Mplayer is the default Linux video player, and forms the base for many other player. It is pretty much like the windows Media Player Classic. The only difference here is that, Mplayer is for Linux, so there is an array of hacks and tweaks you can do with Mplayer.

Wifi is one area which Ubuntu can not still address. The result of Atheros or Broadcom not submitting any generic code for their respective hardwares, takes a toll on Linux, as their wifi drivers are not supported out of the box.

Ziproxy is a free and open source application for Linux which speeds up the internet connection over a network by offering many different compression technologies which considerably save your network bandwidth.

Today, I will talk about the most widely used application, the terminal. These three applications let you have Quake and Unreal Tournament style terminals.

Ever wanted to create a video tutorial in Linux? You have tried every software on the internet and it does give results but far from good? Check this out, RecordMyDesktop.

Linux has finally captured 1% of the worldwide PCs. But what are the rest of the 99% doing. Do they dual boot or do they at all know a thing about Linux, let aside using it! Here are some of the n00b questions/statements I had to face about Linux, and simple answers to them.

Linux also, manages it’s fonts in a similar manner to that f Windows. It uses folders to store fonts. Here is a quick tip on installing fonts on Linux. It includes copying the font to one of the font folders and then updating the font cache.

How fast is you Linux bootup speed? What factors are slowing it down? Check out this software for a detailed analysis of your bootup process. The data is presented graphically with individual resource usage of processes.

Optimizing the swap file speeds up the system a lot. Here are two methods, one to reduce swap usage, and another to create a swap file instead of swap partition.

For all those Linux users who envy Windows 7 multi-touch, here is some good news. From now, Linux too has support for multi-touch just like windows. The multi-touch feature has been developed by the Interactive Computing Lab team in ENAC, France and has been introduced into the 2.6.30 Linux Kernel.

With the release of Firefox 3.5, many addons are now incompatible. Here is an easy tweak to get them working without any additional downloads.

Mandriva, popular for its hardware support and boats installation on all systems ranging from regular desktops to laptops and even on the Asus Eee PC and Acer Aspire One.