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updated May 14, 2012, category: Software & security

Instancing Brush is one of the most important features in Kerkythea, a free, cross-platform and, above all, a super-awesome 3D rendering software. Why, you may ask? What's so special about it? Well, let's say you want to create a 3D model. A modern tank, perhaps. So you go about rendering the model, and it comes out super-fine. The only problem is, it looks suspended in thin air, and no amount of GIMP effects can really make up for the lack of ground.

At this stage, you may decide to add some ground-like props in your model, which might somehow help create the illusion of realism. But it seems tedious work, plus you might not be satisfied with the textures or detail. Not to worry. There's an alternative. It's called the Instancing Brush and it will help you add realistic-looking fully renderable background props to your model. Let me show you how.

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updated May 12, 2012, category: Software & security

After rather successfully reviewing Precise Pangolin on my T61 with SSD, I decided to expand the testing to other machines I have. Most importantly, I wanted to see how well this latest LTS edition of Ubuntu behaves on my higher-end laptops, blessed with an Nvidia card. So I took it for a spin on my LG machine.

In today's terms, you might call the three-year old laptop somewhat old, but it still comes with a proper 64-bit processor, it has 4GB of RAM, which is quite decent, and there's the Nvidia 9600M GS, which still runs most Linux games quite well. All right, let's see how I fared.

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updated May 11, 2012, category: Life topics

Dear readers, by now, the emotional storms over some very controversial laws have passed, so you will be able to read the following article with a calm and rational mind. Moreover, I purposefully refrained from posting this thing back then in order to reduce the noise and allow people to focus on the real efforts of stopping these laws. Now that we're in the clear, the trolling can commence.

What I want to tell you is how you can effectively boycott companies, how you can easily circumvent draconian laws without breaking any law, and finally, what protests, boycotts and revolutions are really about. If you thought liking someone on Failbook constitutes as your Fifth of November, then you are mistaken. In real life, things are a bit more stringent than that. So do follow me.

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updated May 9, 2012, category: Hillbilly physics

One thing that is worse than cropdusting corn with radioactive cobalt is driving a hybrid car. Yup, you read it right. Hybrid cars are the sum of all motor evil that could ever be. They are the ultimate testament to human stupidity in all shapes, forms, sizes, colors, and flavors. They represent everything that is logically and morally wrong with mankind.

When you buy a hybrid car, you piss on the collective intelligence of human race. You disregard that little thing called mathematics and instead focus on presenting a glamorous and totally false image of a tree-loving person who happens to care about his environment. If you happen to ever hear someone tell you how they bought their hybrid car, you ought to punch them in the face, right then, right there. Worse, Gods of the Internets forbid, if you happen to approve of someone's purchase of a hybrid car, you should probably be catapulted into outer space, so you stop polluting the atmosphere with your frivolous, reckless and vain ways. Let me elaborate.

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updated May 7, 2012, category: Software & security

Kubuntu is the second child in the line of Canonical kings, hence it gets less attention compared to the royal heir and favorite son, Ubuntu. Now, to add to the drama, starting and ending with Precise Pangolin, the company decided it will no longer officially support Kubuntu from its own resources, and it will become a community distro, like the other flavors. This means Kubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin will be the last in-house Ubuntu spin with the KDE desktop.

Politics and financial support aside, what can Kubuntu 12.04 offer? I liked Natty, and even committed it in my production setup, which is a hallmark event. I almost skipped Oneiric, but then I tested it in my triple review, on an SSD-ed box, where it showed some good promise overall. And now it's time to see what Pangolin can do, on the same machine. So let's have some fun.

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updated May 5, 2012, category: 3D art

I know you loved my Mechwarrior gallery. How? Well, you're reading this one now, although my arrogance might be inflicting tiny pangs of regret as we speak. But if you can look past the unneeded verbosity into the chasm of art, you will find this article even more intriguing than the original.

Recapping the message I elaborated in my new tank gallery, I am quite pleased with my models, but in most cases, they lack the realistic imperfections that we see all around us. Mechwarrior is no exception, as it comes with smooth colors, straight from the manufacturing line, unspoiled, without a smear of grease on its joints, with one streak of soot on its cannon. Time to remedy that, so please enjoy my latest project, the very same Mechwarrior rendered with weathered metals, plus some gimpage. Enjoy.

