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Link of the Week: blueMarine - Linux Digital Photo Workflow

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With point and shoot digital camera's I have owned in the past, both F-spot and Digikam have worked well. Now that I have purchased a new DSLR I am looking into other types of software for photo management (and it will be hard for me to change after using digikam all these years....if I even change at all).

With the above being said, I have found blueMarine. It is our "Link of the Week".

blueMarine is an open source application for the digital photo workflow, the blueMarine project will provide you an all-in-one tool for managing your photos, from the shoot up to the archiving and beyond. blueMarine is an expandable, open platform and includes specific support for different photographers communities, as well as the latest technologies.

blueMarine foundation is very similar to existing applications such as Adobe Lightroom or Apple Aperture: a photo browser, which can be explored in different ways (by folder, by calendar, by tags, by galleries). This is just a core upon which different modules can be plugged in. The aim of blueMarine is to fully support the photographic workflow, even before the photo shoot (for instance, trip planning supported by maps) and beyond print or archival. For instance, an ornithologist usually manages field notes about the bird observed and photographed: directly binding them to photos and maybe GPS positioning data is much better than keeping a separate Excel sheet.


  
Posted by maysvill on Wednesday, May 07 @ 10:15:15 CDT
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Link of the Week: Bibble.com = Own a DSLR AND Use Linux??

Link of the Weekewiget writes "

I just bought a new Canon Xsi / 450D DSLR camera. Because I wanted this camera so badly, I even considered going to dual boot Windows just so I could shoot in raw + L JPEG photo's and be able to use the included professional photo editing tools. Another feature I wanted was the tethered shots (the camera being hooked up to my laptop and controlling / taking photos from the laptop). This feature was also included for Windows / Mac but no canon software for Linux.

Step up to the plate for Bibble - Bibble 4.9 Professional Workflow and RAW Conversion software for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux is designed to quickly and easily let you maximize the results from most major cameras and RAW formats.

Bibble 4.9 leads the industry with features including:

So, this link of the week award goes to Bibble.com for allowing me to continue using Linux for everything! (now if I could only afford to buy the pro version after buying the camera......)

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Posted by maysvill on Tuesday, May 06 @ 15:01:18 CDT
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Distro News: Nintendo Wii can run linux

Distro NewsGameCube linux, a linux distribution aimed at running on Nintendo GameCubes, has made a release available as a proof-of-concept currently in version 2 that linux can run on the Nintendo Wii via a USB drive. The version 1 proof-of-concept uses the Team Tweezers' twilight-hack. The Twilight Hack is currently the only safe, released way to run homebrew on an unmodded Wii.
  
Posted by maysvill on Saturday, March 08 @ 12:26:55 CST
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General: New Linux Super Computer Uses Playstation 3's

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When the PlayStation3 was released in November 2006, Gaurav Khanna's wife braved long queues so he could be one of the first people in the US to get his hands on the gaming console.

But the astrophysicist was not itching to burn some rubber in Gran Turismo or shoot hoops in NBA 07. Instead he wanted to build his own supercomputer.

Mr Khanna now owns 16 PS3s, which spend their days simulating the activities of very large black holes in the universe for the physics department at the University of Massachusetts.

Hooked together in a single cluster, the PS3 consoles provide his department with the same amount of computing power as a 400-node supercomputer.

Full article at Digital Life


  
Posted by maysvill on Saturday, March 08 @ 12:16:15 CST
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General: New Nine Inch Nails album released under Creative Commons License

General News & Infoewiget writes "

The new Nine Inch Nails album, called Ghosts I-IV, has been released under the Creative Commons License.

From the homepage: "Nine Inch Nails presents Ghosts I - IV, a brand new 36 track instrumental collection available right now. Almost two hours of new music composed and recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I - IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain.

Trent Reznor explains, "I've been considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years, but by its very nature it wouldn't have made sense until this point. This collection of music is the result of working from a very visual perspective - dressing imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams. I'm very pleased with the result and the ability to present it directly to you without interference. I hope you enjoy the first four volumes of Ghosts.""

From the FAQ: " Ghosts I-IV is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license."

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Posted by maysvill on Saturday, March 08 @ 12:07:36 CST
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Link of the Week: CLI-Apps.org

Link of the Weekewiget writes "

cli-apps.org - http://cli-apps.org

We are a network of the main consumer websites for Desktop Linux.

Network

We are an online source of applications, themes, wallpapers, documents and support for Linux Desktop users. Other popular tech sites like Slashdot regularly link into our network. We are the only major consumer websites for Desktop Linux with such a large loyal following. KDE-Look.org was launched in 2001, KDE-Apps.org in 2003 and GNOME-Look.org in 2004. All have seen particular growth. We have a large and growing international audience."
  
Posted by maysvill on Sunday, March 02 @ 01:00:00 CST
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Link of the Week: Techzilo.com

Link of the Weekewiget writes "

Techzilo.com - http://www.techzilo.com/tag/gimp/

This web site / blog has a lot of useful information, not necessarily entirely open source, but two articles in particular that I enjoyed are

Best of GIMP brushes: 35+ brush sets (1400+ brushes)

Top 40+ GIMP plugins

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Posted by maysvill on Sunday, February 24 @ 01:00:00 CST
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Link of the Week: Open Movie Editor

Link of the Weekewiget writes "

Open Movie Editor - http://openmovieeditor.sourceforge.net/About

Open Movie Editor is designed to be a simple tool, that provides basic movie making capabilities. It aims to be powerful enough for the amateur movie artist, yet easy to use.

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Posted by maysvill on Sunday, February 17 @ 01:00:00 CST
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Security: Serious Linux kernel bug allows root shell

Linux Computer & Network Security

A serious bug in the linux kernel v 2.6.17 or newer that allows a local user or someone who has ssh access to obtain root priviledges. The bug is due to vmsplice() system call.

CVE-2008-0009

CVE-2008-0010

CVE-2008-0600

More information here: dsd's weblog

Also, you can have a look at the redhat / fedora bugzilla which has a working exploit code

If you are the only person who uses your linux computer (locally or remote) then you really have nothing to worry about.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/27704.c
2. cc -o exploit 27704.c
3. [as non-privileged user] ./exploit

Actual results:

Root shell


  
Posted by maysvill on Tuesday, February 12 @ 02:22:19 CST
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Tips: Gnome File Manager

Tips & Tricks

I can never decide which I prefer, a desktop gui or simply a shell.  To complicate matters, I can never decide which shell I like from the many that are available or which desktop I like from all of the various flavors (lightweight to bloated).

So, I had been using gnome lately and one thing I hate about the default mode of file management, is that every time you click on a new folder, it opens up in a new window.  By the time you have clicked and opened up about 10 different folders, now your desktop is a mess with a bunch of open folders.

Well, this tip will help you get the single-window mode most people prefer (I am most people...lol).

Click on anything in gnome to open up the file manager.  The click on Edit > Preferences.  Click on the Behaviour tab. Simply tick the Always open in browser windows.  Close the file manager.  Open it back up.  Click on any other folder and now it opens in the same window.


  
Posted by maysvill on Sunday, February 10 @ 18:14:14 CST
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