Linux Multimedia

Banshee - More than just a Linux Audio Player

Like many Linux users, I spend far too much time at the computer and most of my music listening takes place at the computer rather than through my wonderful but sadly neglected bookshelf stereo system. The trade-off in fidelity however, is more than made up for by the convenience of Banshee desktop media player rather than a home stereo.

Published by Josef Nankivell (4324 pts) on Jul 25, 2009 to
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Managing Photos on Linux with F-Spot

F-Spot is a fully developed photo management program designed for the gnome desktop. It works very well and is a default program on most gnome based distributions of Linux. F-spot allows you to both organise and tweak your photos in a wonderful GTK environment.

Published by Josef Nankivell (4324 pts) on Jul 25, 2009 to
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How to Turn Linux into a Multimedia Studio

If you are seriously involved in audio, video and graphics creation and manipulation, you are not locked down to the proprietary systems. Linux is very powerful in this arena and offers you the tools that you will comfortably work with.

Published by Tolga BALCI (23398 pts) on Jul 20, 2009 to
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Linux Applications: Scribus

For those of you who have been charged with creating brochures, fliers, and complex documentation, you know that a simple word processor is not enough. Having a desktop publishing application is tantamount to taking your printed pieces from amateur to professional.

Published by jlwallen (4137 pts) on Jul 10, 2009 to
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Linux Applications: The GIMP

The Gimp is to Linux what Photoshop is to Windows and Mac. The Gimp is a very powerful image editor application that is not only available on Linux, but Windows and OS X as well. It's feature-rich, powerful, expandable, and won't bring your machine or your budget to a screeching halt.

Published by jlwallen (4137 pts) on Jul 10, 2009 to
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live.linuX-gamers Gaming LiveCD Review

This is a Linux distribution, based on Arch Linux, that boots a LiveCD loaded with native Linux games. All configuration is done automatically and your hard drive is never touched. Very cool idea!

Published by Michael Dougherty (2770 pts) on Jul 6, 2009 to
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Converting Ogg to MP3 in Ubuntu

If your shiny new MP3 player won't play all of your Ogg files that you've piled up, you're not out of luck. Ubuntu (as well as the other flavors of Linux) have multiple tools to convert Ogg to MP3. We'll take a look at two of them.

Published by Kristen Grubb (1930 pts) on Jun 28, 2009 to
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Connecting your iPod to Mandriva Linux

For many the ability to connect an iPod to their computer to manage their music is key to operating system choice. But many users are under the impression that using an iPod in Linux is nearly impossible. Wrong. In this article you will see just how easy it is to connect an iPod to Mandriva Linux.

Published by jlwallen (4137 pts) on Jun 22, 2009 to
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A Comparison of Linux Photo Managers

Want to organize your photo's in Linux, manage those vacation snaps and celebrations. If you have lots of pictures to choose from, you're going to have a hard time trying to find the exact photographs you have in mind. Here is where a Linux photo manager comes in handy. So lets take a look at a few.

Published by Pranav Thadeshwar (4598 pts) on Jun 22, 2009 to
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Free Linux Software for Diskwriting to CDs & DVDs

CDs and DVDs are popular ways in which to share and store data. This article provides an overview of some free software available for a variety of Linux distros that can burn CDs and DVDs for you, as well as perform a variety of other tasks.

Published by allychevalier (14652 pts) on Jun 22, 2009 to
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