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Kvm, Virtualbox or Vmware ?

Sep 122010

In this article I want to talk about three great virtualization software for your desktop computer.

Why virtualize?

The current computers have faster CPUs and more RAM compared to those of 3 or 4 years ago. There is more ability to run a second operating system in parallel to your main operating system. But why do it?

To have another operating system (Windows, Linux or other)
For testing a new distribution
To prepare an environment dedicated to a product. For example, I installed a virtual machine with apache + mysql + everything I need for running a local a copy of my WordPress site

The three products that I will install and analyze on my Ubuntu 10.04 machine are:

VMware Player
VirtualBox (OSE)
KVM

For each of them i will consider a score of 1 to 3 for:

Ease of Installation
Administrative Tools
Features (license included).
Virtual appliances available

Best 3D graphics software Linux

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Sep 092010

3D computer graphics software refers to programs used to create 3D computer-generated imagery. This article only covers some of the software used.

3D modelers are used in a wide variety of industries. The medical industry uses them to create detailed models of organs. The movie industry uses them to create and manipulate characters and objects for animated and real-life motion pictures. The video game industry uses them to create assets for video games. The science sector uses them to create highly detailed models of chemical compounds. The architecture industry uses them to create models of proposed buildings and landscapes. The engineering community uses them to design new devices, vehicles and structures as well as a host of other uses. There are typically many stages in the “pipeline” that studios and manufacturers use to create 3D objects for film, games, and production of hard goods and structures.

Let’s see what Linux offers in this area.

30 Linux-related Twitter accounts

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Sep 072010

Today I want to offer some interesting profiles that I follow on Twitter, I found many useful information following their twittering.

Idea (and many links) come from this post:
http://linuxtoy.org/archives/25-linux-twitterers.html

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clububuntu: aggregate information on Ubuntu.
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fedora_linux: the latest news from the Fedora world.
openSUSE: openSUSE news and updates.
Mandriva: Mandriva Linux information.
CentOS: CentOS related content.
debian: on the Debian Project.
debian_security: Debian security updates.
Gentoo_Security: Gentoo Security Update.
ArchLinux: Arch Linux news.

Open source tools for audio editing

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Sep 042010

Often when I suggest Linux as an alternative I hear, yes i like it unfortunate that there is nothing as software for processing digital audio, so I must stay with Windows.

A sufficiently powerful computer with good quality sound cards, can become very suitable for a hobbyist recording studio, as well as an excellent solution for a teaching laboratory, although there are already those who use the programs that we are to speak at semiprofessional. With a little patience and expertise in Linux, you can indeed create a workstation for processing digital audio at no charge for licenses. The Open Source products for this type of work most suitable and popular right now are probably Ardour, Jamin and Rosengarden.
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Webcam server on Linux 2

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Sep 022010

My guide on how to make a webcam server has had a lot of feedback and so I decided to give two other methods to achieve it with two different software webcam-server and ZoneMinder

Webcam-server is absolutely the easiest way to show on the net what is seen from your webcam, the software is very stable (I’ve just installed Ubuntu, and shows the date 2004) is based on Java and to make it work is enough to give these commands: