Microblogging Clients
I have recently discovered the world of microblogging, and I am hooked
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve tested a few microblogging clients. On my Ubuntu workstations I started out using Twitux, then switched to Thwirl after figuring out how to get Adobe AIR 1.5 installed on Ubuntu. However, when I started [...]
In: Messaging · Tagged with: Gnome, identi.ca, Linux, PocketPC, twitter, Ubuntu
SSHMenu – SSH Connection Management
We have a reasonable number of Debian servers at work and as a result I ssh into servers about as many times as I visit Google
I have been using Profiles in gnome-terminal to manage my ssh connections, which is fine but requires I already have a terminal open to initiate a new [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: applet, Gnome, ssh
wxCam – Simple video capture
I am about to embark on a mini project at home to archive some old family VHS tapes to DVD. To that end I have been looking for a simple video capture application, so that I can capture to an uncompressed .avi file which I can then edit and convert with avidemux.
wxCam is a [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: capture, Gnome, software, video
gLabels 2.2.1
gLabels, as packaged in the Ubuntu repositories, has not worked properly for some time. The accuracy of printing was way out making gLabels pretty a non-starter unless you went to the hassle of manually re-aligning every label on a page to account for the inaccuracies.
However, I have been patitently waiting for a new version of [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: design, Gnome, label, printing
Please, no more brown!
I spend all day sat in front of a Ubuntu workstation, then I come home and try and spend all night doing the same. Frankly, I find Ubuntu’s default brown and orange desktop theme a bit wearing on the eyes.
Unlike some, I shant rant about it or lobby the Ubuntu maintainers and contributors to adopt [...]
