Save your status, energy and time using the Hibernate shutdown option on Windows XP October 28, 2010
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, OS News, Software, Software News, software newspaper, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: Hibernate, save energy, Shut Down, tips, tips and tricks, windows, Windows XP
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Usually, when you shut down your Linux OS, you have the option to Hibernate your computer. Using this option you are 100% sure that, when you power-on again your PC, you will find exactly the same programs, browser tabs and system configuration you. In Windows XP you have the same option but often it is hidden. If you have access to your XP computer as Administrator, you can follow the following instruction to restore it: Start —> Control Panel —> Power Options. Find the Hibernate tab and then click on Enable Hibernation. That’s it! 
How to protect your profile and emails on Thunderbird 3 (Ubuntu and Windows instructions) October 25, 2010
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, freeware tip, freeware tips, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, security, Seguridad, Software, software for Linux, Software News, software newspaper, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, Thunderbird, windows.Tags: email, open source, profile, security, seguridad, Software, Thunderbird, tip, tips and tricks, trick, TrueCrypt, Ubuntu, windows
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On Thunderbird, the only way to be 99% sure nobody will read your emails is to save your profile on an encrypted folder (or disk partition) using e.g. TrueCrypt but if you are not concerned that you are under surveillance, you can simply use a quick and useful trick that allows Thunderbird to ask for the Master password every time you launch it.
In Ubuntu you have to follow two different steps. First of all, go to Edit —> Preferences —> Security —> Passwords and create your Master Password. Secondly, go to Edit —> Preferences —> Advanced —> Config Editor (click on “I’ll be careful, I promise”). Then in the filter bar, type password and change the parameter for mail.password_protect_local_cache to True. The next time you will launch Thunderbird nothing will be displayed (old and new emails) before you insert the correct Master Password.
If you are using Thunderbird on Windows you have to modify mail.password_protect_local_cache going to Tools —> Options —> Advanced —> Config Editor (click on “I’ll be careful, I promise”). Then, as for Ubuntu, in the filter bar type password and change the parameter for mail.password_protect_local_cache to True.
Prey: a multiplatform, open source anti-thefth free software for laptops October 18, 2010
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Mac OS X, multiplatform freeware, Multiplatform software, open source, open source software, security, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10, windows.Tags: Android, cross-platform, cross-platform freeware, geo-location, ip, laptop, Linux, Mac OS X, multi-platform freeware, multiplatform, open source, Prey, protect, Software, tips, tips and tricks, Ubuntu, windows
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What about losing your laptop? Obviously the chances to find it and have it back are very few! But there are several software you can install on your laptop to trace the ip and geo-location of te laptop and with a bit of fortune you could find it. Prey is one of these programs you can use and it is particularly interesting because it is open source and free up to three laptops. After the download of the proper version for your OS (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X or Android) you have to run it on your machine and configure it through a very simple interface (on Ubuntu: Applications —> System Tools —> Prey Configurator). Do not forget to select Enable guest account and Wifi autoconnect to improve the possibilities to trace your laptop. You are also asked to provide an email account where you will receive the geo-location reports if your laptop is stolen. When you activate your Prey account do not forget to fill in the Configuration and Modules tabs. Personally we suggest to switch to ON the following commands: Auto update, Notify new reports and all the commands contained in the left column of the Modules tab. At this point, if your laptop is missed, you have to log in your on-line Prey account and, in the Configuration tab, switch the Missing option on YES. Since this moment, Prey software on your laptop is activated and will start sending reports to your email and to your Prey webpage. Last but not least, to better protect your laptop I suggest to hide or cancel the Prey Configurator icon from the OS menu (in Ubuntu: System —> Preferences —> Main Menu —> System Tools and deselect Prey Configurator).
