InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration. InfraRecorder is released under GPL version 3, free and open source. Highly recommended!
Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr. Pidgin can be extended using plugins. Continue reading
µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.
To get the best torrent speed from your internet connection: only have a small amount of torrents active, and be sure to get your speed settings right in the torrent client. This is even more important when using a wireless connection because some wireless routers can’t cope with all the traffic and will crash / lose connection. Continue reading
After installing the Alpha 3 of Ubuntu/Kubuntu, it’s very possible that other operating systems on your pc are not recognized in the Grub boot menu. To fix this, open a terminal and type: sudo update-grub2 and hit enter. Upon the next reboot, all other operating systems should be in the list.
VideoLAN is an excellent multimedia player with it’s own plugins for playing different formats, so it doesn’t need any codecs to be installed. It works great for previewing partially downloaded files too as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Continue reading