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Rather than show a new site dedicated to energy-saving features available under Linux-http://www.lesswatts.org/. The main initiative is to Intel, so most tips are designed precisely for this hardware brand. Site is available as numerous reading material (of England. Fin.) And specific advice what to do to have a minimum energy of our Linux machines. Given the increasing prices of power, never insufficient charge of laptop batteries and calls for environmental protection, I think that a lot of you will be interesting and useful to visit this site.

As I promised before time, I made english version of my code to convert video with the MP4 players Diva FX 62 and others.
Still working on versions for Linux run into little problems (mostly because of poor documentation of a XUL-platform chosen for development) but this is another topic … sick as maybe some of you know, Open Source is often well documented for normal consumers and bad for developers … But let us not diverted.
Here are pictures of the new version of viDrop - 0.4:

As (perhaps) see some cosmetic changes …
One important addition I did, is the ability to compress audio stream to MP3 compression. For holders of the MP4 pleayari Diva FX this option is not important because they maintain only MP2 audio. I put it for people who would use this program to kovertirat rolls with other players or smartphone.

You can download the code from this link: vidrop-0.4-installl.exe (7.6 MB) edited - This link is no longer up to date! See this article to find out how to download the latest version.

Surprisingly even the very men for one day (or more accurately night), managed to do quite innovative in viDrop.
The version now jump to 0.5, since innovation is sufficient …
Here’s a short list:

• opportunity for ripvane “on DVD (still under construction, but work with several comments …)
• control over the range / contrast / brightness / saturation output video
• possible to automatically update the program over the Internet (required active Internet connection, of course …)
• able to convert only time snippet of video input file

Ripvaneto on a DVD - currently no option for choosing subtitles and / or audio stream - used those which are set by default for each disk. To successfully ripvate must “Additional options” box “DVD” to enter the letter of your DVD drive, followed by dvuetochie (eg “F:”), and then in the “Basics” in the field “Incoming video to type “dvd: / /” and press Enter. We need to set the proper output file name, because what viDrop set automatically void if you open DVD. (will put “dvd: / / _converted.avi” - is perfectly clear that this is not a valid file name …)

The possibility of upgrading - in the “Information” in “version has a button” Check for new. Click it to check for new version. If any, will display a message who she is and whether you want to download and install. In the auto install a newer version that you have to be deleted.

ViDrop download version 0.5 here (7.6MB) edited - This link is no longer up to date! See the next article in this category to find out how to download the latest version.

Those of you who have prestrashili to try Linux and remained happy with him, probably still keep Windows-and a re … just in case. If so, then you fall into the situation you want to see something from your Linux partitions while in Windows. Because of its closed nature, Windows can not read other file systems than those of Microsoft. Usually the decision is one - reboot and load Linux. If you often have to do that, it becomes slightly annoying. Fortunately, programmers with skills and desire are able to solve this inconvenience. About the program EXT2IFS - EXT2 installable file system. It provides access to reading / writing to the file system type ext2 and their derivatives ext3. If the file system does not speak anything, do not worry. When you install most Linux distributions (including Ubuntu) use exactly ext3 file system. EXT2IFS is free (but not free) and miniature volumes (under 500kb).

Installation is simple:

After you download the program here, run it and follow the installation instructions.

On the screen above, through the placement of the box makes it possible to store files larger than 4GB. The next step is important because it will define what device to be recognized by Windows.

In green show found Linux devices. By drop-down menu can select relevant (unused) letter in which the device will appear in My Computer. Once you determine the drive letters continue Next, while the complete installation.

This program is ready for action. To check, open your Windows Explorer and see what shows.

Good job!

Note: Please note that the program is not suitable for public computers. This stems from the fact that you provide full access to Linux partitions and such. allow to delete important files or passwords are important. Note one mind on this issue …

For other features and some problems you can see at:

http://www.fs-driver.org/faq.html - FAQ

and

http://www.fs-driver.org/troubleshoot.html - some problems

This is for Linux fans who still, for one reason or another are forced to use Windows XP. This is about talking icons in Windows - for different file types, operations, applications, startup and login screen animations to copy, move, delete, etc. Subject analogue Tango Icon Theme for Linux. Pretty sweet theme, one might add. It will be a little closer look of wood XP to that of Linux (at least visually). Personally, I enjoy a lot more time and is something compulsory for every fresh XP (because, yes, most of the time working under particularly XP).

But let me show you how it appears to be harvested better idea:

As you can see, everything from icons has changed. In combination with Clear Looks topic of XP (which changed the face of the windows themselves), you can even still be closer to look Ubuntu / Linux.

