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GUVCviewer: Finally Webcam Recording Made Easy
For almost two years my primary recording device for YouTube videos has been with not a fancy camcorder, but a webcam.
So believe me when I tell you that I’ve tried a lot of different applications on different operating systems to get the most from my camera, both proprietary and open source. Out of everything I have tried, GUVCviewer packs the best blend of performance and features.
OMG Video Review: Kazam Screen Recorder Tool
Unlike most screen recording programs for Linux, Kazam is powerful in its editing/exporting options (in a clean, nice graphical user interface), works with a standard, easy-to-edit format, but it is not without it’s downsides.
OMG Video: Probing Your Box, Grub 2 and You!
If I had to pick one horror story that I get messaged about the most, it would be the dreaded bootloader. “It’s missing” or “I have a black screen of death..” and some people edit their grub.cfg without realizing it can disable you from booting at all, essentially turning your computer into a brick. Yay! [...]
OMG Video: Desktop Recording in Ubuntu – No Sammich For You!
While on vacation this last month, I gathered up all the requests for Ubuntu help and advice that I have received over a year or so and decided I would attack them here by popularity. The most popular “request” was.. sudo make me a sandwich (alternately, sammich) Sorry guys, you need my private key to [...]
We’re NOT Mac OS X!
Those who installed Lucid Lynx got a surprise – from pre-releases through to the full release of 10.04, Ubuntu’s windows buttons have swapped sides! Interesting how this default setup of these buttons now mirror those of the OS X. The following short tutorial will explain how to switch your minimize/maximize/close window buttons from the left [...]
GNU/Linux: The Name Game
I have been asked several times why I do not refer to Linux as “GNU/Linux,” or “the GNU/Linux operating system,” or some variation thereof. Most of you are well aware of the controversy around using the term “Linux,” but many people who have recently switched or are considering trying Ubuntu, or some other distribution of [...]
OMG Exclusive: Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Video Review
Introducing: The best Ubuntu yet? Since its release a month ago I have been testing Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx, and I have been pleasantly surprised by the improvements in this version of my favorite distribution of Linux. It really is faster, better looking, and more feature-rich than ever. Not everything is perfect, though. In this [...]
OMG! Win Linux T-Shirts all day!
OMG! Ubuntu! is excited, thrilled and all-out stoked to announce that the wonderful Nixie Pixel – female geek numero uno who boasts over 33, 000 YouTube subscribers - is teaming up with OMG! to contribute some ‘buntu-toting videos for your favourite Ubuntu site. (That’s us, right? RIGHT?!) Win a t-shirt! To celebrate the team up we’re running a little [...]