Linux Links

Programs, sites, How-To's and other similar information that I've found useful and think I might need again. Some of the info is very distribution specific and while mine chosen distribution is Ubuntu, one should take that into consideration.

My public PGP key.
Also see my Linux help page, which has some solutions to problems I've had.

Contents

1 Programs

2 Guides
- 2.1 Video codecs and related
- 2.2 Ubuntu related

3 Other stuff

Programs

MyPasswordSafe - secure password storage
KeyTouch - configure your keyboard
OpenSource TestDisk and PhotoRec data recovery software
WiFi Radar - utility for managing WiFi profiles
GSpace - Gmail Space extension for Firefox

Or integrate Gmail to your Linux distribution with GMail FS (the GMail File System)

FlyBack-project - MacOS Time Machine -like backups on linux

Guides and How-To's

Linux on Laptops - Information and documentation on using Linux on laptops
Solution for codec problems with MPlayer - like WMV and QuickTime
How To Forge - source for Linux tutorials

Video codecs and related

MPlayer - multiformat and -platform movieplayer

Also see codecs page for wide selection of video codecs
MediaPlayerConnectivity Firefox extension - launch embedded video in an external application

Xine multimedia player

Ubuntu related

Ubuntu - Linux for human beings

Ubuntu wiki

Ubuntu Forums
Unofficial Ubuntu Starter Guide
Mars Firefox theme suits perfectly to Ubuntu's default brown theme

Other stuff

Launchpad - A collection of services for projects in the open source universe

My stats at Launchpad

Gnome Art - Art and themes for Gnome desktop manager

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