How to easily print code
For the first-year project in computer science at the University of Fribourg (where I am working as an underassistant) I had to correct exercises handed in by the students. 5 groups handed in their...
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New Thunderbird in Action
Thunderbird 2.0, the new major release of the free opensource email-client has now been out for a couple of weeks. Yesterday I finally decided to upgrade to this new version. Already after a few hours...
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Zattoo for Linux
Finally Zattoo is available for Linux! Today I’ve got a newsletter from Zattoo telling me that Zattoo can now be downloaded for Linux. With Zattoo 43 TV-channels are available for free. You simply have...
View ArticleHow to easily sort out bad pictures
If you take many pictures from events or sport matches you certainly know the problem of separating the good pictures from the trash. Most image manipulation programs like are too heavy to use them for...
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Switching from Gaim to Pidgin
It has now been for a while that Gaim has changed its name to Pidgin (no, it is not pigeon…) due to a lawsuit with AOL and published the version 2 of this instant messenger. Now they have released...
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Comfortable Wireless Networking with Linux
Until a few minutes ago I was not really happy with the current configuration for (wireless) networking on my notebook. When I wanted to change to another (wireless) network (e.g. when I was not at...
View ArticleHow to Scan at UniFR
Students and collaborators at the University of Fribourg have access to a very fast and high quality scanner: the printer and photo coyp machine in the A100 hall at Pérolles II. Simply push the button...
View ArticleAutorotate Images on Linux
Cameras store information about the orientation of an image in the so-called exif. Many programs automatically rotate images when displaying them. However they do not store the image after the rotation...
View ArticleResize Images on Linux
To publish pictures in my gallery I have to resize them. Doing this picture per picture is annoying, I want to batch resize the images – the best solution would be a command line tool that accepts...
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Save Power with Linux
Intel has created a new website helping Linux users to reduce the power consumption of a computer (especially useful for laptops): www.lesswatts.org. On this page many tips and tools helping to save...
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