Best packages for GNU-linux based systems

After googling, i found and tried this

  1. Package name - sinthgunt
  2. Used For - You tube downloader and video convertor.
    url - google codes
    Sinthgunt supports YouTube, Metacafe, Google Video, Photobucket and Yahoo! Video as they mentioned.
    for convertor dependencies will be MPEG decoder and other decoder.you can install by using yum, provided with rpm-fusion repo.
    yum install ffmpeg

  3. Package name - artha
  4. Used For - Dictionary and thesaurus

National Conference on Free Software and Education

Free Software Foundation of India, SPACE, Thiruvananthapuram and National Institute of Technology Calicut, are organising a National Conference on Free Software in Education in Kozhikode during September 10-12, 2010.

Some Features for Fedora 12

Mobile Broadband from NetworkManager

The NetworkManager in Fedora 12 supports searching and selection of available GSM mobile networks. It also shows the signal strength of the mobile network you are currently connected to.

Command Not Found

This functionality allows command line users to automatically install missing commands, or in case you are typing it wrong it suggests spelling replacements. The package PackageKit-command-not-found makes this possible. This package is available for Fedora 11 but is not installed by default. Ubuntu use this feature by default

Linux Fest held on Oct 2

Linux Fest, a joint effort of the FOSSCell, NITC and Computer Science & Engineering Association (CSEA), was successfully conducted in Aryabhatta Hall on October 2, 2009.

In the fest, topics ranging from 'What is FOSS/Linux', 'Installation procedure of Ubuntu', 'the graphical desktop', 'available graphical software', 'basic terminal commands', to 'the basics of shell scripting' were covered by the speakers: Pabitra Kumar Padhy & Varun Rajan (both S7 CSE).

Python Workshop

FOSSCELL@NITC proudly presents a two-day beginner level Python Workshop, which includes interactive lectures as well as hands on sessions.

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