The developers of the free panoramic photo editor Hugin released version 0.7 this month, culminating a two-year development cycle. The new release incorporates key new technical abilities and usability improvements to help demystify the panorama creation process for the average shooter.
Archive for October, 2008
Hugin panoramic photo editor extends its reach (NewsForge)
Author: adminOct 30
Three scripts for package management on Debian and Ubuntu systems (NewsForge)
Author: adminOct 30
Five of the top 10 most downloaded distributions on Distrowatch use the Debian package system. It has developed a rich infrastructure of utilities — not just the core commands apt-get and dpkg, but also such less well-known commands as apt-cache, apt-spy, and apt-listbugs. In addition, an array of other scripts, some mashups of existing utilities, and some original, are regularly available on …
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Searching for package information on Debian and Ubuntu systems (NewsForge)
Author: adminOct 29
New Linux users may be content with automatic updates and the package information shown by desktop tools, but more experienced users are generally more cautious and demanding. Experienced users, for instance, may want to assess the risk of an upgrade by studying its dependencies before they begin, or to overcome a package conflict by using versions from an older repository. Because of Debian’s …
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How to Obtain the Dell/HP Server (May be other vendors) Service Tag in Debian (Linux Today)
Author: adminOct 27
[ Thanks to dave for this link. ] “The Desktop Management Interface provides a standardized description of a computer’s hardware, including characteristics such as BIOS serial number and hardware connectors. dmidecode provides a dump of the DMI data available from the BIOS. It is used as a back-end tool by other hardware detection programs.”
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On the Linux laptop the distro is key (ZDNet)
Author: adminOct 25
While it is complicateed getting a Debian version of Open Office onto your Linux laptop it can be done. With Xandros it’s both simpler and harder. by Dana Blankenhorn
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