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updated May 4, 2012, category: Software & security

A few months back, we had a damn good article on popular tricks you can use to significantly improve the quality and beauty of your LaTeX-made documents. Whether you prefer using a semi-office-suite-like frontend like LyX or code directly in LaTeX, the end result was the same. We got prettier, more elegant, more professional documents.

We learned about multiple columns, aligning bulleted and numbered lists, fancy footnotes and captions, splitting long titles, image adjustments, watermarks, table cell padding, programing language syntax, vertical and horizontal spacers, and LaTeX source. Today, we will learn a few more things, including some rather basic tips that I took for granted in the first article. Hopefully, you won't be disappointed.

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updated May 2, 2012, category: Software & security

I am officially kicking off the start of the spring hunting season with a long review of Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. 'Tis a silly name, but it's a five-year Long Term Support (LTS) release. Previously, Ubuntu would only offer three years, and anyone using RedHat or CentOS would laugh at this. Not anymore, five years is a respectable figure, by all means.

Other than that, what can Ubuntu offer? Will the next five years be useful to potential Pangolin users, or a curse that must be avoided? Will this new trend signal a change in the way software is developed for Linux, so that you can actually use the same software in 2012 as you would in 2017. So let's have a splendid review.

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updated April 30, 2012, category: Software & security

Once again, it's been almost three years since I've written my new Linux must-have compilation. I believe it is time to refresh the list to reflect the most current state of the Linux market. So welcome to the third generation of the Linux best software!

I will try to make the compilation as detailed and yet as short as possible. Most of the things I've written in the past still hold valid. In those cases, I will often briefly cite some of the most important features and then point to my reviews, tutorials and other extensive sources. Still, you will get the same, uncompromising quality you are used from the forges of Dedoimedo; explanations, helpful tips and tricks, recommendations, and a personal guarantee. All of the programs come thoroughly tested and tried.

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updated April 28, 2012, category: Software & security

Before we begin, yes I know Ubuntu 12.04 has been released. Relax. A review is coming on soon, now focus on the topic at hand. A head-on fight! It's a fight, a real one with bytes and whatnot! Now, seriously, here's a tough question/situation for you. Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Mint all share the same DNA. So in theory, they should all behave the same, including the overall time to boot into the desktop session. What do you think?

The simple answer is, let's not guess, let's check. And what's more fun than running a comparison between these three on my new test machine, blessed with a pair of SSD. So rather than hearing magnetic platters spin, you hear electrons plink. To be fair, I already gave you a sampling of SSD boot times on top of a new machine with an i5 processor and 4GB RAM. So it will be most interesting to see if there's any difference on a supposedly significantly inferior box, with half as much RAM, an older generation of CPU, and four years of age. What do you think will happen?

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updated April 27, 2012, category: Computer games

Last autumn, Operation Flashpoint celebrated its tenth year of release. To mark the birthday of the best first person shooter ever created, Bohemia Interactive decided to offer all of its available Operation Flashpoint franchise games as one mega pack. For just fifty dollars, you could buy the original Operation Flashpoint, complete with Cold War Assault, Red Hammer and the Resistance campaigns, the so-called Game Of The Year (GOTY) gold pack, ArmA, ArmA II, ArmA Operation Arrowhead, and ArmA British Forces, plus some extras. It was too good a deal to pass on, so I cashed in my new year's present early and started playing.

Now, you have seen me write about Operation Flashpoint and ArmA II. But now I have a brand new computer that is rad in frames per second, plus many fresh hours of pimping both in singleplayer campaigns and multiplayer games with family and friends on privately hosted servers. Which means you are entitled to a new review, replete with high-definition screenshots, funny, weird and realistic moment, extra unnecessary commentary, and other cool things. After me, warriors.

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updated April 27, 2012, category: Life topics

Dear fellows, it's been two weeks since I've announced my win-a-free-book contest and it's now officially over. Luckily for me, I will not need be crying in a corner forever alone, as I've managed to get more than ten entries submitted. To be more precise, a total of seventeen different people mailed me, and I had two more friends abstain from their participation knowing they would get their free copies anyway.

I must admit I found the total number of submissions surprising both in a good way and a bad way. I'd expect more people to want to get free stuff, even if it's a fantasy book, but given Dedoimedo's demographics, mostly hardcore geeks who tend to mistrust and treat everything with scorn, seventeen is a good number. On the brighter side, seventeen strangers want to read my book, which is not a bad thing at all. Let's announce them.

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updated April 26, 2012, category: Life topics

It happened, just a few days ago. Dedoimedo has crossed the magical threshold of one million monthly pageviews, as registered by the server's urchin. Now I'm in the big league and no longer need to impress me wife by washing dishes before uploading new articles. But there it is, 1,000,000 views. Yippie.

In fact, the threshold was crossed some time before, but I wanted to be sure. In fact, the server urchin did flake on two days in the last month, counting only about half the actual traffic on those two days, so the real figure is even larger. Anyhow, join me for a micro-celebration and a quick tour of Dedoimedo's audience statistics. Let's see what those millions pages really are.

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updated April 26, 2012, category: Software & security

Losing important personal data is one of the biggest pains a user can experience in the digital world. No matter how hard we try, accidentals and hardware failures can happen and will inevitably happen. It's the matter of statistics, and just like casinos, the house always wins.

To prevent tragedies, you must, I repeat, you must have multiple data backups, proven, consistent, restorable, verified now and then. But what if you don't? Most of computers users never bother with backups, and they only realize the enormity of their ways when it's too late. All right. So if you're down to tears and despair, there are a few things you can try before declaring Chapter 13 over your personal and emotional assets. This tutorial will try to teach you how to recover partitions and data stored on hard disks, as well as how to fix damaged pictures. Follow me.

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updated April 23, 2012, category: Software & security

This has never been done before, EVAR, either on Dedoimedo or elsewhere, a head-on review of three different Linux distros at the same time. Well, I am just about to give you a unique experience, with Mint 12 Lisa and Oneiric Ocelot in Unity and KDE flavors competing for your attention on my brand old-new test box, a T61 laptop with two SSD hard disks, w00t, w00t!

This will also be my first encounter with Kubuntu 11.10, which I seem to have skipped this last autumn, so it ought to be interesting. Moreover, since you've already had your fat share of reviews of both Mint and Ubuntu on this very website, I'm going to cut down on some of the trivial details. Well, I guess we can start enjoying ourselves. Commence.

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updated April 21, 2012, category: 3D art

After completing my hybrid airplane article, I decided to redo all my existing models with even more realistic renders. You see, all of my existing models are rather clean, factory-made. But in real life, there's no such thing. You always get little imperfections, spots of dust and dirt and chipped paint, oil leaks, bruised, bad lighting, mud, scratches, and all those other sweet, grubby details that infuse objects with a sense of earthly belonging. My models didn't have any of those, until now.

So please prepare to be stunned. The tank gallery is the first retouched model, with some fancy extras. I focused a lot of effort on using better materials and adding bump textures. But the most important addition is grass - real grass, rendered in Kerkythea.

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updated April 21, 2012, category: Life topics

Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to spam your senses a little more with my book news. The Betrayed, the first volume in The Lost Words fantasy series, is now also available in Kindle Edition, a tiny humble download that should warm your heart and mind. Grab it while it's hot.

And a quick reminder, there's one week left for the win-a-book contest. If you are interested in winning a free copy of The Betrayed, please send me a short paragraph elaborating on your favorite software. Should your entry win, you will get the book, for free. Free as in beer, free as in speech, free as in why not.

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updated April 20, 2012, category: Software & security

Multi-boot, such a lovely word. Reminds me of Lilo Dallas Multi Pass from The Fifth Element. But essentially, multi-booting is nothing special. I have a system with four operating systems installed side by side just on the internal disk and another four or five on an external device. I have several systems with two or three instances of Linux distros breezing happily. But having a live bootable multi-boot system is a different story altogether.

Why would you want something like that? Essentially, a single all-purpose distro ought to do it. And now that you've learned about live CD/DVD/USB persistence, then all seems to be well. But sometimes you may require multiple distributions and/or non-Linux operating systems to do whatever you need to do. Usually, this kind of need revolves around system administration and maintenance, forensics, rescue, backups, and similar tasks. All right, let me show you how this can be done.

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updated April 18, 2012, category: Software & security

Most of the Linux desktoposphere revolves around Gnome and KDE. This means that most Linux programs are written, designed and tested for these desktop environments. There's nothing wrong with that, but if you're using one of the less popular alternatives, you might struggle a little finding the right software. Let me help you.

