wxCam is a webcam application for linux. It supports video recording (in an avi uncompressed and Xvid format), snapshot taking, and some special commands for philips webcams, so you can also use the program for astronomy purposes. It supports both video4linux 1 and 2 drivers, so it should work on a very large number of devices.
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Rapid Photo Downloader is an application for professional and amateur photographers, designed for use on the Linux desktop. It can download photos and videos from multiple cameras, memory cards, and portable... storage devices simultaneously. It provides many flexible, user-defined options for subfolder creation, photo and video renaming, and backup
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When you have Ubuntu 10.04, and you login as root, you cannot change the sound volume or settings with the sound applet in the gnome-panel.
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AppArmor is a security tool and uses name-based mandatory access controls to restrict or confine system access by "at risk" applications. "At risk" applications generally include both server and client applications with network access. In this post I will use Firefox as an example.
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Ailurus is an application that makes Linux easier to use. It helps you install some nice software, clean unused software, backup APT status and so on.
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