Clik here to view.
Converting media to open formats with OggConvert
As I mentioned in a previous post, whenever possible I try to convert media in proprietary formats to free formats – like Ogg Vorbis or FLAC instead of MP3 or Ogg Theora rather than WMV or MP4. There...
View ArticleA few links you might find interesting
10 things one Linux user wished they’d known earlier about the command line Find anything under Linux Wondering what a Linux kernel maintainer does? Find out A history of early Linux distributions How...
View ArticleHarnessing the power of qualitative research with ATLAS.ti
Data. It doesn’t matter if you’re an academic or in market research: chances are, you’re buried in data. Making sense of that much data can be difficult, no matter how many bodies or brains that you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A look at three LaTeX editors for the Linux desktop
I’ve been using LaTeX for … well, a long time. It’s a powerful tool for typesetting all sorts of documents. And while I’m definitely not an expert user of LaTeX, I’m quite comfortable with it. When I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A review of Ubuntu Made Easy
Like it or hate it (and there are people in both camps), there’s no denying that Ubuntu is easy to use. Whether it’s easier to use than any number of other Linux distros is debatable but Ubuntu does...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I don’t care
About which Linux distro you use. About your favourite window manager. About which text editor you prefer. About whether or not you think the command line is useful. About who you buy your hardware...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taking a look at NixNote
Sometimes, well more often than that, I get annoyed by the lack of attention and outright affection that Linux gets from some software developers. Specifically the developers of web applications that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Managing your ebooks with calibre
Chances are, have a pile of ebooks in any number of formats — like PDF, EPUB, and even .mobi — on your computer. Chances are those ebooks are scattered across a directory or four. Which means finding...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ramblings about Firefox OS
In early October, 2012 a developer from Mozilla gave me an impromptu demonstration of Firefox OS, Mozilla’s operating system for mobile devices. What I saw was a pre-alpha version of the operating...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An overview of Linux scanning tools
Whether you’re moving to a paperless lifestyle, need to scan a document to back it up or email it, want to scan an old photo, or whatever reason you have for making the physical electronic, a scanner...
View ArticleBy: Douglas Jenkins
Epson, for some of its models of both scanners and all-in-one also supports Linux through its own scanning tools....
View ArticleBy: Scott Nesbitt
Thanks for the information. I’ll keep that in mind if I buy an Epson in the future.
View ArticleBy: Links 7/12/2012: More Games and RHT News | Techrights
[...] An overview of Linux scanning tools Whether you’re moving to a paperless lifestyle, need to scan a document to back it up or email it, want to scan an old photo, or whatever reason you have for...
View ArticleBy: Dmitry Pashkevich
You should mention VueScan which is effectively the only professional scanning software, and it’s still being actively maintained http://www.hamrick.com/
View ArticleBy: ninjatechs
Love this article, thanks for putting this together! It’s perfect, got up and running with my Officejet Pro 8600 in no time!
View Article
