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Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 1

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Mozilla developers have recently released the first beta of Firefox 4.0 web browser. Many new changes can be seen in Firefox 4.0. The most significant change in this version is the new user interface. Browser tabs are now located on top of the address bar by default (on Windows only – OS X and Linux will be changing when the theme has been modified to support the change) just like in Google Chrome web browser. But users do have the option to revert the user interface to the old Firefox design.

A second major change that cannot go undetected is the addition of the Firefox button on Windows Vista and Windows 7 that replaces the menu bar, and looks very similar to the One button present in Opera web browser. It will be shown if the user decides to hide the menu bar in the browser. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Firefox, Linux, News and Updates, Windows

Universal USB Installer: Make Linux Live USB Flash Drives with Persistent Storage

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I triple boot my system with Windows XP, Windows 7 and Ubuntu but I also like to test other Linux distributions. Most of the time, to test the other operating system and distributions, I use VirtualBox or VMware Player to virtualize them. But for those Linux distributions that offers Live CD/DVD option, I use my USB flash drive to test them live.

This saves me time as I don’t have to first configure the virtual machine and install the Linux distros to test it. In my previous articles, I covered two softwares, UNetbootin and Multiboot USB Menu that helps me to make the distros ready to be booted directly off my USB flash device.

Another, very good utility that helps me create persistent storage on my flash drive is Pendrive Linux’s Universal USB Installer. What I meant when I said “persistent storage”? It means that you’ll actually have some permanent storage space in your flash drive to save things like your files and preferences, instead of having a clone of your disc image in your flash drive. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Linux, Tips and Tricks, Utilities, Windows

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 with Crash Protection Now Available for Download

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Mozilla has finally released Firefox 3.6.4, the latest security and stability release for Firefox. This release provides crash protection for Windows and Linux users by isolating third-party plugins when they crash. The feature is like that in Google Chrome as it runs plugins in their own process to increase browser stability and security.

Out-of-process plugins are enabled by default and make sure that a crashing plugin will not crash the browser itself as well. Firefox can now prevents Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime and Microsoft Silverlight crashes from bringing down your entire browser on Windows and Linux computers just like Google Chrome does. Read the Crash Protection FAQ for more detailed information about this new feature. [Read more...]

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VLC Media Player 1.1.0 “The Luggage”: Features Plugins, Extensions, GPU Acceleration and More

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VLC Media Player is one of the best media player for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platform and its new avatar is even better. VLC Media Player is updated to version 1.1.0, adding many new features like extensions, new user interface, support for GPU acceleration among others. If you are still living under the rock and is unaware of what VLC Media Player is, well:

VLC media player is a free and open source media player and multimedia framework written by the VideoLAN project. It is one of the most platform-independent media players available, with versions for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BeOS, and BSD.

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Filed Under: Audio/Video, Linux, News and Updates

Mozilla Firefox 64-bit Builds, Linux, Mac, Windows, Download

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Users of 64-bit operating system who always wanted to use a 64-bit edition of the popular web browser Firefox were previously restricted to using only the builds provided by their operating systems or, the ones available through the Mozilla-x86-64 project. Mozilla Firefox 64-bit builds for Linux, Mac and Windows is now available on the official Firefox Nightly FTP server. Mozilla plans to distribute the final version of Firefox 64-bit editions with the release of Firefox 4 later this year.

If you install the experimental version of Firefox 64-bit you will notice that most of the browser plugins are not compatible and only Java and a non-final Flash version are being supported. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apple, Browsers, Firefox, Internet, Linux, News and Updates, Windows

Google Chrome Stable Version for Mac & Linux Released, Download

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Google today has released the stable version of Google Chrome for Apple Mac OS and Linux users. This stable versions came after almost 6 months since the beta version of Google Chrome were released for Apple Mac OS and Linux platforms. Google, in their official announcement, has claimed that this stable version of Google Chrome web browser will be the fastest ever browser on Apple Mac OS and Linux platforms.

Today, we’re bringing all this beta goodness to the stable channel so that it’s available to all Chrome users. We’re particularly excited to bring Chrome for Mac and Linux out of beta, and introduce Chrome’s first stable release for Mac and Linux users.

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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Released, Download Links

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Ubuntu Linux users eagerly waiting for the latest version of Ubuntu 10.04 Long Term Support (LTS), and especially the different flavors of Ubuntu, viz, Xubuntu, or Kubuntu, here’s the news you have been waiting to hear. Sometime today Canonical is going to has released Ubuntu LTS 10.04.

Ubuntu’s first release was on October 20, 2004, and has been updated regularly twice a year, once in April sometime, and once in October. The releases are often timed to be released at the end of the month that it is due to come out for. I guess you didn’t knew this but FYI, Ubuntu release numbers are done taking the year and month it is released in. :) [Read more...]

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MakeMKV: Cross-Platform Blu-Ray & DVD Ripping Application

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You can easily find a lot of DVD ripping software, each software boasting performance and advanced features, and, it doesn’t matter what operating system you run to get one. Using these easy to use DVD rippers, you’re only a few clicks away from importing your favourite movie from a DVD to your hard drive. But it’s not the same for Blu-Ray discs. Blu-Ray discs are tougher to crack and hence finding Blu-Ray disc rippers are hard and its harder when you are looking for a freeware version. But, Blu-Ray disc ripper and converting application MakeMKV is available free as long as it’s in beta stage. MakeMKV is a cross-platform application and it can handles both DVD and Blu-Ray ripping. It’s also undoubtedly the simplest Blu-Ray disc ripper around. [Read more...]

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