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Guild Wars on Ubuntu GNU/Linux
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 | Author: admin

Demontration of Guild Wars (MS Windows only game!) on Ubuntu 8.04.1 64-bit GNU/Linux – 1024×768 settings on 1680×1050 desktop for comparation. No sound and short recording for smaller file. This video is response on some idiotic comments posted for “PC vs MAC vs LINUX” video. Notice that desktop recording software is working and there are no major slowdowns! Some (not all!) games that can be played on GNU/Linux OS by using WINE application: Baldurs Gate I & II, Battle Realms, Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror, Ceasar III, Call of Duty I & II, Chicken Invaders 1-3, Commanche 4, Red Alert 2, Tiberian Sun, Commandos 2, Descent 3, Deus Ex, Diablo II, Disciples II, Doom 3,Duke Nukem Manhatten project, Dungeon Siege II, Europa 1400: The Guild, Europa Universalis II, Fallout I & II, FIFA 08, Football Manager 2008, Freedom Force, GTA, GTA III, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Guild Wars, Grim Fandango, Half Life & HL2, Harry Potter & HP2, Heretic II, Heroes of MM III, Hearts of iron II, Hitman 2, IceWind Dale II, Jagged Alliance 2, Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Keepsake, Kingpin: Life of crime, Blood Omen 2, Lego Star Wars II, Live for Speed, Luxor 3, Mafia, Max Payne I & II, MOHAA, Motocross Madness 2, Myth I-III, NFS 2, NFS ProStreet, Neighbours from hell I & II, Neverwinter Nights, NHL 99, Patrician II & III, Pirates of caribbean, Postal I & II, POP: Sands of Time, Quake 1-3, Rayman 3, RTCW, rFactor, Richard Burns Rally, Roller Coaster Tycoon I & II, Rune, Sam And Max 2xx, Serious Sam II

Screenkey – Screencast Your Keys – Ubuntu 10.04
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 | Author: admin

launchpad.net A screencast tool inspired by Screenflick and based on the key-mon project

This video will show you how to get any version of Linux on your desktop or laptop:Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mythbuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook remix, Kubuntu Netbook. This is 100% free and legal. This works on any version of Windows: XP, Vista, or Windows 7. This WILL NOT remove or overwrite your current OS(Operating System). The program you’ll be using is called “Wubi” which can be downloaded at “Download.com”. It installs Linux so that when you boot up your computer it lets you choose between booting up into Windows or Linux. If you want to switch just restart your computer and choose the other one.

tinyurl.com Get More DreamScene Videos www.dreamscene.org rapidyard.blogspot.com Note: Make sure there is no space in the filename, otherwise it will not work. INSTALLATION TUTORIAL ENGLISH: IS SO EASY: 1:INSTALL ZENITY & MPLAYER & UNRAR & RAR apt-get install zenity mplayer unrar rar maybe also need ‘ubuntu-restricted-extras’ to play the wmv videos 2:DECOMPRESS a-desk WITH YOUR FAVORITE DECOMPRESSOR 3:INSTALL XWINWRAP Enter into zip a-desk and execute xwinwrapcvs.deb or xwinwrap64.deb (2 clicks or execute by terminal by —- dpkg -i xwinwrapcvs.deb or xwinwrap64.deb 4:EXECUTE A-DESK.INSTALLER 2 CLICK’S on “a-desk-installer” ENJOY IT

This is a demo of my Fedora 12 desktop, running Compiz Fusion for 3d effects (I did have to do some work to code my Nvidia drivers to get 3d enabled effects.) I am also running a AWN dock with the “squish” feature enabled to make my dock icons jump. I have on Wiggle Windows which is the windows that shake around and snap into place. I have 3d Cube enabled, with features like transparent cube and things like that (you can have a much higher number of workstations, I just use 4). I am working to install a video capture straight from the desktop, but recordmydesktop and others don’t seem to work in good quality, not sure what is wrong, if anyone has ideas, pleassse help me! Intel Core 2 Duo e6550 @ 2.8 GHz (stock at 2.33) Gigabyte MoBo with MIT System Tweaker 2 GB DDR2-800 PC6400 RAM Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB Graphics 250 GB 7200 SATA HDD (Fedora 12 Linux) 500 GB 7200 SATA HDD (Windows 7 Professional) 120 GB 5400 USB External Hard Drive 19in Samsung LCD 2ms @ 1440×900 47in Magnavox LCD HDTV DVi-HDMI hookup (extended displays) 900w Power Supply PS3, Wii, Motorola Droid, Dreamcast (running Linux)

Ubuntu 10.04 x64 RC Video
Monday, May 24th, 2010 | Author: admin

A simple video showing the latest release candidate, Ubuntu 10.04 x64 (Lucid Lynx). This is running real-time and not in a virtual machine. I was able to upgrade from 9.10 using the update-manager. The final release is expected on April 29, 2010. Music provided by: ‘Auera’ at: www.mp3.com *For the video background, use xwinwrap. A simple tutorial can be found at the following link: sathyasays.com ** The bottom panel is not part of the release. I’m using Avant Window Manager, which can be found in the Software Center.

EasyStroke Mouse Gestures Part 2 – Ubuntu 10.04
Friday, May 21st, 2010 | Author: admin

gotbletu.blogspot.com Easystroke is a gesture-recognition application for X11. It aims to be highly configurable while at the same time providing an intuitive user interface. It was designed with a Tablet PC in mind, but it also works well with a mouse.

Peppermint Linux OS One 32bit LXDE Screencast Review
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 | Author: admin

Review style Screencast Tutorial on how to install and use Peppermint Linux OS One 32bit LXDE which is a new derivative of Linux Mint 9 with Lxde GUI desktop environment. I created this live open source operating system demonstration inside Kubuntu Linux 9.106 4bit with RecordMyDesktop and Kdenlive. info from the site: Peppermint OS was designed to be easy on your processor and system resources so you can get “going and get things done… Lightweight; Peppermint OS is under 512MB and easy to run as a Live CD or USB. Loads and Shuts down in Seconds… User Friendly; Step-by-step installation, Works out of the box, Easy to Navigate with Automatic Updates….” Download from: peppermintos.com Original video production by the http Tech Show.

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Advanced 3D Desktop
Sunday, May 16th, 2010 | Author: admin

This video is made to show the advanced things you could do configuring ubuntu with compizconfig-settings-manager and adding extra plugins, hope you enjoy the video.

press.redhat.com Colin Walters, an engineer for the Fedora Project, has been doing a lot of work on graphics support in Linux and making the user experience smoother. Here, he talks about visually appealing boot sequences, games, and the much anticipated GNOME Shell. Also included is a demo of the game Tremulous with accelerated graphics.