Clipgrab is an program that downloads videos from popular online video sites like youtube, vimeo ect and saves the video in the format of your choice. The application is very straight forward to use and provides a good set of options that make it easy for the user to customize their download. Clipgrab requires the […]
htop is a simple and wonderful tool to view the current memory usage on a Linux box. The tool is upgraded version of the top command, providing users some interactive menus and even mouse based control of sorting and menu access. To install htop on your ubuntu system, execute the following command in a console: […]
Grub is the default boot loader for Ubuntu and it comes with a huge set of options that you might be inclined to tweek when ever you choose to debug a problem during bootup. The simple quickfire way to make Grub do what you want is to edit it just before the boot process occurs […]
Ubuntu has a neat application to split large files into smaller chunks(for emails or to burn into disks). The application splits files into the format <filename>.<extension>.<part>. The same application can be used to rejoin the files to recreate the original larger file. Spliting: To be able to split file you need the application “lxsplit”. It […]
Kepas is a KDE4 file transfer tool. It discovers your local LAN for buddies (KDNSSD) and lets you transfer files or Klipper(KDE Clipboard) entries from a tray icon or using drag and drop with the Kepas plasmoid. Kepas has only one requirement, that it must be installed in all the systems that are expected to […]