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Celtx jumps a version, releases 2.0
- February 27, 2009
Chris
Van Patten
After years of perpetual beta (it's vogue these days), Celtx, the open source media pre-production and screenwriting application, finally earned its 1.0 status this past June. So it might seem a little odd that only eight months later, Celtx is making the jump to 2.0 (and it does seem a little sudden) so let's take a look and see if this new version worth its version number.
A new …
Personalise your GRUB Boot Menu with a Custom Image
- February 10, 2009
Upfold
If you dual (or triple, or more) boot your machine, i.e. you have many different operating systems you choose between at startup, you might have to use your bootloader fairly frequently.
GRUB is a very functional boot loader and can do the job in most cases. But its default text-based view is a little visually unattractive, is it not?
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to put together a …
Speed up your system by avoiding the swap file
- February 8, 2009
Peddicord
Most modern operating systems are capable of using a file or partition known as a swap or paging file. Most Linux distributions will also install one for you by default. This file is used to extend the amount of available RAM by writing some of it to your hard drive.
There's just one problem: hard drives are slow. We can't fix that problem yet, but we can avoid it. The …