Open Source
Maverick Meerkat , the Ubnutu 10.10 !
Apr 6th
The next version of ubuntu will be known as Maverick Meerkat and Ubuntu 10.10 as well. Like always it will be released on October 2010. Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu , announced the name on his blog. He says: “It’s time to put our heads together to envision “the perfect 10?. This is a time of great innovation and change in the Linux world, with major new initiatives from powerful groups bringing lots of new ideas, new energy and new code.”
The ubuntu developing team is now focusing on Ubuntu 10.10 as the Ubuntu 10.04 is now ready to release. Ubuntu 10.04 will released on 29 April 2010. The new “social flavor” of Ubuntu will get matured in Ubuntu 10.10. Ubuntu Developers focusing on a much light and user friendly Ubuntu. They also have plans to release a new “Netbook” edition for Ubuntu. This decision will really become a benchmark for the product, because sells of Netbooks is increasing very fast. From Mark Shuttleworth’s blog is also quiet clear that Ubuntu is now trying to reach millions of users using some pirated Windows OS because of some unwanted problems like different interface and different working styles. As GNOME 3 is being introduced in Ubuntu 10.10 seems many more will be attracted to this awesome Open Source OS.
An Awesome Image Resizer Tool
Jan 24th
“Image Resizer” is an awesome tool for resizing mass images at a time. Every blogger and web developer needs to resize images very frequently. There are tool for this job , but some of them are really disappointing. “Image Resizer” is an very good tool for this purpose. good news is it’s an Open source tool ! Actually it’s a clone of popular Windows tool Powertoy . But it also works on Windows Vista and Seven.
It’s working policy is really simple.
Just select mass number of images. Then click the right button of the mouse and select “Resize Pictures”. A new window will appear, provide necessary data and click on “OK”. That’s it.
VLC developers working on VideoLAN Movie Creator
Jan 12th
The VideoLan developers are now woring on thier new project VideoLAN Movie Creator after a very successful software VLC Player. This tool is also Open source. It also will be available for multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, and Ubuntu. Another good news is, It will have easy interface so that anyone can use it and perform their task easily than other software. But It is not ready yet. They are trying heart and soul to bring the best to the customers.
You can join them fixing bug or helping by anything. Just go their website and register.
5 Great Open Source URL Shortener Script : Make your Own URL Shotener
Dec 17th
Url Shortener is hot topics now , because two giants, Facebook and Google, recently launched their own URL Shortener service. So today we will discuss about 5 great Open Source URL shortener. They will help you to make your own URL Shotener service.
1.Kissa.be: Kissabe supports four kinds of inputs, like email, url, text, image. It’s also php based script with easy installation and easy controlling capacity.
Kissa.be
2. PHPurl: PHPurl is PHPurl is a simple script that allows users to make a shorter url. You can get all installation information in Readme added to the zip file available for download.
PHPurl
3.TightURL: TightUrl is also a php based script. It’s very powerful against spam. It checks various databases before adding as short url.
TightURL
4. Yourls: It’s one of the best URL Shortener script. It can be used for different purpose, like public, private, or even with wordpress as a plugin!
Yourls
5. Shorty: It’s also one of the bests. It’s a mixture of php and MySQL scripting. It’s admin interface makes it more valuable.
Shorty
If you are using Google Apps , you can get your own url shortener service for you own use only. See this post.
You can read a full tutorial on Making your own Url shortener at howgeek.tk.
Customize Login Screen of your Windows 7
Dec 9th
Now you can change Login Screen of your Windows 7, without any hacking. It’s so simple with Windows 7 Logon Background Changer. And it’s Open Source ! This software is very small and abased on WPF. It automatically crop your selected image to size it needed. Some good things about this tool is:
* It does NOT change any system file, and the program itself does not requires admin rights to run : it will just ask you to run as admin a very simple cmd file that creates the required folder and registry key with the appropriate rights. Any user of the computer will then be able to change the Windows 7 logon screen wallpaper. You can also prevent users from being able to change the logon screen wallpaper if you don’t want them to be able to modify it without administrator rights (option available by clicking on the “Settings” button).
* It creates a few JPEG files based on the image you want to put as wallpaper for the Windows 7 login screen, applies the appropriate cropping and sizing and saves them using the best compression quality possible.
Windows 7 Logon Background Changer
Open Source dj Software "Mixxx"
Dec 2nd
Listening music is a great thing always. But creating music is something exceptional. All of us keep finding easier ways to make with software . But most of them are not up to the mark and not free of-course. Today we have a software called “Mixxx” , it is a dj software and the good thing, it is open source ! This software has it all to create music . As they say:
“Mixxx is a complete package for amateur and professional DJs alike, providing everything you need to create live mixes.”
