A download manager is a computer program designed to download files from the Internet,unlike a web browser, which is mainly intended to browse web pages on the World Wide Web (with file downloading being of secondary importance). Download Manager Features Pausing the downloading of large files.Resuming broken or paused downloads (especially for very large files).Downloading files on poor
Friday, March 27, 2009
Force-erasing a DVD+RW
Posted on 9:00 AM by Unknown
Actually, rather than calling it "force-erase" it's better off being called as trickery.From the Wikipedia article about DVD+RW,DVD+RW supports random write access, which means that data can be added and removed without erasing the whole disc and starting over (up to about 1000 times).While that 'add and remove without erasing the whole disc' thing sounds great, what if you want to erase the disc
Recording The Soundcard Output
Posted on 8:56 AM by Unknown
I have been looking for a couple of days for a way to record the output of my speakers directly to a file i.e. record what I hear. An easy good quality solution was one I found here. Since I modified it slightly to suit my own system, I thought I'd document it both for myself and others.I am using an Ubuntu Itrepid based system which has been modified to use ALSA as the sound architecture. This
Creating a Good Password
Posted on 8:50 AM by Unknown
In the latest Linux Mint Newsletter, Husse linked to an article which suggests that the weakest link in online security is weak passwords. I have seen this myself in the passwords my friends use. But it is possible to create a strong password that is also easy to remember. Here is how I generally go about it.Pick your root wordsThis is what will make your password easy to remember for you. Choose
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
HowTo Use GPG
Posted on 10:25 PM by Unknown
1. Key Generation gpg # Initialize GPG for this user (e.g. create ~/.gnupg). Only have to run once. gpg --gen-key # Start key generation process. Follow prompts. 2. Viewing Keys gpg --list-keys # View public keys gpg --list-secret-keys # View private keys 3. Exporting Public Keys gpg --export # Exports key in binary format
Thursday, March 12, 2009
cool websites 7 Free Open Source Video Editors For Linux
Posted on 11:33 PM by Unknown
In Windows, you have the Windows Movie Maker that makes video editing a breeze. In Linux, while there is no default or inbuilt video editor applications, there are plenty of open source video editing tools that one can consider for their video project. In case you are searching for a good video editor for linux, here are some of the good options that you can use in your Linux machine. Some of
DirectX 10 Coming to Mac OS X and Linux :o
Posted on 11:29 PM by Unknown
DirectX 10 continues to elude Windows XP, which is stuck at DirectX 9 level, but over two years after its introduction with the advent of Windows Vista, the technology is starting to make its way to Linux and Mac OS X. But not courtesy of Microsoft. Instead, Jeremy White, the founder and CEO of CodeWeavers, revealed that DirectX 10 support would come into focus as the company's CrossOver project
How to setup Tor + Privoxy in Fedora to access blocked sites
Posted on 11:21 PM by Unknown
If you are running Fedora 10 you just have to install TOR and Privoxy from the repository; and this is how I did it.1. Start the Terminal and login as root: $ su -2. Install TOR and Privoxy using YUM: # yum -y install tor privoxy3. Configure Privoxy.Open the Privoxy config file: # gedit /etc/privoxy/configCopy/paste the following sample config from the TOR wiki in the config file: #
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