In this article, I will try to present you with the best programs suitable for use on top of non-Gnome and non-KDE desktops. Please note this does not mean they cannot be used with either Gnome or KDE with great success. Nor does it mean that programs not listed here are not suitable for your box. The whole purpose of this compilation is to expose you to some less known, lightweight programs that will offer the best performance and usability on older, possibly low-end machines running Xfce, LXDE, and others. Demonstrated on recently tested Dreamlinux and Vector, both flavored with Xfce. Now, follow me.

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updated April 16, 2012, category: Software & security

Now and then, mostly now, I tend to refresh my test arsenal, which consists of sturdy antiques in the form on an ancient T42 all the way up to a fancy HP Pavilion with a proper graphics card, lots of RAM and booting almost a dozen operating systems. Throw in everything in between, and it's one happy family.

However, you have mostly seen my T60p, a 32-bit beastling, in Linux distro review action. That's about to change, as I have a new monster at my disposal. The old guard will still feature here and there, but from this moment on, it will be a custom-pimped T61, with a 64-bit processor and two SSD. Yup, you read it right.

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updated April 14, 2012, category: Software & security

Say you have an old computer that you wish to get rid of: give away, donate to charity, let a friend enjoy it for a few more months before it dies, maybe even sell it. Whatever you decide, you might be faced with a big question. What kind of steps do you need to take to make sure that your data is not going to be used by the new owners?

This article will teach you about different methods designed to ensure your private data will not fall into wrong hands when you dispose of the hardware that previously stored it. There are several scenarios that you need to take into account. These will determine what kind of action is required of you when giving away old computers.

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updated April 13, 2012, category: 3D art

Trying something new here - rendering with the big one, Kerkythea! I've been brewing this chaise lounge - a fancy wording for a recliner - idea in my mind for a while now, thinking up various designs and materials. Well, I knew that I would use Google SketchUp for modeling it, but the rendering options are somewhat limited, making it difficult to really showcase the potential of this design.

As you've already seen in this section of Dedoimedo, Kerkythea is a very powerful tool that complements Google SketchUp very nicely. So, I created the model from scratch - yes, the chaise itself, the tray, the coffee mugs, the books and magazines and even the little Rubik's Cube on the top shelf.

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updated April 12, 2012, category: Life topics

With utmost pride, satisfaction and excitement, I'm pleased to announce the official release of The Betrayed, the first book of The Lost Words epic fantasy series. The novel has been published just a few days ago and is available in online stores in paperback format. E-book edition is coming soon.

And now, let's announce the surprise I've been hinting on for the past few months. I want to give away ten books for free. At this point in life, I'm not yet a best-selling celebrity, but one day, I might be, and having a first edition release on your shelf might account to something. So please read on to learn how you can enter the contest and win your own copy.

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updated April 11, 2012, category: Computer games

It has been some five, almost six years since I reviewed Scorched3D, the successor to the legendary, timeless mother-of-all-games, Scorched Earth. With your permission, I would like to redo this article, with some fresh information. What has changed in half the decade, except me becoming smarter?

For those of you less familiar with the title, Scorched3D is a turn-based artillery game. You and a handful of other players, humans or bots, are landed onto a geographically challenged map, where you fight to the last breath, using every means available. Each player must ready his/her deadly arsenal, including elevation, bearing and power, taking into account the weather conditions, the terrain layout, as well as the strengths and positions of his foes. Some maps allow unlimited time to get ready for combat. Others restrict you, so you must be quick with your fingers. Then, when the clock ticks the S-Second, weapons are set free.

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updated April 9, 2012, category: Software & security

One of the great conveniences of the Linux world is the ability to boot pretty much any distribution into a live session and test the hardware compatibility, look & feel and available software before installing to disk. Some people also use live CD as forensics tools, secure browsing environment or immutable media for testing. Indeed, this last feature is also the great disadvantage of the live CD.

The very name live CD implies something running from optical media. Usually, CD and DVD discs are read-only devices. The information that has been burned onto the plastic layer cannot be changed. This means that any live session is a one-time experience that will be fully discarded on next reboot. But in the last few years, the idea of a bootable live USB has come to life, and it changes everything. In this tutorial, I will teach you how to create bootable USB devices that have an additional writable area for storage of data that will persist across multiple sessions.

