VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.
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Welcome to Quantal Quetzal Alpha 3 image set, which will in time become the 12.10 release.
Pre-releases of Quantal Quetzal are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however,recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs as we work towards getting this release ready.
HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.
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Gnome-schedule is a graphical user interface that leverages the power of vixie-cron, dcron and at to manage your crontab file and provide an easy way to schedule tasks on your computer. It supports recurrent (periodical) tasks and tasks that happen only once in the future. It is written in Python using pygtk, and has been developed, tested and packaged for various Linux distributions.
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Simple ACPI wakeups manager with some additional options and Unity integration where neccessary. You can select an exact date or relative time to set the alarm and check it's current status. After setting the alarm your machine should wake up on the specified date. In theory it's hardware-dependent but Real Time Clock Alarm (the real name of the feature) was in ACPI Specs since revision 1.0 published back in 1996. One major notice though: some portable devices don't wake up while on battery to prevent accidental damage and battery discharge.
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