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GNU/DOS 2006 SR1 includes VIM 7.0

GNU/DOS 2006 SR1 has been released with Vim 7, the much talked new release of Vi IMproved. For your information, GNU/DOS is a distribution of FreeDOS operating system. The project aims to provide a complete DOS-like operating system bundled with GNU software and developers tools (DJGPP gcc), while retaining the classic DOS feel.

GNU/DOS is built on FreeDOS project which has the objective of providing a free DOS operating system that is compatible with MS-DOS 3.3. GNU/DOS works on old hardware and emulator and can run DOS games with ease.

In addition to DOS 3.3 compatibility, GNU/DOS (via FreeDOS) also supports LFN (Long File Name) and FAT32 partitions and Large Disk Support which normally unsupported under MS-DOS without 3rd party application.

Those who are interested in trying out GNU/DOS (with Vim 7 and gcc) can download it from its project page : http://www.pikecountycomputer.com/gnudos/

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Docvert – Web Service software that converts MS Word files to OpenDocument (odf)

Like the title said, Docvert is a webservice software designed to convert Microsoft Word document files (*.doc) to OASIS OpenDocument format (*.odt). It uses a simple REST-style interface, and it’s released under the LGPL.

OpenDocument requires PHP 5.0 with ZLIB, XSL and GD extension with OpenOffice 2.0 or Abiword with OpenDocument export plugin. You might also need libwmf0.2-7+ and librsvg2-2+, to convert WMF and SVG files.

docvert

Finally, Docvert is easy to integrate into other project as it use a simple REST-style interface. This means that you can host Docvert webservice software and provide a service to convert Microsoft Word documents file to OpenDocument whether for free or otherwise.

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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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Sugar Rationing in Kedah

I just realise today that sugar rationing has taken effect in Alor Star when today I was only allowed to buy a maximum of one kilogram of sugar from my local shop. This is due to the lack of sugar supply in Kedah/Perlis area.

Hope the situation will be resolved by the time my sugar stock rans out.

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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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Cheap Domain name @ 2.99 and hard disk failure

Some of my files on my other hosting company has suffered hardware failures and they lost my accounts, well a couple of my “one-off” website are totally gone, along with some of the files that i mirrored there. Luckily I’ve transfered most of my files/work and this blog to Interunix, back a couple of week a go.

It seems that I’m not the only one who has suffered from hard disk failure, hope that you will recover soon Liew.

By the way, you can get cheap domain name @ USD2.99 from unixdomains.com, grab it quick while stock last :p, I’ve bought a couple of domain names at that price too…