Mixx , the Open source dj software
It can be run on every OS including Windows, Mac, Linux etc. This 9 MB software really make mixing a job of a kid !
So what are you waiting for ! Download it Now !
Lock Your Images in exe files with LockImage
Nov 30th
Open Source products are always the best of the best. Today we will share a tool that can hide your image files by converting them into password protected executable files ! This software is very easy to use. No need to install it. Just download the tiny software (only 8 kb !) run the exe file, go to File > Open , then select your chosen picture. Then go to File > Save as , save it in desired palce and give it a password. Now nobody will be able to open the image without your password. That’s the magic of Open Source…..
Add Extra Workspace in Windows Based PC
Nov 24th
Workspaces are very popular in Mac OS , Ubuntu and Some other Open Source OSes. It helps to manage different desktops at same time. It enables you to work with more windows at a time. This Service is not available in any Windows OS. But there is a Open source software makes you enable to do the job.
WindowsPager enables you to add workspace on Windows OS
WindowsPager is the software for making different workspaces in Windows. It works with Windows XP, Vista And the latest 7. It is a poratble software , so you don’t need to install it. Downlaod the zip file extract it open the WindowsPager.exe from WindowsPager folder. The software comes with cource code in itself so you can modify it too. Best thing is that , it is a open Source Product.
After you run the exe file you can see a bar at your taskbar with 4 new small windows. Theuy are your workspaces cliuck them with mouse pointer to go through from one to another.
Database Less CMS That Will Blow You Out !
Nov 24th
We all ,the CMS freaks, using Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal and all. These are a bit difficult to set and need MySQL or other kind of Database server to run . But there are lots of CMS tools that can run without any Database server ! It was really a great news for us. As there is no Database required it is far then easy to install, modify, browse, creating backups and all. Some of the Very best are listed below.
1. Pivot: Some Features :
- Sophisticated Categories/Weblogs system, so you can maintain several weblogs and publish your entries how you like;
- Template based. Fully adaptable to your wishes;
- Built in simple search tool.
- Keeps simple statistics of how your visitors came to your site;
- Easy to upload and include pictures with your log-entries;
- Allows for making thumbnails of uploaded images;
- Comment system that remembers your visitors (if they wish);
- Automagically creates RSS- and Atom-feeds;
- IP-blocking,to prevent certain people from leaving comments;
- Automagic Archiving by week or month, and/or by category;
- Optionally supports full wysiwyg editing of your posts (IE5.5+ on windows and Mozilla 1.3+ / FB 0.6+ on all Platforms);
- Supports Textile, both in entries and in comments;
- No external databases are required, just plain PHP. This is to ensure Pivot runs on as many servers as possible.
- Makes valid xhtml, when possible.
2. Guppy: GuppY, the easy, free and databaseless web portal, will allow you to generate very easily a complete and interactive web site.
- Supports comments, directories, polls, forums, RSS, guestbook, etc
- Customizable homepage. You can display the last messages of the discussion board, your preferred message drawn from the guestbook, a number of news as you like, a leading article. You choose the boxes to be displayed, in which order and the number of elements to let appear for each one.
- Make certain website sections private
- Multiple authors
3.CMSimple: CMSimple is a simple content management system; for the smart maintenance of small commercial or private sites.
- Small – The complete content management system is less than 100 KB.
- Simple – simple to install and easy to modify. The entire site is stored in a single HTML-file – no database is needed. You edit your entire site with your favorite HTML-editor, upload the content file and get a dynamic website!
- Smart – There is an integrated online WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) editor with link validation, image handling, online editing of system files and an automatic backup on logout. These features that makes CMSimple simply smart!
4. GetSimple: It is most simply CMS service ever. Easy to install , easy to drive.
With all these there are huge opportunities for you to programe them and make them as you like.
There are more you can find more of kind and other kind CMS here.
*This is a repost of a Original Content of instantfundas.com
Download You-Tube Videos on UBUNTU
Nov 16th
The open source OS Ubuntu is being popular day by day. Recently they launched their 9.10 version. All things can be done on Ubuntu that can be done on a MS OS . Today we’ll see how to download You-Tube Videos on Ubuntu.
Firstly Go to the Terminal, then write the following code:
sudo apt-get install youtube-dl ffmpeg
It will ask for password. Provide it and wait for a while. Then enter the code given below:
youtube-dl -o name.flv “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN5avRvApk”
In the code just replace the file name you want to save the file as with name.flv and put your desired videos link code after watch?v=
Now to convert the file to .avi format write the code below:
ffmpeg -i name.flv name.avi
That’s it enjoy You-Tube on Ubuntu.
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