Installing the topic, you choose to install and several other issues still on Linux - Tangerie (from Ubuntu 7.10), Industrial and Gnome Icon Theme 2. Tangerine is also good - it uses a base Tango, it is only in brown, orange, Ubuntu style. Industrial not remember exactly what it was …:) and Gnome Icon Theme 2 was a standard theme of the gnome.
Options that Setup you default are entirely appropriate and need not change unless some specific requirements:

The option “Automatically Reload on Boot” put a small program that is run each time with windows, and occasionally check whether some of the icons are not returned to the default - that happens if you install any renewal of windows or anything . Recommended placed option. Although the theme felt very system files, I have not had any problems with it. No reasons for the problems because only change icons in the resources of these files.

Finally - a link that you can download the theme.

Perhaps those who work with Windows, are used to record with Nero Burning Rom. Will ask you whether you have all licensed copy … The issue is that Nero-it collects (she) most important features for recording CD / DVD in a relatively simple interface. Over time, everything changed and now includes Nero whatnot … But let Nero aside, this article is another simple and easy to use program for Linux and Ubuntu including

About Brasero. The program has a clean interface, which won me immediately.

As you can see, everything necessary for handling CD / DVD, is a tsakvane distance. Each of the four buttons open a new window, which make appropriate action.

• Record audio disc

Recording audio disc opens familiar izglezhdasht window on the right part of which is the content of the system and on the left is the contents of the audio CD. Adding new songs is done and intuitive lug drop.

• Save to disk data

In the recording disc with data dvupanelen window opens. In the left part is empty carrier and the right content of the system. If placed multisesien media, Brasero and detect it to zaredi obligingly prelaga previous sessions.

• Copy CD / DV D

Copying is just to the - choosing the device, which will copy a file or device and where to keep the copy.

• Record CD / DVD image

Recording of CD / DVD image is just too organized. Be elected recorder, image loading and recording begins.

In addition to the above functions Brasero offers delete CD / DVD rewritable media. It is available from the menu Disk-Erase.

This is a brief description of Brasero. Really simple and tight program, which will save the discs from different without you persecute a bundle of helpers and settings.

Friends won the disks!

Briefly - wrote two additions to Firefox, which added two new search engines that can search directly from the search box on Firefox.

One addition to search zamunda.net (of course you must be registered to look there) and the other used a search engine http://search.nicksoft.info, with the help of which you can search for free in several of the “free “Bulgarian servers - data.bg, evro.net, centrum-group.com, animes-bg.com, bol.bg …

Remove them from here:
http://skss.learnfree.eu/wp-content/uploads/zamunda.xml - for zamunda.net http://skss.learnfree.eu/wp-content/uploads/powerfilesearch.xml - for data.bg, evro . net, centrum-group.com, animes-bg.com, bol.bg ….

(under “download” I mean: tsaknete Right-click the appropriate link from the dropdown menu and select “Save link as” or “Save link as” or as it is translated in your localization of Firefox …)

To install them in Firefox, have since downloaded them somewhere to move or copy them in sub-folder searchplugins of the root folder of Firefox.
If you do use FirefoxPortable - sub-folder is App firefox searchplugins.
Then you need to restart Firefox.

It should then in the drop-down list of search engines to show those two. Like this:

I hope I’m really useful … and careful with pirate software …

Will set users viDrop, with news that put a new version. Opraveni are (I hope) the problems of improper dimensioning of MPEG and FLV files (the problem is in mencoder, and had to use small zaobikolni ways of solving it, but I think ultimately happened). Useful and problem behavior wrong button … “for selecting the font for the subtitles.

Added some new features:

• Picture rotation
• reverse mirror image
• change the font size for subtitles

Here’s a picture:

You can download version 0.53 of here - http://users2.titanichost.com/lokster/vidrop-0.53-install.exe (7.54 MB)

If for some reason you need the English version of the program can download it from here - http://users2.titanichost.com/lokster/en/vidrop-0.53-install.exe (7.54 MB)

Those of you who wish have the opportunity to make a donation to help develop viDrop, via PayPal. To that end in “Information has a link to donate.”

In the new bugs / problems do not hesitate to write here. Will do to help.

Lately all witnessed the heaviest fighting of decent teachers for evaluation of their work. Today I will present a little bit different (but again, so heavy) combat certain practices in our schools. It’s project studied Freedom, initiated by the teacher from the town of Lom Danail Traychev.

This disk is completely free software, for the most part adapted to the English language and selected to be useful to students of different age groups. The idea is to provide free and modern alternatives to paid (and often costly) programs that are currently used in Bulgarian schools. Beyond the purely financial side (what undersell free!), “Learn Free” may have a more important consequence for teachers and students - to give them the knowledge that they have the right to free choice in using information technology and resources in training. Because, let’s be honest, where all have access to modern computer room, medium slant, students often come to the knowledge prechupeni peculiarities in certain (commercial) products. So instead acquire general knowledge of working with spreadsheets for example, students acquire the skills to work with Microsoft Excel. And this is just one of many examples that could be given.

