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Converting a MPG to DVD Using ManDVD

Thursday, July 12, 2007

In my quest for the perfect program to use for burning DVD’s from AVI or MPG I found ManDVD. It’s very nice. It reliably creates quality output. Overall I am quite pleased with the application and I do find myself returning to use it, so I’ve spent some more time with it. Because of the [...]

Filed in Feisty Fawn, KDE, Konqueror, Kubuntu, Multimedia, Software Reviews, Video | Comments (1)

How to install a DEB in Kubuntu

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Having chosen to dedicate myself to Kubuntu, I needed a proper way of installing Debian packages. These files can be found across the .net as ending with a .DEB extension.
 KDE, Kubuntu, and Konqueror make this process easy. Simply right click on the downloaded file and then select Package Manager -> Install Package.

Filed in Feisty Fawn, File Management, KDE, Konqueror, Kubuntu, Tips & Tricks, Tutorial | Comments (2)

Making the Shell Play “nice”

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Being a big fan of the shell, I make it work hard for me. Often times the commands I’ll issue through the shell are greedy and eat CPU cycles like candy. Sometimes those commands might take several minutes to complete, and I want my CPU’s priority to be focused on other things (like letting me [...]

Filed in Edgy Eft, Feisty Fawn, Shell, Tips & Tricks, bash | Comments (0)

Force Quit Feature

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

In Ubuntu, it sometimes happens where a program locks up, and using the X or close button just doesn’t do anything. I frequently encounter this when k3b has a crashed burn. I’ve seen a few ways of closing it, but nothing as convenient as the close button. Several have suggested going to terminal and typing [...]

Filed in Desktop, Edgy Eft, Feisty Fawn, Gnome, Tutorial | Comments (2)

VMWare Server on Ubuntu

Sunday, April 29, 2007

One of my most critical requirements of the new operating system was an operational VMWare Server application. My wife and I share a network, and the flexibility of a VMWare Server was very appealing.
Our network consists of two computers, a P4 3.0Ghz Celeron with 1GB of RAM and an AMD Turion 64 laptop with 1GB of [...]

Filed in Desktop, Edgy Eft, Feisty Fawn, Laptop, Server, VMWare | Comments (0)