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Foxit – A PDF Viewer for Windows & Ubuntu!

( Linux and Windows )

As you are probably aware by now, almost every manual and “official” document that you find on the Internet ( and in business ) is in PDF (Portable Document Format). It was designed by Adobe Systems and ( thankfully ) in 2008 they released it as an open format. What this meant was that other [...]

HDAT2 – The Ultimate Hard Drive Rescue Tool

( Linux and Windows )

So now that I’ve upgraded to a Karmic Koala, and am happy with most of the results, I’ve decided that it’s time to retire my old system ( all of 3 years…) and see what else I can do with it.
Suffice to say, unfortunately, there are still a lot of things that don’t run well [...]

How to Dress up a Koala

( Linux )

So, as I mentioned my upgrade to Karmic Koala went pretty well without a hitch, it was certainly a lot easier than any Windows upgrade that I had done AND it went a lot faster and with fewer problems.
That being said, the boys at Ubuntu are almost paranoid about anything that isn’t 110% free and [...]

A Jaunty Jackalope turns into a Karmic Koala…

( Linux )

For those who may not be aware “Jaunty Jackalope” is the name given by Ubuntu for their 9.04 version release and “Karmic Koala” is the name for the 9.10 release.
I have been running with “Jaunty” for a while now, but big promises have been made that “Karmic” would fix a lot of what ailed it [...]

Transcode – an amazing little avi tool

( Linux )

A friend of mine recently had a problem with a couple of avi files he had of a movie of his. The movie was actually in two parts and he wanted it combined. Plus, he also had two subtitle files to the movie and was wondering if I could embed them into the finished avi [...]

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