Posts tagged as: Applications

Are you a 24x7 command line guy? Chances of not switching to X console in your linux distro are more for you. Here is a command line weather report tool for you. This tool helps you to plan for your week-end trip while you are compiling some junks. It is easy to get it. Here ...
July 16th, 2010 | Posted in Applications | 18 Comments

In UNIX/Linux world, it is common to connect to remote machine through Secure shell (SSH). But in Windows world, we depend too much on Remote Desktop Connection (RDP). But except Windows Servers, Windows workstations such as Windows XP does not support multiple simultaneous login to a Windows XP machine. This drawback can be managed to ...
July 16th, 2010 | Posted in Applications | 1 Comment

Are you bored with limited features of screenshot tool in your linux distro? Here is the Shutter, an advanced screenshot tool. It is a must tool for any technology blogger and technical writer. It has amazing features defined as below by the project itself. This post is to introduce this wonderful tool to the community. ...
July 15th, 2010 | Posted in Applications | 3 Comments

Desktop recorder software is highly useful in teaching, tutorial and knowledge sharing side. That too in Open Source communities, the video tutorials are famous through YouTube.
You can also make your own desktop recorded video tutorial using gtk-recordMyDesktop software in Ubuntu. This tool has matured a lot to make it easy to use and quality output ...
June 25th, 2010 | Posted in Applications | 3 Comments

YouTube has introduced Online Video Editor. Google announced this today. Though already a few video editors I have seen online, this one is damn simple to use and integrated with YouTube. But downside is, it is not just a standalone application, it is a feature of YouTube, so that we can edit our video in ...
June 17th, 2010 | Posted in Applications | No Comments

Ubuntu is having powerful applications in the default installation. Dictionary is one such. You can find Dictionary application in Ubuntu main menu -> Applications -> Office -> Dictionary. This application needs internet connection since it fetches data from dict.org server.
By default this application is English - English dictionary. It is also capable of supporting many ...
June 15th, 2010 | Posted in Applications | 1 Comment

My firefox extension called "Request Access" has been hosted in www.download.com and www.softpedia.com sites. I have not submitted this open source extension for hosting. I am happy to note that it is found useful to some one. You can find more details and download from Download.com and Softpedia.com.
September 26th, 2007 | Posted in Applications | 1 Comment

I want to share my experience of connecting Mobile with Linux system. The very purpose of this is to take backup of mobile address book. I have tried gnocky (with back end as gnokii) many times without any success. Recently I searched synaptic with Nokia keyword and found that there is a tool called Wammu ...
January 21st, 2007 | Posted in Applications | 4 Comments
This HowTo covers how to copy and paste the files/text/graphics (Clipboard) content between remote desktop session and local computer in Windows XP.
Follow the following instruction in both local and remote computers.
Go to Start->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services. Enable and start the following services in the order shown below:
1. Network DDE DSDM 2. Network DDE 3. ...
January 3rd, 2007 | Posted in HOW-TOs | 25 Comments
Searchmash is the test bed for next generation google search. This site is owned and operated by Google, Inc. It is called Google Search 2.0. It's look and feel and presentation are designed such a way that it is easy to explore the data we search. It is worth to test this site.
I have developed ...
December 28th, 2006 | Posted in Applications | 1 Comment