Calibre: el mas versátil gestor, conversor y visualizador de eBooks September 27, 2010
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, ebook, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, multiplatform freeware, Multiplatform software, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: ebook, ebook reader, epub, Kindle, Linux, Mac, MOBI, Nook, oeb, Papyre, pdb, pdf, Sony, windows
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Los E-books están ganando cada vez mas espacio a los libro de papel y seguramente en un futuro no muy lejano llagaran a tener el mismo mercado que los libros de papel. Entre las varias aplicaciones para gestionar vuestra biblioteca digital y vuestros E-reader, he encontrado Calibre, que me parece una de las aplicaciones mejores al momento y es disponible para diferentes SO (Windows, Linux y Mac). Yo la he instalada en mi Kubuntu y tengo que decir que funciona a la perfección; tiene una interfaz gráfica muy intuitiva y aunque sea la primera vez que uso un gestor de E-book no le encuentro ninguna dificultad en moverme en las diferentes opciones que ofrece. Con Calibre es posible administrar nuestros libros en diferentes categorías: Fecha, Autor, Titulo, Editor, Tamaño… y también permite la conversión a diferentes formatos: ePub, PDF, MOBI, oeb, pdb y mas. Es posible también la sincronización con diferentes dispositivos: Kindle, Nook, Papyre, Sony. En el caso que algún libro tenga mas de un formato disponible, el mismo Calibre elige cual el mejor formato para nuestro lector. Calibre es disponible también para Iphone, Ipad e Android. Otra preciosa opción que ofrece es la configuración como lector de noticias y RRS pasándolas a formato de libro electrónico, Para concluir, os aconsejo de probar esta aplicación porque seguro que os puede ayudar mucho en gestionar vuestra Biblioteca Digital.
How to speed up Firefox on Ubuntu 10.04 (or Windows and OS X) September 20, 2010
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Firefox, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Noticias, OS X, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: about, about:config, config, Firefox, OS X, speed up, Ubuntu 10.04, windows
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In the past three months Firefox was updated more than we were used in the past also because it had some “speed problems” expecially on Ubuntu 10.04. Now, after the last updates, Firefox seems to go fast but for people who like to try some hacks we have collected some tips from the web:
- start Firefox
- in the address bar type about:config
- find and modify these lines:
- network.http.pipelining > Make it True
- network.http.pipelining.maxrequests > Make it 8 or 10 (we made it 30 and it really works fast especially on websites as ebay)
- network.http.proxy.pipelining > Make it True
- network.dns.disableIPv6 > Make it True
- last but not least restart and Firefox should work fine and a little bit faster.
Before trying these changes, please consider that changing advanced settings on Firefox can be harmful to the stability, security and performance of the program. Take notes of all the changes you are doing in case you need to revert them later.
Dear Readers: Computer Borders is back! September 18, 2010
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Free Software Magazine, Freeware, freeware blog, Freeware Reviews, freeware tip, freeware tips, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Linux distribution, Linux Distros, windows, Windows freeware.Tags: Computer Borders, Freeware, Galigio, Linux, windows
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We need to apologize to all of you because we promised weekly posts and then we took quite a long hiatus. We didn’t mean to be gone for so long, but life got strange, and so on and so forth. But now we are back, and we would like to apologize with all you.
On a more positive note, though, we just checked our reader’s statistics, only to see that we still have almost 200 daily readers. And, believe us, we are shocked! Thanks for waiting our return, everybody.We decided to change something on our blog. First of all we will not duplicate our posts in the Linux and Freeware pages but we post them just in the homepage. In this way, we will have some posts in English and other in Spanish… it is not orthodox but…. why not? We dare!
We would like to know what you all think of the blog so far. What would you like to read? Leave us plenty of criticism in the comment sections. And, you will see a weekly post, starting Monday!