Following these introductory words, to let you know in detail the contents of the disc. All programs are a version of Windows. This may be looked strange at first glance - much more logical disk is to provide relief not only by commercial applications, but also from commercial operating system (Of course Windows). I think this approach is correct, because if used to use the proposed programs daily in Disc, the eventual transition to Linux will be almost imperceptible. Let me clarify - all programs Cross and look and work similarly and in Windows and under Linux. Furthermore, many of them are fundamentally involved in most modern Linux distributions. In this case, in any transition to Linux, you need only slightly familiarization to interface and slightly different structure of the organization of this operating system and programs for your daily work will have them.

The programs are divided into three categories as follows:

1. Information Technology. - Under this little common name hide the following programs:

• OpenOffice.org - full Office package, completely free and able to replace Microsoft Office;
• Mozilla Firefox - web reader. Jump required if you keep a little security in the network;
• Mozilla Thunderbird-customer e-mail. Those who use Firefox, you hardly need convincing to use it;
• The GIMP - editor of raster images, which can safely say that at times breathing on Adobe Photoshop neck;
• Inkscape - editor of vector images with professional appearance and opportunities;
• 7-zip - program for working with files. Maintain much of popular formats, and own and *. 7z format offers excellent levels of compression.

2. Informatics

• Lazarus - a graphical integrated environment (IDE) for programming Object Pascal. Types and functions closer to Delphi;
• FBIde - working programming BASIC;
• Dev-C - an integrated environment for the programming languages C / C ;
• nVU - Web-based platform editor of Mozilla. User interface and offers the possibility of extending its functionality in the form of extensions;
• Notepad - a powerful text editor, especially suitable for use by developers.

3. For most small

• GCompris - a great collection of educational and very entertaining games suitable for children 2 to 10 years;
• TuxPaint - drawing program with special interface optimized for easy studying children;

4. For all subjects

• RealVNC - a program for implementing remote access and control computers. Allows interactive display on the other side how to perform an action, by taking control of the mouse and keyboard;
• VideoLAN - program for audio and video playback, gathered in themselves simple interface and rich functionality.

At the time programs are available in CD. Content is close to that of The Open CD (now known as OpenDisc), for which the project has already written, plus additional programs.

Being an open project, “Learn free” offers you the opportunity to contribute to its development. This can be done by disseminating information about it by preparing new programs to be included through assistance in the transfer of programs or even by simply reporting on existing errors. Page has a chance for registration which will enable you better informed about developments around the project. For schools also have the opportunity to register through which to facilitate their relationship with the creator of the project and can rely on greater assistance related to the use of programs from the disk. For more details you can see this help page, and the disc itself can be downloaded free from here.

Finally I can say that very difficult to find a constructive shortcoming of the “Learn Free. The idea behind it and develop it until I make me proud that Bulgaria has such awake teachers and people who support them! So, check out the official site, try the programs and if you’re happy proposed disc in your (or your children) school. Will do a good deed!

Of all the “side effects” of open source software, the most I like variety. I really find interesting infinite variations proven successful open source projects like Ubuntu … example. Ubuntu say, I just hurriedly to inform you another modification of the operating system. It might be like those who seek something fresh and non-standard. About gOS. This operating system is based on the latest version of Ubuntu - 7.10 and was created by the famous (U.S.) company Everex. Although basically Ubuntu, gOS has some special features.

• Firstly, it is very strong emphasis on Google services. Out fast start, here are some of the most popular Google services: mail, maps, news, calendar, docs & spreadsheets. For strong orientation of Internet distribution and suggest links to sites like Facebook and Blogger. Are not missed and unique online client for instant communication Meebo and almost obligatory Skype. On other applications, we can say that some of the key for Ubuntu present here - Rhythmox, OpenOffice, GIMP, Pidgin, Synaptic and others.

• Another distinctive feature of strong gOS is the choice of Governor of the environment. For this is always chosen my interest Enlightenment 0.17. Enlightenment has a long history (the beginning is laid back in 1996) but more importantly it is simply not competitive as a proportion visual beauty / loading of the system. With E17 receive nothing less than “smooth and shiny” working environment. Shadows, polusenki, transparency, animated icons and menus - all this is there and you expected. However with only modest system requirements (100MHts processor and 64MB of system memory are not very right …). E17 has sufficient potential of setting that can provide you with occupation and in this respect.

Should keep in mind that gOS is a very new development and as such can be (and probably will) some coarse stuff in it. For example, something I did impression is that the information specifically says that the Internet connection must be on cable. This tells me that probably still added into the system will support wireless networks. Strange, given good support Ubuntu, but a fact. I think the problem is solvable, when acting in sisemata has Synaptic. Probably will not issue the necessary packages to install and zarabotyat.

In this very short my review ends. If these lines have attracted interest you may see a short clip of gOS in action here. Enjoy the show!