Shutter is one of my favorite Linux programs. It does what Windows' Snipping Tool does, plus a lot more.
One of the functions I really like is being able to edit screen shots; annotation, arrows, circles, whatever you need to illustrate the screenshot.
Recently I upgraded a machine to Ubuntu 10.04 and found that the edit button was grayed out --- Shutter would no longer let me edit any screenshots.
Thankfully, the fix was simple:
sudo apt-get install libgoo-canvas-perl
October 18, 2011 at 05:42:16 AM / 1 comments / Linux, Ubuntu
Ubuntu comes with some pretty decent screensavers.
If you want even more --- alot more -- install the 'xscreensaver-data-extra' package.
For example, from the command line, type:
sudo apt-get install xscreensaver-data-extra
Enjoy!
October 4, 2011 at 11:22:44 AM / 1 comments / Linux, Ubuntu
I just stumbled upon this today ... free open source disk encryption software that supports virtual disk encryption, partition or storage device encryption, and even drive encryption.
In short, you can setup an encrypted virtual drive, you can encrypt a USB flash drive, or you can encrypt your entire system drive.
Supported operating systems: include Windows Vista/XP/2000, Mac OSX and Linux.
Encryption algorithms include AES-256, Serpent and Twofish.
December 6, 2008 at 03:38:05 PM / 0 comments / Freeware / Open Source, Linux, Ubuntu
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