WinFF: the best mkv to avi converter for Ubuntu February 14, 2010
Posted by galigio in AVI, Computers & Internet, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Media Converter, mp3, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, video converter, video formats, video player, video tutorial.Tags: AVI, BeOS, bsd, divx, DVD, Familiar Linux, H264, iPAQ, IPv6, Linux, MacOS, MacOS X, Media Converter, Media player, mkv, MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4, multicast, OSX, QNX, Streaming, unix, VideoLAN, VLC, VLS, windows, x264
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This week, in our Linux Page (in Spanish) we posted an essential manual about the best software to convert a video file from mkv to a more common (and readable) avi format. First of all we tried with a well known line program: ffmpeg but we had different problems and we did not succeed. For this reason we tried to install the specific libavcodec-unstripped-51 package but we were not able to convert our file. For our second test we installed avidemux but also in this case the mkv file resisted. Then we read in a post that VLC contains a powerful converter and we used it to transform the mkv file to avi. Unfortunately we succed only for the audio part of our file but we were not able to obtain a complete video file. Only during our last test we transform the mkv video to avi using WinFF. This program, based on ffmpeg, has a very clear graphical interface and it is very intuitive to use. After ten minutes of trials we were able to correct our settings and to start the file conversion. In the WinFF menu you can easily choose between many different video and audio formats (in our test we chose AVI) with a Device Preset setted to XviD in AVI (16:9) and decide the output folder you prefer. WinFF -does not work- if you do not insert the mandatory data in the below part of the menu. In our test we setted:
Video Settings
Video Bitrate = empty (null = we did not write anything)
Frame rate = 25
Video Size = 592 x 320
Aspect Ratio = 16:9
Audio Settings
Audio Bitrate = 118
Sample Rate = 48000
Audio Channels = 2
Additional Command Line Parameters (advanced)
null = we did not write anything
We recommend WinFF to all that people who are not very clever with line command programs and need to easily transform video files to a different formats!
Two new Backgrounds/Wallpapers on http://deeza.org February 10, 2010
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, graphics, Linux, Technology, Technology and Software, Tecnologia, wallpaper, windows.Tags: background, graphics, Linux, OS X, wallpaper, windows
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Today, we would like to suggest two new backgrounds/wallpapers we published on http://www.deeza.org/downloads.html. Enjoy and let us know if you like them!
Rocketdock 1.3.0: a light but powerful dock for Windows 7, Vista and XP November 22, 2009
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Desktop, Dock, free software, free software download, Free Software Magazine, Freeware, freeware blog, Freeware Reviews, freeware tip, freeware tips, graphics, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows, Windows freeware.Tags: 7, Dock, icons, RocketDock, Software, themes, Vista, wallpapers, windows, XP
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This week, in our Freeware Page, we posted a brief review about Rocketdock, a terrific “Apple style” dock for Windows. We decided to test Rocketdock on a Windows XP and the results were positive and we did not find bugs. Rocketdock is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista and the brand new Windows 7 using just 10MB of RAM. To add a new icon it is sufficient to drag and drop it into the bar and it will be automatically added. To cut off an icon you have to drag it from the dock to an empty space on the desktop and it is immediately removed. To conclude we suggest this freeware because it is really customizable and easy to add & tune to your existing desktop. Recommended!
How to easily install programs on your Windows or Ubuntu computers: allmyapps.com November 15, 2009
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, free software, free software download, Free Software Magazine, freeware tip, freeware tips, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Software, software for Linux, Software News, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: applications, free software, Install, Installations, Linux, Software, Ubuntu, windows, Windows 7
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This week, in our Linux Page (in Spanish), we have added a brief post about allmyapps.com a useful website which allow you to easily install software on Ubuntu (8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10) and Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7). After a simple registration you can choose the free software you prefere to install and in few clicks and some minutes you are ready to use your new programs. Allmyapps.com, automatically recognizes the OS you have installed on your PC. On allmyapps we found many useful softwares and every month more programs are submitted by readers and added to the website for the installation. For Windows we also positively tested another website ninite.com where we found many free softwares ready to be dowloaded and automatically installed. Easy to use and useful!
