Category Archives: Desktop

Tutorials about how to accomplish various tasks on a desktop computer or reviews about programs which have a graphical user interface (GUI) and are suitable for use on a desktop.

Creating Screencasts under Linux

You all probably know what a screencast is. In my opinion, screencasts can greatly complement HOWTO documents and I strongly believe that they will be even more popular in the upcoming years. Although it would be more useful if this post dealt with how to create a screencast using free open-source software, I feel it…

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Dictionary Lookups Anywhere

I consider ditionaries, either in printed or electronic form, as one of the most useful sources of valuable information and an indispensable companion when reading. Lately, I’ve been reading lots of stuff, which involved scientific terminology in the English language, so it was very often required to lookup words on various online dictionaries. I did…

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