Linux Tips

Utube Ripper is an application written in Gambas that works exclusively on Linux. It's useful to download and convert Youtube videos in a simple and efficient way. You can also convert them into a non-flash format. You can use the "Rip audio only" option to extract audio from a YouTube video and can convert into an MP3 format. Download and install 1. Download the binary from here and run it to install on any linux machine. 2. Select the binary specific for your Linux Distro from here. Visit project home page Here

This can be achieved by using the ultra-lightweight text-based BitTorrent client "rTorrent". If you are using Ubuntu, you can install rTorrent via Synaptic Package Manager, or with this command: $ sudo apt-get install rtorrent You can also get rTorrent HERE . Now, we will start using rTorrent. But first, download a '.torrent' file. You can download it through this command: $ rtorrent filename.torrent By default the downloads (finished and unfinished) will be saved in your home directory. See this post for more info.

In Linux there is a variety of audio players and some really very good, not for the fact that play music correctly, but they do all the comforts and accessories that we offer. I made a small collection that I think are the best and most well known, it is clear that this is based on my tastes so I strongly recommend to comment on this post which is more suited to your tastes: Amarok: which i like use every day to listen to the music, a lightweight player that has everything you need, multiple playlists, integration with other KDE applications, it downloads lyrics from the Internet, socialized through Last.FM, information of the artists on wikipedia, apparently set by CSS ... as you can see an endless list that makes it my favorite player without doubt. Exaile: uses GTK + and the features I'm very similar to those found in Amarok. Banshee: I have to stress this for its ease of operation. And the library is great for people who have a large collection of songs on your hard disk. Y...

Wine one of the best known Windows emulation systems under Linux platform now has an excellent graphical environment called WineXS. Many Windows applications when installed in Wine can give us some problems in most cases are resolved by changing the settings, from now on you can do so much easier with WineXS. As you can see in the image WineXS includes an installer and uninstaller software, add fonts, change the registry, edit the configuration and many among others. WineXS is a wonderful tool for Wine and with it you will not need to re-use Windows anymore. Download WineXS 1.4.2

A great tool for doing this is 'Phatch', a free and open source platform that will allow editing of images in bulk and easily. The properties that we can change are size, resolution, size limit, transpose images, watermarks, borders, shadows, text ... great tool for those who work with many images. Phatch alter images in bulk . In the picture we can see some of its main functions, but we can select by clicking on the top and select the option ALL. Download Phatch tool for the mass modification of images.

Arista is a wonderful video format converter that anyone can use without any knowledge, its performance is really very simple, but its main purpose is to streamline the full process of converting a video giving a few options that are easily understood for us users: Convert to Apple iPod, Cowon D2, Computer, DVD Player, Sony PSP or Sony Playstation 3. One of the features I liked most of Arista is the ability to preview video looks like without having to wait until it finishes its conversion, in this way can we know if we feel we must correct or select another. Arista also allow us to extract and convert video or DVD directly from any camera connected to your PC without the need for additional software. Download Arista

I highly recommend you to follow the post here at hp-printer-installation-wizard.html for an easy and more successful installation of your hp printers. Come back if you are not successful from that. Download and Install the driver Type these at terminal. 1. Download the driver Download it from here 2. Unpack: $ tar zxf hpinlinux.tar.gz $ cd hpinlinux 3. Compile the source: $ make 4. Get .ICM profiles for color correction. Select the model number for your printer: $ ./getweb 1215 # Get HP Color LaserJet CP1215 .ICM files $ ./getweb 1500 # Get HP Color LaserJet 1500 .ICM files $ ./getweb 1600 # Get HP Color LaserJet 1600 .ICM files $ ./getweb 2600n # Get HP Color LaserJet 2600n .ICM files $ ./getweb 1600w # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 1600W .ICM files $ ./getweb 1680 # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 1680MF .ICM files $ ./getweb 1690 # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 1690MF .ICM files $ ./getweb 2480 # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 2480 MF .ICM files $ ./getweb ...