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Upgrading Ubuntu 9.10 to Ubuntu Studio

Posted 01-26-2010 at 06:25 PM by jkzfixme

Tags audio, graphics, ubuntu studio, upgrade, video

Recently I have found myself doing more recording and other multimedia related stuff. Even though I have long ago implemented disaster recovery and do more backups than you can shake a stick at, I still did not feel like reinstalling.
Luckily you can easily install individual aspects of Ubuntu studio ie all the audio apps.

Quote:

sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-audio

You can check out what is entailed on this page

You could also install the video in...

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pngcrush - PNG optimizer utility in openSUSE

Posted 02-17-2009 at 01:55 AM by rbkumaran

Tags gama, graphics, iccp, linux, opensource

pngcrush is an optimizer tool for PNG (Portable Network graphic) files. pngcrush is an excellent batch-mode compression utility for PNG images. Depending on the application that created the original PNGs, it can improve the file size anywhere from a few percent to 40% or more (completely losslessly). Read more

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Linux pains

Posted 12-04-2008 at 06:48 AM by papajon

Tags graphics, pains, video, wireless

Somewhat to the annoyance of my family and friends, I am an active, avid, and vocal user and promoter of Linux - especially Ubuntu distros, but really all of Linux and the whole Open Source concept. Now, having said that, there are 2 main areas that our OS needs improvement - ok, maybe 3.
1. connectivity - particularly wireless. I have tried 10+ adapters and only one works without being a tech wizard. My wifes desktop is 15' from my wireless router. She gets barely 2 bars with Ubuntu but...

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