The Linux Alternative Project Forum

Re: Welcome to the LinuxAlt.com forum!

smk — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:06:51 -0400

vardhanapu, welcome to the forums!

To make sure your question is clear, you're looking for a way to run Ubuntu in your Windows 7?
If that is correct; I'd suggest looking at VirtualBox and creating a Ubuntu virtual machine.

Let me know if that answers your question.

- Scott

Re: Welcome to the LinuxAlt.com forum!

vardhanapu — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:19:48 -0400

Dear Scott,

Had come across this nice site while getting lost ! Great to have come across this site. Apart from alternatives to Windows, I would like to know how to make windows 7 compatible to partition and load Ubuntu 10.04. If I am not asking these Q's in the right place, please guide me. Thanks, once again. Great fun !

Vardhanapu
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
India

Re: blufftitler

smk — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:33:57 -0400

I found this with a quick google search:

[www.openshotvideo.com]

It might not be a 100% match to what you're looking for, but it's a start. It's build into OpenShotVideo but it's bender in the background.

blufftitler

smmsamm — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:59:39 -0400

Looking for an alternative to a player that can show RSS and XML in 3d mode
there is a very good software for windows in this url
[www.outerspace-software.com]

It is professional 3D animation and video for showing RSS in realtime and many other titling purposes but I need something in linux

you can see its features in:
[www.outerspace-software.com]
and
[www.outerspace-software.com]

Re: Fraps

timecatalyst — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:05:48 -0400

And of course, I once again fail to do prior research...

[ubuntuforums.org]

Project page: [devel.neopsis.com]

I'll give this a shot either tonight or tomorrow.

Fraps

timecatalyst — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:39:40 -0400

Looking for an alternative to Fraps (http://www.fraps.com/), though it doesn't have to be nearly as feature-full.

A friend and I have just recently moved development of our OpenGL game from Windows to Linux, and we want to do short captures for our development blog.

Third party comment systems?

smk — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:39:13 -0400

I feel a bit out of the loop here. Apparently, third party comment systems are all the rage.

I'm interested in hear about your experiences with them. This is something I'd like to add to The Linux Alternative Project. Are there any open source friendly solutions?

- smk

New Layout and logo!

smk — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:59:39 -0400

I'm looking for help and with layout and a logo.

The logo, well, I'm open to suggestions. I really don't have anything in mind, but I would like to start giving people banners that they can link to.

I'd really like to separate the mark up and design, even more. Maybe going to two columns instead of two? I'm open to suggestions.

Of course, I'll give you full credit for your work. Please help me out!

Re: Snag-It (TechSmith) and VLC....

smk — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:06:08 -0400

rearviewmirror,

I've been slacking on the site late. You know, real life.

I am, however, getting it together and will be do upgrades and updates soon. My main project right now is to get things together for possible open collaboration.

I'll add the VLC player very soon.

- smk

Re: Snag-It (TechSmith) and VLC....

rearviewmirror — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:20:48 -0400

I found shutter.. it's in the Ubuntu repository. [shutter-project.org]

Perhaps the list could be updated to include Shutter as an alternative for Snag-It....

(and add VLC!) :-)

Snag-It (TechSmith) and VLC....

rearviewmirror — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:16:46 -0400

Is there a program that has the screen capture capabilities of Snag-It?

Also.. how does VLC not make the LinuxAlt list for a media player? It's better than any of the others listed!

Re: Preparing data for collaboration

smk — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:58:42 -0400

I'm still looking for feedback on this!

Re: Welcome to the LinuxAlt.com forum!

tommy — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:21:45 -0400

Hello all Linux fans. My wish is to play ES4 on ubuntu..

Windows Media Player

ingeon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:13:15 -0400

I know mplayer is on there but i found smplayer is way better than Windows Media Player
and mplayer, even though it`s based on it. It`s got awesome functions.
It would have been better than VLC if it had the video corruption test/check built into
it like VLC.

Re: magic iso alternative?

Mahara — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:54:55 -0400

AcetoneISO : [www.acetoneteam.org]
Furius ISO Mount : [www.ubuntugeek.com]
GMountISO : [www.ubuntugeek.com]

Those apps should be in repositories for LinuxMint otherwise try [packages.ubuntu.com] or [www.launchpad.net]
or [www.debian.org] to find the .deb files.

How to mount ISO image under Linux : [www.cyberciti.biz]

Alternative Projects:
[www.linuxalt.com]
[alternativeto.net]
[linuxappfinder.com]
[www.osalt.com]

magic iso alternative?

dion — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:56:34 -0400

hello. I am trying to find a way to boot iso files in linux? Is there a program like magic iso or deamon tools for linux mint?

Re: Preparing data for collaboration

smk — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:23:44 -0400

I'm still leaning towards having the site generated by a set a scripts from some sort of easily readable and editable file.

As for markup, I'm looking at Textile. Thoughts?

Microsoft Streets and Trips on Linux

Dr Love — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:38:21 -0500

Does any one out there know of a good alternative to Microsoft's Streets and Trips program to run on Linux?
I am using Mint 8 a Debian based distro.
I tried to install using Wine Doors but no luck. I have a paid copy of Cross Over but it will not install correctly on Mint 8 either.