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updated April 7, 2012, category: Software & security

Once upon a time, PCLinuxOS used to be one of my favorite candidates for permanent desktop use, but it was back in 2009, with a truly magnificent Gnome release. Such is the trouble with great success, sequels cannot match the original. In the three years since, my experience with the distro has steadily declined. But now, there's a fresh new release, and this means fresh new hope.

All right, I'd like to invite you to read my PCLinuxOS 2012.02 review, graced with a KDE desktop. On paper, it looks promising. But can it truly turn around the tide? Anyhow, I will be subjecting the distro to a pleasant torture session on my T60p box, 32-bit and whatnot, with all the usual stuff that we always check, from Wireless and Samba to apps, desktop effects, stability, and other crucial things. Follow me.

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updated April 4, 2012, category: Greatest sites

I've got two more most splendid websites for your perusal and utmost enjoyment. One - Ksplice Blog. Indeed, when Oracle purchased Ksplice, this blog was already on my to-be-published list. But then, I started having second thoughts. And then I started having third thoughts. I realized that the fact the site owners have changed does not mean the site's quality has changed.

Two - Bent Objects, an extremely witty, extremely unique, hence filed here, website created and designed by one Terry Border, an arteest, not an artist. Whatever his fancy title may be in the neo-posh circles, the man knows his way around art and taking simple, mundane, everyday items and turning them into objects of quirky adoration.

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updated April 6, 2012, category: Life topics

Finally, it's done. I've just approved the book for print. The Betrayed should be available in online stores in about a week, and a little longer to reach the shelves in retail shops and libraries. It took a while to get this done. After almost nine months of work, including no less than four soft proofs and two physical proofs, the book is ready for publication. Oh, I'm rather pleased. And so should you be.

Again, I must tease you with this surprise I have in waiting. So keep tight for another week or so, and all shall be revealed. Meanwhile, consider taking a look at the two free sample chapters, if you have not done so yet. See you around soon.

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updated April 4, 2012, category: 3D art

The inspiration for this model was multi-dimensional. It's a plane all right, but not quite as any other you've ever seen. I wanted it to be a giant transport capable of carrying tanks or super-heavy equipment, but I also wanted it to be larger than any other plane you've ever seen, as well as capable of self-defense.

What I came up with is an aircraft that is part ekranoplan, part conventional plane, armed with anti-shipping cruise missiles similar to the Soviet Lun-class ground effect transport. But then, it also shares some similarities with An-225, the largest cargo plane ever built, and maybe some with Super Guppy. Either way, it's sleek and cool and modern and rendered in Kerkythea. So please join me for a tour of artsy awesomeness.

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updated April 2, 2012, category: Software & security

You have just bought tickets to an exotic vacation spot. You board the flight, you land safely, you pull your netbook from your backpack, fire it up, and then check if there are any available Wireless networks. Indeed there are, unencrypted, passwordless, waiting for you. So you connect to the most convenient hotspot and start surfing. Being addicted as you are, you want to login into your email or social network just to check if something cardinal happened in the world during your four-hour flight. You're about to hit the sign in button. Stop. What you're about to do might not be safe.

This super-dramatic introduction is supposed to highlight today's topic: How to stay safe on the road. And I'm not implying anything you may do in your person, like getting robbed or kidnapped or drinking local tap water, but rather the security involving your electronic gadgets and your online habits. Because if you bring your computer with you, you will want to connect it to the outside world. And this is where troubles begin. Or not. Hopefully, the article will highlight all the perils and pitfalls of unsafe hex and how you can avoid them.

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updated March 31, 2012, category: Software & security

CentOS 6 is arguably one of the least expected best distributions for your desktop. While it is intended for servers, it does a splendid job at home, too. It's fast, light, stable, robust, and supported unto eternity. And with some medium-hard work, you can significantly improve the overall look & feel and productivity. I have elaborate on these so-called pimping efforts in a series of three articles, all of which introduce a new range of programs and tools that are not included by default. To name a few, Java, Flash, LibreOffice, Chrome, newer versions of Firefox.

