using open source tool at Linux.com. The task is accomplished by using Mplayer, mencoder and dvdauthor, which is common in various GNU/Linux distributions.

Enjoy the article ! – Convert any video file to DVD
with open source tools

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Linux Laptop that cost $100

$100 laptop, sounds crazy, but it’s feasible to get one. Enter One Laptop per Child, non-profit association dedicated to research to develop a $100 laptop. It’s objective is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves.

Although at first glance, it seems like impossible to build a $100 laptop, the project persist on using readily available cheap materials and rationalised that laptops nowadays are bloated with redundant features.

The project has made significant achievement when its first generation prototype boots GNU/Linux complete with full working desktop. The second generation design is in plan and will use a more power-efficient integrated Geode-based AMD chip.

Here’s the hardware specification for building $100 laptop : Harware specifications

Kinda remind me of Steve Wozniak and his first Apple I computer.

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Introducing Debian From Scratch (DFS)

You may have heard about Linux From Scratch, a project dedicated for those who wants to build their own GNU/Linux operating system from scratch.

But now let’s hear from Debian From Scratch (DFS) , based on Debian GNU/Linux operating system. Though not exactly related to Linux From Scratch project, DFS is a full rescue CD capable of working with all major filesystems, LVM, software RAID, and even compiling a new kernel.

DFS has full recovery tools ranging from filesystem utilities for all major filesystems, partition editors, text editors, full networking support, CD/DVD burning tools and many more.

DFS also includes a set of tools that enable you to generate your own customised rescue CD based on DFS. Debian From Scratch is maintained by John Goerzen and can be downloaded from it’s official website : http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/html/dfs.html

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Freespire – a community driven Linux distro from Linspire


Back few days ago, Linspire (formerly known as Lindows) has announced Freespire, a no-cost version of Linspire’s Linux distribution. According to them, Freespire will be a community-driven distribution, that will allow users to download a complete free and open source operating system, or the one that includes proprietary software.

However this is not the first time the idea of “Freespire” surfaced. Last year, a LiveCD called “Freespire” was distributed on the internet. That particular “Freespire” however was created by Andrew Betts based on source code from Linspire. These has created confusion among the users, and the project has changed it name to SquiggleOS before it went out of development recently.

The official beta release of Freespire from Linspire is scheduled to be available somewhere around August 2006. The screenshot of Freespire operating can be seen at the Freespire official website at http://freespire.org

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Multi Distro – Get 9 Different Linux distro in a CD

Having a GNU/Linux distro in DVD is nice, having one in business card cd is better. But having 9 different GNU/Linux distro in a single 700MB CD top it all!

Yes, you read it right, Multi Distro is a compilation of several live, bootable, distributions. It’s based on R.I.P. It uses GRUB, as bootloader. It goes in one, 700MB CD. GPL license.

Currently Multi Distro is made of Slax, GeexBOX, DamnSmallLinux, INSERT, R.I.P., Mpentoo, Olive, Grafpup, Limp and a memory tester. You can download Multi Distro from it’s website here : http://multidistro.tlm-project.org/

Multi Distro is made possible by booting several different Linux distro using GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB). The project maintainer has shared information on how to make your own Multi Distro
here