Newbie Linux user
Dr. Love

Re: Good alternative for Dragon Naturally Speaking software in Linux

Carsto — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:25:15 -0500

Julius is an open source Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition Engine. Free download. Linux, Win. It is intended for multi-purpose use with various applications. It was developed by a Japanese University and has a forum community. You may write your own grammars to recognize sentences and cater for different accents, pronunciations.

You also need audio profiles to make it work. I've spent some time on it yet only scratched the surface. There is work you have to do to get it going, yet I believe this is a worthwhile project.

Good Luck.

Re: Preparing data for collaboration

smk — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:26:23 -0500

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FRLinux Wrote:

Hello, yup mostly with git, and svn as a user, not as commit

Steph

Great. I'm leaning toward a solution that uses version control. I'm just wondering how many people, who want to help, will be limited with unfamiliarity of version control.

Re: Preparing data for collaboration

FRLinux — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:31:03 -0500

smk Wrote:
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> Do you have experience with cvs/svn/git?

Hello, yup mostly with git, and svn as a user, not as commit

Steph

Re: Preparing data for collaboration

smk — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:29:08 -0500

I had a response on the blog, which I primarily use as the RSS feed generator.

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Despite the name, Ikiwiki might be what you are looking for. You can turn off the ability to edit from the web, and simply allow editing via a backend revision control system like git. I am setting it up now, and although it is not perfect it sounds like it might meet your needs

Paul's reply was interesting. Ikiwiki looks interesting but I'm not sure if it would be shared hosting friendly. I might test it out out here in a few days.

I also found PWP Wiki Processor that looks semi interesting.

Re: Open Shot

smk — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:30:19 -0500

Andy,

Thanks for your submission and welcome to the forums!

I personally dabble in Video editing so I'll check Open Shot Video out!

Open Shot

sploopidy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:59:22 -0500

Hello world!

I would highly recommend adding the Open Shot Video Editor to your list of Alternatives. It is very extensive and is very simple. You can find it at www.openshotvideo.com.

-Andy Curtis
(sploopidy@gmail.com)

"...and that's all I have to say about that."

Re: Preparing data for collaboration

smk — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:24:29 -0500

Hi Steph,

Yes, the list needs to be updated. Right now I'm working on the technical details on how exactly I'm going to do this. As you see in my original post, I need input what would be comfortable doing.

Do you have experience with cvs/svn/git?

Re: Future Ubuntu Linux user

smk — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:18:45 -0500

A quick search on Amazon shows a few Ubuntu books that might help you out. Also, the ubuntu forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/) are stocked with information.

PS. Welcome to the forums!

Re: Future Ubuntu Linux user

tristan — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:08:59 -0500

to learn a new system you have to change your habits.

i didn't learn Linux until I finally installed it without a separate windows partition.

i got to this point when i learned that, if I really needed to, I could virtualize any windows program inside of VirtualBox.

now that I no longer had a windows machine to revert to when I got confused, I had to start asking Google for help.

Google and lifehacker.com taught me Linux

Future Ubuntu Linux user

DeaconMichael — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:31:42 -0500

Hello,

I'm Deacon Michael and I'm in Baltimore MD. I am still using the XP version of the world's most popular Trojan Horse, namely Window$. But I am increasingly frustrated with it. I've been trying to learn Linux for several years, but I do not have a systematic method of doing this. I can't take courses at the local community college because they keep saying that I am no qualified for the courses since I do not have academic credits for the courses which I could actually teach. A later review of my transcripts from other colleges reveal that I have earned a B in one of the courses for which I am "not qualified" to take.

I have two computers which have Ubuntu on them. One of them was running for over a year, but the only thing that I really did on it was to check one of my e-mail addresses. Most of my computer time is spent in WordPerfect X3 and WordPerfect X4 and so far I have not found anything that is as powerful and does what I need to do. I also spent a considerable amount of time with Adobe PhotoShop Elements 2.

I also use Panaroma to rotate the wallpapers on my Window$ desktop in a random fashion. And I use Dreamweaver and Image Maker to create my web pages.

I am open to suggestions to make my life easier.

Thank you.

Father Deacon Michael

Re: Preparing data for collaboration

FRLinux — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:28:12 -0500

Hello, i stepped upon your page today as I was looking for alternatives to dvdrip which keeps failing on many linuxes lately. Then I looked at the site and noticed that the list could use a bit of freshen up and adding some more projects/details.

I am all up for it to help on the matter. Been a long time Linux user and still am discovering new apps as I surf.

To this effect, I registered on the forum today and will be happy to help. Let me know. Merry Christmas :)

Steph

Alternative to OmniFocus, Things, The Hit List, FusionDesk?

ArchiMark — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:44:30 -0500

Wondering if there's anything comparable to any of the following ToDo List organizer apps that allow you to easily tag, organize, and sort ToDo tasks in various ways and have very simple looking, elegant graphic interfaces?

Wouldn't mind paying for such as app if it did the job....

Only app that I know of that is anything like this, but is still quite different would be ThinkingRock......

Thanks for any suggestions!