Firefox. Indeed, in my first pimping article, I explained how you can install Firefox 4 and higher on CentOS. Since then, a handful of repositories came to life, also offering binary builds of modern versions of Firefox. But recently, none of that is necessary. With the release of Firefox 10, the browser is available in the official CentOS repository as a standard part of the software update process.

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updated March 30, 2012, category: Software & security

In English slang, the word gimp used to denote football-challenged people in olden times, but now it is mostly used as the witty and surprisingly non-recursive acronym for an open-source image manipulation software called GIMP, all capitals. A great program, a poor man's alternative to payware stuff. But also a rich man's alternative. Why? Because you get plugins and scripts.

Like any self-respecting open-source project, GIMP prides itself at being extensible. Firefox has it, GIMP has it. Plugins are the smartest way of making something good better. You do not need to make any changes to core software, you just add extra stuff. For people who use GIMP for their art work, having some of these extras is exactly what they need. Let us explore.

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updated March 28, 2012, category: Software & security

PDF documents, we all like them and use them. Some people read their PDF inside browsers. However, most people have a dedicated reader they use for this purpose. Linux users are no different, they too use some kind of program for this task. The question is, which is one is the best?

In this article, I'm going to review several popular PDF readers available for free. The requirements are simple: They must be installable from within the repository, without any manual configurations. Moreover, they must be reasonably well maintained. While there are a lot of PDF readers for Linux, some have not been updated in years, making them unsuitable for this contest. Lastly, I'm going to test them as they are, without referring to help or manual. So if there's something out there that I can't find, it's gonna be the software fault, not mine. Let's rock.

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updated March 26, 2012, category: Software & security

A few days back, Cinnamon 1.4 was released. For of those you not in the know, Cinnamon is a Gnome Shell fork, created in an attempt to provide a modern but traditional and highly functional user interface for Linux users. It was conceived by the Mint development team, who found Gnome 3 simply too restricting, even with Mint extensions. There's also MATE, but Cinnamon aims to blend the best of all worlds, by being fully compatible with the Ubuntu base, as well as relevant, stylish and useful.

In my initial review, I pointed out several areas for improvement, mostly revolving around cosmetic problems. With Cinnamon 1.4 out of the oven, they seem to have been fixed. Now, since I suffer from the classic case of egomania, my over-inflated sense of unwarranted self-importance might claim that some of the fixes are a direct result of my own review, but it's probably more than that. Whatever the reason, the Cinnamon team is on the right track. There's a solid baseline, and on top of it, a slow, gradual process of improvement. So let's have another tour.

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updated March 24, 2012, category: Software & security

A few weeks ago, Android-x86 4.0 RC Ice Cream Sandwich was released. For those of you wondering, Android-x86 is a project that aims to port Android to the IA platform. This is an interesting attempt, but more so because it allows testing the operating system on a device other than a smartphone.

My experience with Android is nil, so it will be interesting to see how I cope. I'm not a great believer in dumbphones, but perhaps the system has its merits regardless of the business case. Anyhow, I tested on my Asus eeePC netbook, which currently runs Ubuntu Lucid remix. Let's see how I fared, and what all the fuss is all about.

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updated March 23, 2012, category: Software & security

VideoLAN (VLC) is one super-mighty media player. It plays everything and anything you throw at it, chomping bytes and codecs like mad. Not only that, VLC can do a whole lot more. It is not just a tool for watching videos and listening to music. This feisty player can also perform quite a bit of media manipulation, in a good sort of way. It can record, stream and transcode your files. Today, we will do just that.

I want to show you how you can play network streams and transcode them to files, both video and audio. I want to show you how you can record playback, saving you the hassle of cutting, cropping and extracting audio from your files. And I'll teach you about several other cool features that make VLC the king of digital entertainment.

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updated March 21, 2012, category: Software & security

By now, everyone and their grandmother have give you a politically correct review of what Windows 8 is all about, replete with lovely screenshots taken in virtual machines. While busy fellating Microsoft, they seem to have forgotten to give you an honest, real take on how you, the consumer, will handle this new operating system.

I really liked the early, Developer Preview version, and even dedicated some four articles explaining how to disable Metro, how to use the built-in recovery options and how to tweak the system to your liking. But now, Windows 8 is facing 180 degrees from where it's been just a few short months back. So let me show what the Consumer Preview is really all about, on a physical machine.

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