A DVD Ripper called HandBrake
HandBrake is an open-source GPLed, cross-platform DVD to MPEG-4 converter.
HandBrake is available on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. It supports DVDs, VOBs and some .TS files. The output format ranges from MP4, MKV, AVI to OGM.
As HandBrake is an open-source application, you have full access to its source code. As a developer, you can [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 Beta Release available
Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid” is slated for its final stable release on 30th October, but if you don’t want to wait till then, you can download a beta (release candidate) from the Ubuntu website.
Ubuntu 8.10 comes with Linux kernel 2.6.27, the very latest version of GNome (2.24), X.org 7.4, encrypted private directory support, and many other [...]
Free Anti-Virus from AVG
AVG is a provider of Internet Security software, covering anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, and firewall solutions, amongst others. AVG products are available on Windows and Linux.
AVG provides a free version of their anti-virus software for personal use. The free version comes with just anti-virus and nothing more. Its a simple to use software that comes with [...]
Resizing partitions using GParted
GParted is a Gnome Partition Editor for the Linux Operating System. GParted can be used for creating, destroying, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks and mirroring one partition with another [...]
8+ Cool Torrent Clients
BitTorrent has become one of the standard tools which most Internet savvy users are familiar with. This articles attempts to list down some of the popular clients available today. This is in no way a comprehensive list.
Let’s first get to the basics. What is a Torrent, or BitTorrent to be specific. As per Wikipedia,
BitTorrent is [...]
OpenOffice 3.0 close to release
OpenOffice has released RC4 for its 3.0 version. OpenOffice 3.0 introduces a host of new features:
Start Center when you launch OpenOffice
Better Mac OS X support
Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters
Improved Spreadsheet: Solver, and Charting
Improved collaboration between applications
I’ve been using OpenOffice 2.x on my Home PC for a long time and have been eagerly waiting for this [...]
