I am a writer. I write loads of technical documentation as well as novels (check out my fiction on Smashwords and Autumnal Press). Because of my trade I am always seeking out tools to aid in my own process. And although the web has made everything so much easier, it is still good to have [...]
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PDF Jumbler, Merge, Delete, Rearrange PDF Documents
Free tools to manage pdf documents are rare while many pdf viewing applications exist. That can be a problem for users who want to work with pdf documents, for instance to delete pages from the document or add pages from another pdf file. PDF Jumbler is a free software program that offers several tools to [...]
Manage startup services in Linux with BUM
If you have ever had to change a service to either start or not start on a Linux machine, you know that process can be a little daunting. Not that it’s impossible, but it’s not always the simplest task. Fortunately there are plenty of tools available to make the process easier. One of those tools [...]
Manage your VirtualBox VMs via the web with phpVirtualBox
Generally speaking, if it is a web-based tool that starts with “php” (such as phpMyAdmin or phpLDAPadmin) you know that tool is going to make your administrative life a lot easier. Such is the case with a php-based tool created to help you manage all of your VirutalBox VMs from a single tool, from anywhere [...]
OpenOffice, LibreOffice 3.3 Final Released
Oracle, with the purchase of the software company Sun, is the current main sponsor of the Open Source project. Members of the Open Office project formed The Document Foundation back in September 2010 and made available a fork of Open Office that they called Libre Office. Open Office is governed by the Community Council which [...]
Add serious web content control with WebContentControl in Linux
There are many reasons why you might want or need to control what is seen via a web browser. Be it children, work, or any other reason, you might want to have more control than just your standard proxy software offers. That is where the incredibly powerful WebContentControl comes into play. The WebContentControl GUI takes [...]
Get Organized, Free Digital Course Planner
Get Organized is a digital course planner for students of all ages that offers a lot more than just the standard course planning that physical planners offer. It is naturally possible to add terms and courses to the planner. That’s easily done at anytime. Difference becomes visible straight away. A course is defined by its [...]
Fix the animated titles issue on Ubuntu for OpenShot Video Editor
If you have been following my latest series on the OpenShot Video Editor (Read “Create videos with OpenShot Video Editor“, “Add transitions with OpenShot Video Editor“, and “Add titles to OpenShot Video Editor projects“) then you will have noticed my mention of a bug in animated title feature that plagues Ubuntu. This bug is caused [...]
Add titles to OpenShot Video Editor projects
Recently I began covering one of the best open source video editors available (see my articles “Create videos with OpenShot Video Editor” and “Add transitions with OpenShot Video Editor“.) From those two articles (and an ounce of creativity) you should already be creating outstanding videos for various purposes. But now it’s time we take it [...]
DNS Performance Test
DNS speed and reliability made the news last year when Google introduced their own open DNS system that every Internet user could make use of. The topic has lost much of its forward momentum since then and has taken the backseat once again. DNS in layman terms is used to “look-up” IP addresses of domain [...]
Sending a job to the background and back to the foreground in Linux
From the Linux command line you can send a running job into the background which will return your bash prompt to you. You might need that prompt to quickly run another command, or you might just want to let that command run in the background for a while and do not need to view the [...]
Add transitions with OpenShot Video Editor
In my last article I introduced you to the open source OpenShot Video Editor (see my article “Create videos with OpenShot video editor.”). In that article I alluded to OpenShot’s ability to add transitions to your videos. Although not a terribly difficult task, these features are not the most intuitive. With that in mind (and [...]
Create videos with OpenShot Video Editor
Recently I tasked myself to begin creating promotional videos for the ebooks I have written for my publishing company Autumnal Press. These videos needed to be short snippets that could serve to attract attention to the books. Naturally I turned to open source solutions and open source solutions directed me to one very obvious, powerful, [...]
Incredibly simple MySQL administration with SQL Buddy
If you have a need to manage MySQL databases, you know that learning the syntax for the various MySQL tools can be a real nightmare. Fortunately there are tools out there that make this job far more easy. But of the web-based tools, which are easiest? You might have given phpMyAdmin a try, but found [...]
Manage an application’s priority in Linux
In the land of Linux applications have what is called their “nice” value. This value sets the priority that any given application receives. The nice value ranges from -20 to 19. The lower the number the higher the priority. The higher the priority the the more CPU time a program will get. This comes in [...]
Create and join VPN networks on your Linux machine with Hamachi
If you are looking for a VPN solution for your Linux machine or network you have more than likely examined such solutions as OpenVPN. Many of the Linux VPN solutions require complex, time consuming set ups that can drive the new user crazy. Fortunately there are other solutions that do not require extensive knowledge of [...]
TorChat, Decentral Anonymous Instant Messenger
The Onion Router (TOR) is used by many users worldwide to browse the Internet anonymously and to retrieve data that would otherwise be blocked in their location. TorChat is an instant messenger that utilizes TOR to offer anonymity and security to its users. The client is available for Windows and Linux with the Windows version [...]
Upload pictures to Facebook with a simple right click
Are you a Facebook junkie? Do you find yourself constantly posting status updates? And…more important…do you constantly upload photos of yourself, your friends, your animals, and your computers to your facebook account? If the latter is the case, do you find the standard method of uploading photos to facebook cumbersome? Don’t you wish there was [...]
MP3 Packer, Rearrange MP3 Data To Save Space
Common wisdom is that mp3 are already highly compressed which means it does not make sense to compress them further, for instance to zip them before sending them to a friend. But did you know that there is still room for improvement, at least if the encoding settings were not optimal to being with? MP3 [...]
Baobab: Disk Usage Analyzer for GNOME
If you are looking for a tool that can give you a graphical, interactive representation of what is taking up all of that hard disk space on your Linux machine, look no further than Baobab. Baobab (also a tree native to Madagascar) is a graphical, menu-driven viewer that allows you to get a birds eye view of [...]